Hu Sizi, a Chinese herbal medicine, also known as Yuansizi, is the fruit of the Umbelliferae plant Coriandrum sativum. It has the functions of promoting perspiration, promoting rash eruption, and stimulating appetite. It is used for nasal congestion, poor rash eruption, loss of appetite, and toothache.
Effects and Functions of Hu Sizi:
1. "Qian Jin Yi Fang": "It can restore one's appetite."
2. "Ben Cao Shi Yi": "Used for treating children's scalp sores, apply it after frying in oil. It is also used for treating insect bites, chicken diseases, and food poisoning with bleeding. Boil it and split the fruit, then drink the juice."
3. "Gang Mu": "It can promote the eruption of rash and eliminate fishy odor."
4. "Classification of Medicinal Herbs": "Used for treating children's rash that doesn't come out, dispelling abnormal qi of the four seasons, promoting perspiration and dispelling cold, and treating nasal congestion."
Morphological Identification of Hu Sizi:
Hu Sizi is a double-fruit aggregate with a spherical shape and a diameter of 3 to 5 millimeters. It is pale yellow-brown to earthy brown in color, with a short stigma residue visible at the top, often split into two, and surrounded by five calyx lobes with persistent styles.
The surface is rough with 10 slightly apparent wavy ridges and 12 distinct vertical ridges arranged alternately. The base is bluntly rounded, sometimes with a small fruit stalk or fruit stalk scar.
The back of the small fruit is convex, and the central part of the ventral surface is concave, with three longitudinal ridges. The central ridge is straight, and the two sides are curved in an arc shape, sometimes with a pedicel.
The fruit is slightly hard. It has a fragrant smell, and when rubbed with hands, it emits a distinctive and strong aroma, with a slightly spicy taste. The best quality is characterized by plump, clean, and impurity-free seeds.
Applications of Hu Sizi:
1. For early onset of measles: Take four liang of Yuansizi. After grinding, put it in a clay pot or aluminum pot, fill it with water, and boil it with charcoal fire in the sickroom (the sickroom should be small and not well-ventilated) to fill the room with steam. Add charcoal and water as needed. Stop using it when the measles eruption is complete. (From "Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine")
2. For treating dysentery and bloody diarrhea: Take one he of Yuansizi. Grind it into a powder. Mix with sugar water if the stool is red, or mix with natural ginger juice if the stool is white. Take it warm. Another method is to mix it with wine. (From "Pu Ji Fang")
3. For treating continued bleeding in intestinal wind, which leads to hemorrhoids: Take half a liang of Hu Sizi and half a liang of Buguzhi. Grind them into a powder. Take two qian (about 6 grams) each time, mix with Chenmi drink, and take it before meals. (From "Shengji Zonglu")
4. For treating hemorrhoids: Fry the Hu Sizi, grind it into a fine powder, and mix it with wine. Take it three to five times. (From "Hai Shang Fang")
5. For treating prolapse of the rectum and fistula: Take one sheng of Hu Sizi, a small amount of Ru Xiang, and half or one sheng of Sukang. First, make a mud stove and leave a small hole that can cover the size of the anus without letting smoke and fire pass through, then fumigate it. (From "Rumen Tingqin")
6. For treating rectal prolapse: Grind Hu Sizi in autumn and winter, then steam it with vinegar. (From "Shiliao Bencao")
7. For treating toothache: Take Hu Sizi, boil it with five liters of water until it reduces to one liter, then hold it in the mouth and spit it out. (From "Bei Ji Fang")
