What is Fang Feng?
Fang Feng, which is also called
Ledebouriella or
Ledebouriella seseloides, the name of Chinese medicine. Also known as Tongyun, Huiyun, Huicao, Baizhi, Baizhong. It is the name of a kind of medicinal herb. It is a perennial herb that likes cool climate and is resistant to cold and drought. It is mainly produced in Hebei, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia and other places. The root of the windbreak can be used raw. Acrid in the mouth, sweet, slightly warm in nature. It has the effects of expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, eliminating dampness and relieving pain, and relieving spasm.
Ledebouriella seseloides
Ledebouriella seseloides pungent is lukewarm and diffuses, sweet but not harsh, and has different properties for raw use and charcoal frying. Raw with pungent, loose sweetness, mild temperature and slow force, enters the bladder and spleen meridians, dispels external wind, overcomes damp pathogens and releases pain relief; enters the liver meridian, dispels internal wind and relieves convulsions. General medicine for treating wind, suitable for dispersing external wind and relieving internal wind, treating wind-cold, wind-heat and superficial syndromes with dampness, and it is most suitable for the object of the three evils of wind, cold and dampness. Stir-fried charcoal, more astringent and less scattered, astringent and ascending and scattered, enters the spleen and liver meridian and is longer than bleeding and antidiarrheal, and it is suitable for treating metrorrhagia and bleeding and diarrhea.
Types of Fang Feng
Guan Fang Feng
Guan Fang Feng is an authentic and excellent product in Fang Feng. Its outer skin is grayish yellow or grayish brown (dark in color), its branches are thick, its waxy meat is thick and moist, and the chrysanthemum heart is obvious on the section. Most of them are single branches, especially those born in the west of Heilongjiang. Its main root is well developed and there are few lateral roots. Its skin color is brown and yellow, and the chrysanthemum heart is obvious.
Kou Fang Feng
Kou Fang Feng, also known as "West Fang Feng", is mainly produced in central Inner Mongolia, northern Hebei, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. Less than Guan Fang Feng, the quality is hard, not as soft and moist as Guan Fang Feng, and the heart of chrysanthemum is not as obvious as Guan Fang Feng.
Shui Fang Feng
Shui Fang Feng, also known as " Sishui Fang Feng ", is mainly produced in Lingbao, Lushi, Xingyang, Henan, southern Shaanxi, Dinger, Tianshui and other places in Gansu. Its roots are thin and short, 10-15cm long, 0.3-0.6cm in diameter, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, conical, with few or no rings, many branches, light body with little flesh, and woody.
Growth environment of Fang Feng
Fangfeng is produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Ningxia, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong and other provinces and regions in China. It grows in grasslands, hills, and gravel slopes.
Fangfeng is cold-resistant, drought resistant, avoid excessive humidity and rain, windproof is not very strict on the soil, but you should choose sunny land with high and dry terrain, loose, fertile, deep soil layer, and well-drained sandy loam is the most suitable. Clay, waterlogged, highly acidic or heavily saline-alkali soils are not suitable for planting.
Processing methods of Fang Feng
Collection and processing
In spring and autumn, the roots of plants without pumping stems are excavated, fibrous roots and silt are removed, and dried in the sun.
Processing method
Fang Feng
Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities, wash, moisten thoroughly, cut into thick slices, dry, and sieve to remove debris.
Fried Fang Feng
Take clean Fang Feng slices, put them in a frying container, heat them over medium heat, and fry until the surface is dark yellow with slight scorched spots, take them out, and let them cool. Sift to remove crumbs.
Fang Feng Charcoal
Take clean Fang Feng slices, put them in a frying container, heat them with strong fire, fry until the surface is black, and the inside is dark brown, spray a little water to extinguish the sparks, take them out, and dry them in the air.
Fang Feng TCM
Medicine part
Roots of Umbelliferae parsnip.
Taste
Acrid in the mouth, sweet, slightly warm in nature.
Tropism
Return bladder, spleen, liver channel.
Effect
Expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome, eliminating dampness and relieving pain, relieving spasm.
Attending
For exogenous syndrome, rubella pruritus, rheumatic arthralgia, tetanus, spleen deficiency and dampness.
Physiological characteristics
Fang Feng is a perennial herb, 30-80 cm high. The roots are thick, long cylindrical, branched, light yellow laurel-colored, ascending obliquely, almost as long as the main stem, with fine edges. The flowering period is August-September, and the fruiting period is September-October. It likes a cool climate, is cold-resistant and drought-resistant. It is advisable to choose sunny, deep soil, loose and fertile, well-drained sandy loam for cultivation. It is not suitable for planting in acidic and sticky soil.
Traits and characteristics
Fang Feng is long conical or long cylindrical, the lower part is tapered, some are slightly curved, 15-30cm long, 0.5-2cm in diameter. The surface is grayish brown or tan, rough, with longitudinal wrinkles, most horizontal long lenticels and dotted fine root scars.
