Castor bean root

[ source ] from" folk medicinal herbs commonly used compilation"
English name ] [ Castor root, root of Castorbean, root of Castor-oil-plant, root of Palma Christi
[ source ]
Medicine source: Euphorbiaceae Ricinus Ricinus communis L root.
Latin animal mineral name: Ricinus communis L.
Harvest and storage: spring, autumn is collected, use fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of castor tall herb, in tropical or southern regions often as a perennial shrub or small tree. Young parts are white, green or slightly purple, glabrous. Leaves alternate, long stipitate; leaf blade peltate circle, diameter 15-60cm, sometimes to the 90cm, palmately lobed leaves to below half, lobes 5-11, ovate-lanceolate to oblong, apex acuminate, margin serrate, main veins palmate. Inflorescences opposite leaves and terminal, 10-30cm long or longer, lower born male, upper unripe female flower; petals of monoecious, apetalous; male calyx 3-5 divided; stamens numerous, filaments densely branched; female calyx 3-5 understanding; ovarian 3 rooms, ovule 1 per locule; style 3, deep red, 2 crack. Capsule globose, long 1-2cm, with soft spines, dehiscent when mature, seeds oblong, smooth brindle. Flowering of 5-8 months, fr. 7-10.
[ ] throughout the country have cultivated habitats distribution.
[ ] castor root chemical composition containing anti - 2 - decene - 4, 6, 8 - three acetylenic acid methyl ester ( methyltrans-2-decene-4, 6, 8-triynoate ), 1 - thirteen carbon Xi - 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 - five ( 1-tridecene-3 alkyne, 5, 7, 9, 11-pentayne ), beta sitosterol (sitosterol ) etc..
[ ] Xin Ping; taste; small poison
[ ] to the liver through the heart;
[ function ] JWSGMH; blood swelling. The main tetanus; epilepsy; rheumatism; carbuncle scrofula; traumatic injury; rectal prolapse; uterine prolapse
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15-30g. External : the amount, trace and apply.
Water one thousand milliliter boil two hundred ml, three times per day, an agent. The child dose reduction. The other intraspinal injection of tetanus antitoxin five thousand to ten thousand units ( children three stem to cave thousands of units ), a Yin injection only once, mild cases can not. In order to control convulsions can use a small amount of hibernating medicines. (" Guangdong Province medicine science and technology sources." ) in treating rheumatic arthritis, paralysis, pain of the limbs, mad drop: castor to root five money to one or two. Water decoction. ( Guangzhou air force" commonly used Herbal Handbook for each ). For rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic blood stasis pain: castor trunk three to four money. And it is medicines, decoct with water. ( Guangzhou army" commonly used Herbal Handbook" ) the cure scrofula: white stems castor one or two, sugar one or two, bean curd piece. Boiling water stew served; slag Daolan deposited the affected area. (" Chinese medicinal herbs of Fujian." )
[ ] the discussion
1" common folk herbal assembly" : cure rectocele, powder scrofula, external sore.
2" Guangdong Province medicine science and technology sources." : a calm and spasmolysis effect.
The 3" Chinese herbal medicine in Fujian:" change of gas.
The clinical application of [ ]
1 treatment of epilepsy: red ( red stems and leaves of castor root .) 2 two, egg 1-2, balsamic vinegar right amount. The first egg shell breaking cooked. Add one black, castor roots decocted in water. Daily 1 agent, even served a few days. Some of the party taking 3 days to stop the attack.
2 in the treatment of neonatal tetanus: Red castor root decoction to daily 1.5 two, 45ml, 3 minutes; at the same time with Andrographis 0.7ml, daily 2, intramuscular injection. A case with be cold antitoxin 1-2 million units intramuscularly. 10 cases, 8 cases were cured ( normal temperature, no convulsion, can suck milk ), 2 cases of death. No toxicity and severe side effects, only individual occurrence defecate number increase. In addition, red castor root injection prepared ( each containing 3-5g, ML ) for children with bronchial pneumonia, encephalitis caused by dysphoric or convulsions, on 1-2 years old children about each intramuscular injection of 3ml ( Zhijing available times amount ), have a certain effect, also found no side effects. And treatment of chronic bronchitis, and castor root 4 two, chopped decoction. Daily 1 agent, 10 days for a course of treatment. Observation of 83 cases, 23 cases of recent control, effective in 35 cases, improvement in 25 cases.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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