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Manjingzi ( Shrub Chastetree Fruit)---蔓荆子

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 Manjingzi is the dried ripened fruit of vitex trifolia L. simplicifolia Cham. or Vitex trifolia L., pertaining to Verbenaceae. It is colleted in fall when the fruit is ripe. After the impurities are removed, it is  sun dried. The raw form is used or after stir-baked.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Pungent, bitter and slightly cold; relate to bladder, liver and stomach meridians. 

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Disperse wind-heat; clear head and eyes.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 5-9 g. It is decocted in water or soaked in wine for oral administration. Also it is used in pills and powder.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. External contraction of wind heat, dizziness and headache      Manjingzi treats cold due to wind-heat, with dizziness and headache, in combination with Bohe and Juhua.

2.Reddish and swollen eyes wit pain      It is  indicated for wind-heat up attacking, manifesting as reddish and swollen eyes with pain, blurred vision and tearing, usually in combination with Juhua, Chantui and Baijili.

Also it can dispel wind and stop pain to treat arthralgic pain due to wind-damp with convulsion of body and limbs.

蔓荆子为马鞭草科植物单叶蔓荆Vitex trifolia L.var. simplicifolia Cham.或蔓荆Vitex trifolia L.的干燥成熟果实。单叶蔓荆主产于山东、江西、浙江、福建等省;蔓荆主产于广东、广西等省区。秋季果实成熟时采收,除去杂质,晒干。生用或炒用。

 【药性】辛、苦,微寒。归膀胱、肝、胃经。       
 
【功效】疏散风热,清利头目。      
 
  【应用】        1.风热感冒,头昏头痛。本品辛能散风,微寒清热,轻浮上行,解表之力较弱,偏于清利头目、疏散头面之邪。故风热感冒而头昏头痛者,较为多用,常与薄荷、菊花等疏散风热、清利头目药同用。若风邪上攻之偏头痛,常配伍川芎、白芷、细辛等祛风止痛药。      
 
  2.目赤肿痛。本品辛散苦泄微寒,功能疏散风热,清利头目,可用治风热上攻,目赤肿痛,目昏多泪,常与菊花、蝉蜕、白蒺藜等祛风明目药同用。本品药性升发,清利头目,与黄芪、人参、升麻、葛根等补气升阳药同用,还治疗中气不足,清阳不升,耳鸣耳聋,如益气聪明汤(《证治准绳》)。     
 
   此外,取本品祛风止痛之功,也可用治风湿痹痛,每与羌活、独活、川芎、防风等同用,如羌活胜湿汤(《内外伤辨惑论》)。       
 
 【用法用量】煎服,5~9g。       
 
【古籍摘要】        1.《神农本草经》:“主筋骨间寒热,湿痹拘挛,明目,坚齿,利九窍,去白虫。”     
 
   2.《名医别录》:“去长虫,主风头痛,脑鸣,目泪出。益气,令人光泽脂致。”        3.《医林纂要》:“散热,祛风,兼能燥湿。”       
 
【现代研究】        1.化学成分:本品含挥发油,主要成分为茨烯、蒎烯,并含蔓荆子黄素、脂肪油、生物碱和维生素A等。       
 2.药理作用:蔓荆子有一定的镇静、止痛、退热作用。蔓荆子黄素有抗菌、抗病毒作用。蔓荆叶蒸馏提取物具有增进外周和内脏微循环的作用。       
3.临床研究:
①蔓荆子60g,白酒500ml,将蔓荆子炒至焦黄,轧为粗末,入酒浸泡3~7天,兑凉开水适量,取汁700ml,每次服50ml,每日2次,7天为一个疗程,治疗三叉神经痛有良效(中医杂志,2000,41(12):712)。②治疗急性鼻窦炎,蔓荆子12g,苍耳子10g,辛夷10g,白芷10g,桑叶15g,桔梗10g,随证加减,趁热熏鼻,温后口服(中医杂志,2000,41(12):713)。
③用蔓荆子和清胃散煎服,另用蔓荆子10g,生石膏30g,细辛5g,煎汤漱口,热含冷吐,不拘时数,治疗牙周炎有效(中医杂志,2000,41(12):713)。
④单用蔓荆子为末,酒调外敷,治疗初中期急性乳腺炎,效果满意(湖南中医杂志,1999,15(3):48)。       

 


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