"Calamus" Song. Lu
Calamus is an ancient medicine, and it has been rooted for thousands of years.
Smell the peace of life, take the service can be immortal.
Si people are not from the world, and their ears are long and their shoulders are down.
Panasonic's words are not over, and the sky is blue on Zhu's body.
In the Dragon Boat Festival, people take wormwood and calamus as one of the important contents, and insert calamus and moxa in the door eyebrow and hang in the hall. Because the leaves of the calamus are sword-shaped, inserted in the door can ward off evil spirits, so the monks called it "water sword", and later customs were extended to "pu sword", which can cut thousands of evils. In the old vulgarity, it was commonly known as the fifth month of the lunar calendar as the Pu month, and the Dragon Boat Festival hung calamus at the door, also known as the Pu Festival.
The iris is the gentleman of the herbs, because it grows between the springs and flowing waters, so it is called the stone calamus. Stone iris is evergreen in all seasons, not an inch of land, not holiday color, chic and elegant, willing to be indifferent, and clear water and white stone as a companion, so it and orchid, chrysanthemum, narcissus and known as "four elegance in flowers".
Chinese medicine
The traditional Chinese medicine calamus is the dried rhizome of the Araceae plant calamus. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. Harvesting in autumn and winter, removing fibrous roots and sediment, and drying. This product is aromatic, bitter and slightly pungent. It is better to have thick strips, white faces, no roots, and strong aroma. Use fresh or raw.
Stone iris has a pungent, bitter and warm taste. Return to the heart, stomach meridian. It has the ability to open the body and expel phlegm, awaken the mind and intellectualize, dissolve dampness and stomach.
Note: Those who are deficient in yin and yang, exhausted, irritable and sweaty and slippery are cautious.
"Shennong's Materia Medica": "Calamus, spicy, warm." The main wind is cold and damp, and the cough is against the upper breath; Open holes, replenish the five organs; Through the nine orifices, clear ears and eyes, sound sound. Wear light for a long time, do not forget, do not be confused, and prolong life. A Changyang. Raw Ikezawa. ”
Commentary on the Materia Medica
The temperature of calamus, the wood gas of spring and heaven, enters the yin and liver meridians; The taste is spicy and non-toxic, and the golden taste of the West is obtained, and the Taiyin Lung Meridian is started. The smell rises, and so does the yang.
The combination of wind, cold and dampness forms paralysis, and paralysis is the closure of qi and blood; Calamus enters the liver, the liver hides blood, enters the lungs, the lungs are the main qi, the temperature can work, and the taste is pungent and moist, so the Lord is also. Xin moistens the lungs, and the lungs moisten the qi to fall, and the cough is reversed and the qi is self-leveling. Xinwen is the yang, and the yang is the main development, so he is happy. Moisten the lungs, the main qi of the lungs, mild the liver, the liver stores blood, the blood and qi are harmonized, and the five organs are replenished. Those who pass the nine tricks, Xinwen develops also, Xinwen is yang, and yang energy comes out of the upper body, so it is clear to the ears and eyes. Lung main voice. The taste is pungent and moistens the lungs, so the sound is sound, and the main deafness is the work of the ears and eyes. For the treatment of carbuncles, Xin can disperse knots. The stomach and intestines belong to the Yang Ming meridian of the hands and feet, the Xin Wen is Yang, and the Yang is the stomach and intestine temperature. If the bladder is cold, you can't help urinating; Calamus is warm, warms the lungs, and the lungs are the source above the bladder, so it is convenient to stop the small ones.
Wear for a long time and light the body, and the liver is smooth; Don't forget not to be confused, the yang energy is full and the gods are also; prolongs life, and Yang Sheng will live longer; Good for the mind, high ambition, Xin Wen is yang, and the yang lord is high; Not old, warm and invigorating, blood is full of flowers.
Formula: calamus with familiar ground, cork, pills, treatment of kidney deficiency and deafness.
Same as atractylodes, atractylodes, papaya, corina, dendrobium, rhizome, cork, to treat dampness and eczema.
The same ginseng, wheat winter, jujube kernel, cocoon, Yuanzhi, and shengdi, cure heart deficiency and depression.
Designed for water, moisturizing sores.
Shennong's Materia Medica
Calamus is slightly the same as Yuanzhi, but it is bitter and hard, and it is born in the water stone, and is affected by the cold water of the sun. Its taste is pungent in the lungs and the main table, its temperature is in the meridian of the heart envelope, and it is through the king's fire and the main god. Its main wind, cold and dampness, cough against the upper qi, from the lungs to exorcise evil spirits to solve the surface. From the last sentence of the happy trick, it is said that the effect of replenishing the heart is the same as that of the ambition. If the voice is not out, this can be calm. The heart is bright and bright, so it can warm the stomach and stop the small convenience. However, the aura of the water essence is open to the nine orifices on the outside and the five internal organs on the inside, and its nature is different from the top to the top, which is different from the Yuanzhi from the top to the bottom.
Modern pharmacology
Calamus volatile oil and decoction have sedative, anticonvulsant and antidepressant effects, nerve cell protection, nootropic brain strengthening effects, and extracts have the effect of improving learning and memory. Volatile oil can effectively inhibit the abnormal increase of GLU, ASP and GABA content after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion. β-Asarether can enhance the expression of rat cerebral cortical nerve cells, while inhibiting the apoptosis of rat nerve cells. It can significantly inhibit the spasmodic contraction of the trachea, and has antitussive, expectorant and asthma effects. Acorus has the effect of regulating gastrointestinal motility, promoting bile secretion, and aiding digestion. α-Asarether has different degrees of inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumococcus pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. Volatile oils can enhance the immune function of normal and immunosuppressive cells, and have the effect of promoting non-specific immune function. In addition, it also has certain effects of improving blood rheology, anti-thrombosis and anti-myocardial ischemic injury.
Jiu-Irises
The ancient herbal literature said that the stone calamus is "one inch and nine knots are good", so the stone calamus is also known as the nine-section calamus. However, the nine-section calamus used in modern commercial medicinal materials is the rhizome of the ranunculaceae plant Altai anemone, which is mainly produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and other places. In May ~ June, the leaves are dug before the seedlings are withered, the sediment is removed, the fibrous roots are rubbed off after drying, the impurities are removed, washed, dried and used raw. Its taste is pungent and warm; Return to the heart, liver, and spleen meridians. Functionalize phlegm and open the body, calm the nerves, promote dampness and awaken the spleen, and detoxify. It is suitable for fever, dizziness, epilepsy, deafness, dreams, forgetfulness, chest tightness and abdominal distention, loss of appetite, rheumatism and paralysis, carbuncle and scabies. decoction, 1.5~6g; Or into pills, scattered, or fresh mashed juice. Appropriate amount for external use, decoction and washing; or fresh pounding; or the end of the grinding. Yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity, irritability and sweating, slippery sperm should be taken with caution. Experimental studies have shown that the calamus used in modern commercial medicinal materials has a certain toxicity, so the two should not be confused in clinical use.
Time: 2024