There are obvious dense ring patterns on the root head, and brown hairy leaf bases remain on some ring patterns. Light body, loose quality, easy to break, uneven cross section, brownish yellow to brown skin with cracks, yellow xylem. Gas specific, slightly sweet taste.
Related Compatibility
1. Treat all eye diseases: three qian of rui kernel (without oil), 6 qian each of licorice and Fangfeng, and 5 qian of coptis, boil three flavors to make thick juice, next time use rui kernel ointment, take it daily. (Sun's "Jixiaofang")
2. For bone steaming and restless heat, all exhaustion and restless heat, after a serious illness, dixiansan should be used together: Digupi 2 liang, Fangfeng 1 liang, licorice (burnt) half liang. For every five qian, five slices of ginger are decocted in water. ("Ji Sheng Fang")
3. Urinary dripping and astringency: Sanwu Mufangji Decoction: Use Mufangji, Fangfeng, and sunflower seeds for two liang each. Tsui. Take five liters of water, boil two and a half liters, and divide into three servings. ("A Thousand Golden Recipes")
Dosage
Oral administration: decoction, 5-10 grams.
External application: appropriate amount, decocted in water for fumigation and washing.
Taboo
Fang Feng should not be used for patients with deficiency of yin and blood, fever and wind; it should be used with caution for patients with convulsions due to blood deficiency and hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency.
Fang Feng benefits
Expelling wind and relieving exterior syndrome
Fang Feng, pungent and warm diverge, and the smell rises. If the patient has symptoms caused by wind and cold, such as headache, sore throat and dizziness, etc., Fangfeng can be used as an auxiliary treatment.
Dehumidification and pain relief
Fang Feng is pungent and warm, and has the effect of dehumidifying and relieving pain. If patients have various symptoms caused by rheumatic paralysis, such as muscle pain, numbness, joint flexion and extension, etc., they can take Fangfeng under the doctor's order, which can relieve the effect.
Soothe the liver and relieve spasm
Fang Feng can relieve internal wind to relieve convulsions. If the patient has symptoms such as muscle spasms and limb convulsions caused by tetanus, Fangfeng can play a very good role in relieving it.
Stop bleeding and stop diarrhea
If the patient has symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, it can be relieved by taking appropriate Fang Feng.
Fang Feng side effects
Fang Feng is a traditional Chinese medicinal material, and its side effects are relatively rare, and there are no obvious side effects at regular doses.
1. If you use Fang Feng in large quantities for a long time, you may experience discomfort symptoms in the digestive tract, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain symptoms, and may also cause headaches.
2. Excessive dosage can cause excessive sweating, thirst and other symptoms of depletion of energy and energy.
3. Individuals also have allergic reactions, such as abdominal discomfort, nausea and vomiting, cold sweats, and itchy skin.
4. Fang Feng is contraindicated for patients with blood deficiency and convulsions or headaches not caused by wind pathogens, and it should be used with caution for those with deficiency of vitality.
Fang Feng uses
Decoction
Prepare an appropriate amount of Fang Feng, wash it, put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil for 20 minutes, and then drink the juice.
The usual amount is 5-10g.
Fang Feng Tang
Composition: Fang Feng, Nepeta, Puerariae
Indications: exogenous wind-cold, fever and aversion to wind, sweating.
Made into powder or pill
Fang Feng Tong Sheng Wan
Relieve the exterior and unblock the interior, clear heat and detoxify. For external cold and internal heat, both external and internal solid, aversion to cold and strong heat, headache, dry throat, short red urine, constipation, early onset of scrofula, rubella eczema.
Make Tea
Notopterygium Fang Feng Tea
Efficacy: expelling wind and dampness, treating exogenous wind-cold and damp pathogens.
Ingredients: Notopterygium 5g, Fangfeng 3g, Atractylodes 3g, Chuanxiong 3g, Angelica dahurica 3g, green tea 5g.
Usage: Boil Notopterygium, Fangfeng, Cangzhu, Chuanxiong, and Angelica dahurica in 500ml of water until the water boils, then brew green tea for 10 minutes before drinking. It can also be brewed directly.
Porridge
Prepare the right amount of Fangfeng and round-grained rice. Wash the japonica rice, put it in a pot, add some windproof and water, cook for 40 minutes and serve.
Fang Feng dampness porridge
Materials: 20 grams of Fangfeng, 100 grams of japonica rice, 50 grams of barley
Production: decoct the wind and water to extract the juice, add japonica rice and barley to make porridge, and eat in portions.
Function: For patients with severe rheumatism, migratory joint pain and severe pain.
External use
Take an appropriate amount of Fangfeng, decoct and fumigate the affected area.
How to choose Fang Feng?
Root
The roots are long conical or long cylindrical, the lower part is tapering, some are slightly curved, and the thick ones are better.
Section
The section is uneven, the skin is light brown with cracks, and scattered yellow-brown oil spots.
Color
The wood is light yellow.
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