goat weed
Epimedium is the dried leaf of the plant Berberaceae Epimedium, Epimedium arrowleaf, Epimedium pubescens or Korean Epimedium. It is mainly produced in Shanxi, Sichuan, Hubei and Jilin. In summer and autumn, when the stems and leaves are in full bloom, they are harvested and dried in the sun or shade. Shred. It is better to have yellow-green leaves.
Preparation specification: Heat and melt the lanolin oil from the goat weed, add the shredded epimedium weed, fry it with a simmer until it is uniform and shiny, take it out, and let it cool.
Traits:
[goat weed]
three-out compound leaves; leaflets ovate, 3-8 cm long, 2-6 cm wide; apex slightly acuminate, apical leaflet heart-shaped at base, leaflets smaller on both sides, eccentric; Externally large, ear-shaped, with yellow hairy fine serrations on the margins; The upper surface is yellow-green, the lower surface is gray-green, the main veins are 7-9, the base has sparse and slender hairs, the veins are protruding on both sides, and the reticulated veins are obvious; The petioles are 1-5 cm long. Leaves nearly leathery. The breath is slight and the taste is slightly bitter.
[goat weed]
three compound leaves, leaflets oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 4-12 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide; The apex is acute, the base of the lobules on both sides is distinctly deviated, and the outer side is arrow-shaped. The lower surface is sparsely covered with stubby short pubic hairs or nearly glabrous. Leathery leaves.
[Epimedium pubescens]
The lower surface of the leaf and petiole are densely pubescent.
[Korean Epimedium
The leaflets are larger, 4-10 cm long and 3.5-7 cm wide, with a long and pointed apex. The blades are thinner.
【Sexual Taste and Return】
Pungent, sweet, warm. Return to the liver and kidney meridians.
【Functions and Indications】
Tonify kidney yang, strengthen muscles and bones, and dispel rheumatism. It is used for kidney yang deficiency, impotence and spermatozoa, muscle and bone weakness, rheumatism and paralysis, numbness and spasm.
【Usage and Dosage】
6-10g。
[Utility Analysis]
Epimedium is warm and dry, returns to the liver and kidney meridians, is long in tonifying the kidney and aphrodisiac, strengthening impotence, and is a good medicine for the treatment of kidney yang deficiency and impotence.
Epimedium sweet and warm can warm and replenish kidney yang, and Xin Wen can dispel wind and dehumidify, so it can not only strengthen kidney yang and strengthen muscles and bones, but also disperse rheumatism and relieve pain, and can be used for muscle and bone weakness, rheumatism and pain, numbness and spasm.
[Identification Applications]
1. Epimedium and Goat Weed
Epimedium is spicy, sweet, warm in nature, returns to the liver and kidney meridians, and functions to replenish kidney yang, strengthen muscles and bones, and dispel rheumatism; It is good at dispelling rheumatism, and is mostly used for wind-cold and dampness, stroke hemiplegia, and polio. goat weed can enhance the function of warming the kidneys and aphrodisiac, and is commonly used to treat kidney yang insufficiency, impotence, and uterine cold infertility.
2. Epimedium with deer antler velvet
Both of them are sweet and warm, return to the liver and kidney meridians, both have warm kidney and aphrodisiac, adjust the chong ren, strengthen the muscles and bones, and treat kidney yang deficiency, impotence and spermatozoa, and uterine cold infertility. However, epimedium has a pungent taste, which can dispel rheumatism, strengthen muscles and bones, and is also used for wind, cold, dampness, numbness and spasm; Deer antler velvet has a salty taste, which can not only benefit sperm and blood, adjust Chong Ren, but also support sores and poison, and can also be used for kidney yang deficiency and sperm and blood deficiency.
3. Epimedium with dog spine
Both of them are sweet and warm into the liver and kidney, both can dispel rheumatism, tonify the liver and kidney, strengthen the waist and knees, and treat rheumatism and paralysis pain, waist and knee weakness, kidney deficiency and impotence, enuresis and frequent urination, and excessive vaginal discharge. However, epimedium has a pungent taste, has a stronger power to warm the kidneys and aphrodisiac, and is mostly used for kidney yang deficiency and impotence, uterine cold infertility, and frequent enuresis; The dog's spine is bitter, long in dispelling rheumatism, strengthening the waist and knees, good at treating rheumatism and paralysis pain, low back pain and strong spine, unable to pitch, and weak lower limbs.
