Tu Yizhi Hao is the traditional Chinese medicine name for the whole plant of the Compositae plant, SW Paeonia lactiflora. It is harvested in summer and autumn and is mostly found in high mountain grasslands and shady slopes. What are the functions and indications of Tu Yizhi Hao as a Chinese herbal medicine, and what are some of the accompanying prescriptions for treatment?
Tu Yizhi Hao
[Source] Tu Yizhi Hao is the whole plant of the Compositae plant SW Paeonia lactiflora. It is harvested in summer and autumn.
[Morphology]
Tu Yizhi Hao is a perennial herbaceous plant, 3-100 cm tall. The stem has longitudinal grooves.
The leaves are alternate, linear in shape, 3-12 cm long, deeply lobed 2-3 times, with linear lobes, hairy or smooth, and semi-clasping at the base.
The inflorescence is in a head-like arrangement, clustered at the end of branches; the marginal florets are female, white or pale pink, and the central tubular florets are hermaphroditic and pale yellow.
The fruit is flat and without pappus. The flowering period is in summer.
[Habitat and Distribution] Tu Yizhi Hao is mostly found in high mountain grasslands and shady slopes. It is also cultivated.
[Functions and Indications]
It promotes blood circulation, dispels wind, reduces swelling, and relieves pain. It is used to treat bruises, rheumatism, stomach pain, toothaches, dysmenorrhea, acute mastitis, and abscesses.
① "Wenshan Chinese Herbal Medicine": It dispels wind, eliminates dampness, reduces swelling, and stops bleeding. It is used to treat vomiting blood, blood in the stool, rheumatic pain, back pain, external bleeding, and toothaches.
Tu Yizhi Hao
② "Yunnan Simao Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection": It clears heat and detoxifies, disperses blood stasis, and relieves pain. It is used to treat bruises, fractures, rheumatism, hemoptysis, bronchitis, tonsillitis, vomiting blood, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and abdominal masses. It is also used for external bleeding and snake bites.
③ "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": It promotes blood circulation, reduces swelling, relieves pain, and has anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects.
[Accompanying Prescriptions]
① Treatment for bruises, swelling, and pain
Fresh Cyperus rotundus and ginger, appropriate amount, mashed and stewed with wine for topical application. (Yunnan Simao Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection)
② Treatment for mastitis
Fresh centipede, 3 parts, mashed and taken with hot water. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)
③ Treatment for toothaches
Centipede root, the size of a grain of rice, placed on the painful area. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)
④ Treatment for external bleeding
Appropriate amount of Achyranthes bidentata, ground into powder and applied to the wound. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection)
"Wenshan Chinese Herbal Medicine": Pregnant women should not take it. This substance is toxic and should not be taken in excess.
