Chishang San is the whole grass of the Lamiaceae plant Polygonum capitatum or Polygonum affine, which grows in damp places such as roadsides, ditches, and grassy areas, or is cultivated. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chishang San has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, leukorrhea, headache due to blood heat, excessive menstruation, amenorrhea, breast abscess, and trauma. Now let's learn about the prescription of Chishang San for treating gynecological diseases!
【Prescription of Chishang San for Treating Gynecological Diseases】
Polygonum capitatum 6 qian, sandalwood pulp and agarwood pulp each 3 qian, decocted and taken orally; add white sugar for leukorrhea; add brown sugar, rose flower, and donkey-hide gelatin for red vaginal discharge.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chishang San has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation, and reducing swelling. It is mainly used to treat dysentery, leukorrhea, headache due to blood heat, excessive menstruation, amenorrhea, breast abscess, and trauma.
1. "Compilation of Folk Commonly Used Herbs": "Clears heat in the three burners, treats dizziness."
2. "Pharmacopoeia of Hunan Province": "Relieves pain."
3. "Practical Selection of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Guangxi": "Reduces swelling and detoxifies. Used for snake bites, abscesses, unidentified swelling and toxicity, mastitis."
4. "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Sichuan": "Clears heat, promotes blood circulation. Used for internal injuries, headache due to blood heat, excessive menstruation, amenorrhea, weak fire cough, red and white dysentery, abscesses, and ulcers."
【Understanding Chishang San Correctly】
Chishang San, a plant of the Lamiaceae family, is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows in clusters. It has head-like inflorescences and prefers light but can tolerate shade. It is tolerant to cold and poor soil.
Chishang San is not only used as ground cover, but also used in many modern Chinese-style gardens to add Chinese charm.
The flowers and leaves of Chishang San also have some unique markings. The young shoots, leaf stalks, and veins of the leaves are purple-red in spring, and the mature leaves are green with rusty red spots in the center and light purple-red edges.
In addition to its color, the most distinctive feature of Chishang San is that it has a pair of round ears at the base of the leaves, with purple-black markings on the top.
Most of the time, Chishang San is actually a wild plant and is similar to another Lamiaceae plant, Persicaria capitata. However, Chishang San has been used more in gardens in recent years.
【Habitat Distribution of Chishang San】
1. Ecological Environment
(1) It grows in damp places such as roadsides, ditches, and grassy areas, or is cultivated.
(2) It grows in mountain slopes below 3000m above sea level. Valley grassland.
2. Distribution
(1) It is distributed in Southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Taiwan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Tibet, and other places.
(2) It is distributed in Southwest China, Shaanxi, Gansu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Tibet, and other places.