4. Epimedium and mulberry parasitism
Both of them have the functions of strengthening muscles and bones, dispelling wind and dehumidifying, and are used for rheumatism and pain, waist and knee soreness. However, epimedium has a sweet and pungent taste, warm and dry nature, and is good for tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, strengthening impotence, and is a good medicine for the treatment of impotence. Mulberry parasitism has a bitter and sweet taste, flat nature, and has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys and stabilizing the fetus, so it is mostly used for the soreness of the waist and knees due to liver and kidney insufficiency; It can also be used for liver and kidney insufficiency, excessive menstrual leakage, pregnancy blood leakage, and fetal restlessness caused by liver and kidney insufficiency.
【Compatible Applications】
1. Epimedium with Morinda officinalis
Epimedium is pungent and dry, and has a strong ability to help yang and dispel cold; Morinda is slightly warm and not dry, and the effect of warming the uterus is better. The two medicines are used together to enhance the power of replenishing fire and helping yang. It is suitable for impotence infertility, spermatozoa, enuresis, frequent urination, and uterine cold infertility caused by insufficient kidney yang.
2. Epimedium with clematis
Epimedium has a spicy, sweet and warm taste, the main liver and kidney meridians, long in tonifying the kidney and aphrodisiac, strengthening muscles and bones, dispelling wind and dehumidification; Clematis is good at dissipating rheumatism, passing through the meridians, and relieving paralysis and pain. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of dispelling wind, removing dampness and relieving pain. It is mostly used for rheumatism and paralysis, limb numbness, muscle and vein spasm, flexion and extension are unfavorable, and can be applied regardless of the affected area, especially for those with kidney deficiency.
3. goat weed with psoralen
Epimedium is good at tonifying the kidneys and aphrodisiac; Psoralen is good at tonifying the kidney. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of tonifying the kidney and helping yang, and fixing essence and shrinking urine. It is suitable for kidney yang deficiency, impotence and spermatozoa, enuresis and frequent urination caused by the instability of the lower yuan.
4. Epimedium with eucommia
Epimedium is good at tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang, strengthening muscles and bones, dispelling wind and dampness; Eucommia is good at nourishing the liver and kidneys, strengthening muscles and bones. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of replenishing fire and helping yang, strengthening muscles and bones, and dispelling wind and dehumidification. It is suitable for rheumatism, waist and knee pain, muscle and bone weakness, etc.
5. Epimedium with cistanche
Epimedium is good at tonifying the kidney and helping yang, and Cistanche is good at tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of tonifying the kidney, helping yang and improving essence. It is suitable for impotence and premature ejaculation caused by deficiency of kidney yang, sperm and blood deficiency, cold pain in waist and knees, etc.
6. goat weed with rehmannia rehmannia
Epimedium is good at tonifying the kidneys and helping yang, and rehmannia is good at nourishing yin and blood. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of nourishing the essence and blood, tonifying the kidneys and helping yang. It is suitable for impotence and slippery sperm caused by deficiency of kidney yang, sperm and blood deficiency, menstrual irregularities, etc.
7. Epimedium with purple quartz
Epimedium is good at tonifying the kidneys and helping yang, and purple quartz is good at warming the kidneys and helping yang. The two medicines are used together to enhance the function of tonifying the kidney and helping yang. It is suitable for cold uterine infertility, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and impotence infertility caused by kidney yang deficiency.
[Summary of Materia Medica]
1. "Shennong's Materia Medica" "The main yin impotence is absolutely injured, the stem is painful, it is good for urine, it is good for qi, and it is strong for will." ”
2. "Rihuazi Materia Medica" "Cure all cold wind and labor, replenish waist and knees, strengthen the heart, the husband is absolutely impulsive, the woman is absolutely yin and childless, the muscles and bones are urgent, the limbs are not responsible, the old man is faint, and the middle-aged are forgetful." ”
3. "Compendium of Materia Medica" "Produce sperm and replenish the marrow, nourish blood and yang, strengthen muscles and bones, all weakness, deafness and darkness, dizziness and dysentery." ”
【Prescription Examples】
1. Immortal Spleen Scatter ("Shenghui Fang")
Medicinal composition: Epimedium officinalis, aconite, angelica, rhizome, eucommia, woody incense.
