What are the effects and functions of butterfly bush?
Butterfly bush is also known as Biyu flower, Yangjianxiao, Yuweicao, etc. It is the stem and leaf of the Buddleja lindleyana plant in the Loganiaceae family. Used as medicine, it has the effects of dispelling wind, detoxifying, expelling parasites, and dissolving fish bones lodged in the throat, and has therapeutic effects on mumps, carbuncles, scrofula, ascariasis, hookworm disease, and fish bones lodged in the throat. Now let us take a look at the effects and functions of butterfly bush!
The medicinal effects of butterfly bush
[Nature and flavor] Pungent and bitter in flavor, warm in nature, toxic.
[Meridian entry] Lung, spleen, and stomach meridians.
[Effects] Dispels wind, detoxifies, expels parasites, and dissolves fish bones lodged in the throat. Mainly treats mumps, carbuncles, scrofula, ascariasis, hookworm disease, and fish bones lodged in the throat.
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3. "Hunan Materia Medica": Disperses wind and removes dampness, moves qi and transforms phlegm, detoxifies and stops coughing. Treats abdominal pain, diarrhea, carbuncles, and joint pain.
Clinical applications of butterfly bush
1. Treatment of chronic bronchitis: Use compound butterfly bush tablets, each time tablets, taken 3 times a day (the daily dose is 5.3 qian of raw butterfly bush, 4.7 qian of Ardisia japonica, and 2.6 fen of Genkwa flower), with 10 days as one course of treatment. After medication, the short-term effect is obvious. Generally after 3 to 5 days, coughing is relieved, purulent sputum becomes thinner and easier to cough up, and wheezing is reduced, but it cannot be completely controlled. Side effects include stomach discomfort, dry tongue and throat, intestinal gas, and a few report dizziness, which disappear after stopping the medication.
2. Treatment of bronchial asthma: Take butterfly bush by decoction, 2 times a day, each time liang. In 1 trial case, after each dose, a large amount of yellow purulent-like sputum was coughed up 10 to 15 minutes later. After about 2 weeks, the feeling of chest tightness and oppression was obviously improved. After continuing medication for 1.5 months (total dosage reaching 6 jin), the symptoms gradually disappeared. After follow-up 3 months later, the patient had resumed work, and there was no attack even when the weather changed. Examination showed clear breath sounds in both lungs.
Medicinal recipes of butterfly bush
1. Treatment of influenza: Butterfly bush 5 qian to 1 liang. Decoct in water and take.
2. Treatment of hookworm disease: Butterfly bush 5 qian (reduced appropriately for children). Boil in water for 2 hours, take 100 milliliters of the juice, add white sugar, and take it in divided doses after dinner and before breakfast the next morning. The dosage can be increased gradually from 5 qian to 5 liang. A few patients who took the medicine had symptoms such as nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dizziness, and fatigue.
3. Treatment of malaria: Butterfly bush and Solanum lyratum 1 liang each. Decoct in water, take within 3 to 4 hours before the onset of malaria, for 2 consecutive days.
4. Treatment of fresh traumatic injuries: Fresh whole butterfly bush plant, 5 to 8 qian (3 to 5 qian if dried). Add an appropriate amount of red wine and boiling water, stew for 1 hour, and take orally.
5. Treatment of external bleeding from trauma: Dry butterfly bush leaves and grind into powder, sprinkle on the wound, and press gently; it has a hemostatic effect.
6. Treatment of poisoning from accidentally eating grouper roe (inside), with continuous vomiting: Grind fish tail grass into juice and take a small amount.
7. Treatment of mumps: Butterfly bush 5 qian, maple balls 7 pieces, shepherd's purse 3 qian. Cook with eggs and eat.
8. Treatment of scrofula: Whole butterfly bush plant 1 liang. Decoct in water and take.
9. Treatment of wind-cold toothache: Fresh butterfly bush leaves and a small amount of table salt, pound into a paste and take the juice to rinse the mouth.