Function and indications: tonify kidney yang, dispel rheumatism, relieve paralysis and pain. It is suitable for wind, waist and foot pain, cold paralysis and limb weakness.
2. Immortal Spleen Scatter ("Shenghui Fang")
Medicinal composition: Epimedium officinalis, hyssop, ghost arrow feather, angelica, earth dragon, myrrh, cinnamon heart, clematis, bone crush.
Function and indications: help yang and dispel cold, invigorate blood and relieve pain. It is suitable for postpartum blood and gas attack, and low back pain is unbearable.
[Examples of over-the-counter medicines]
1. Xian Le Xiong Capsule (2015 edition of "Clinical Medication Instructions, Chinese Medicine Prescription Preparations" volume)
Medicinal composition: Epimedium officinalis, deer antler velvet, dog whip, bullwhip, ginseng, rehmannia rehmannia.
Function and indications: invigorate qi and yang, nourish the kidney and fill essence. It is used for waist and knee soreness, dizziness, tinnitus, and impotence caused by kidney yang deficiency and loss of essence qi.
2. Tianjing Kidney Supplement Cream (2015 Edition, "Clinical Medication Instructions, Chinese Medicine Prescription Preparations" Volume)
Medicinal composition: Epimedium officinalis, Morinda officinalis (wine), Suoyang (steamed in wine), Cistanche (wine), Cistanche (Eucommia), Dog's Spine, Sichuan Oxknee, Tortoiseshell Gum, Deer Horn Gum, Rehmannia Rehmannia, Angelica, Lycium Berry, Codonopsis, Astragalus membranaceus, Poria cocos, Zhiyuanzhi.
Function and indications: warm the kidneys and help yang, nourish essence and blood. It is used for waist and knee soreness, malaise, chills and coldness, impotence and spermatozoa caused by kidney yang deficiency and lack of sperm and blood.
3. Shengbai Oral Liquid (2015 Edition)
Drug composition: Epimedium officinalis, Astragalus, psoralen, aconite, wolfberry, Ophiopogon vulgaris, Angelica sinensis, Chicken blood vine, madder, reed root, licorice.
Function and indications: Warm the kidneys and strengthen the spleen, nourish qi and blood. It is used for patients with leukopenia caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy for cancer, which is characterized by spleen and kidney yang deficiency and lack of qi and blood, and the symptoms are fatigue, lack of breath and lazy speech, cold extremities, loose stools, and soreness in the waist and knees.
4. Prostasta Shule Granules (2015 edition of "Clinical Medication Instructions, Chinese Medicine Prescription Preparation Volume")
Medicinal composition: Epimedium officinalis, Astragalus membranaceus, Sichuan hyssop, Puhuang, plantain.
Function and indications: tonify the kidneys and invigorate qi, dispel blood stasis and clear drenching. It is used for the drenching syndrome caused by kidney and spleen deficiency and blood stasis and dampness, and the symptoms are soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, fatigue, distension of the lower abdomen, frequent urination, drenching and unpleasant, and astringency and pain in the urethra; Prostatic hyperplasia and chronic prostatitis are seen in the above syndromes.
5. Gu Songbao Granules "Clinical Medication Instructions and Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Preparation Volume" 2015 Edition)
Drug composition: Epimedium officinalis, Continuation, Red Paeoniae, Chuanxiong, Tringing, Curcuma, Zhimu, Rehmannia Rehmannia, Oyster (calcined).
Function and indications: nourish the kidneys and strengthen the bones, invigorate the blood and strengthen the tendons. It is used for bone impotence caused by liver and kidney insufficiency, with back pain, low back pain, soft knees, brittle bones, and easy to break; Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis are seen in the above syndromes.
[Notes]
Those who are deficient in yin and fire should use with caution.
Author: Lin Shenchang, Chief Chinese Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan People's Hospital
Reviewer: Liu Ruifeng, Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan People's Hospital