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車前子 Cheqianzi
Chinese Name |
車前子 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Cheqianzi |
English Name |
Asiatic Plantain Seed |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Plantaginis Semen |
Category |
Fruits and seeds
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Origin |
The dried mature seed of Plantago asiatica L. or Plantago depressa Willd. (Plantaginaceae). |
Production Regions |
Produced in areas all around China. |
Macroscopic Features |
Slightly oval or irregular long spherical shape, slightly flat, about 2mm long, 1mm wide. Externally pale brown or brown, slightly rough. With magnification, thin longitudinal wrinkles can be seen; relatively flat side has pale yellow intended spotty hilum in the middle. Hard texture; fractured surface is grayish-white. After placing the seed into water, the outer seed coat becomes mucilaginous. faint odor, sticky when chewed. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is large, evenly full, brownish-red. |
Properties |
Sweet, tasteless; slightly cold. |
Functions |
Clears heat, promotes urination, percolates dampness, stops diarrhea, brightens the eyes, dispels phlegm. Apply to difficulty in micturition, whitish and turbid urine, edema fullness, leukorrhea, conjunctival congestion and eye screens, cough and panting due to heat and phlegm. |
Processed Form |
Fried Che qian zi: Cleaned Che qian zi use pots to fry with slow fire till swollen, darkened, and explosive sound; take out and cool. Apply to percolates dampness, stops diarrhea, relieves phlegm, stops cough. Wine-processed Che qian zi: cleaned Che qian zi stirs evenly with yellow rice wine, use pot to fry with slow fire till observe slightly color of fire, take out and cool. Every 100kg Che qian zi with yellow rice wine 12.5kg. Corrects its extremity. Salt-processed Che qian zi: cleaned Che qian zi use pots to fry with slow fire till swollen and explosive sound, spray salt water, then fry to dry, till fragrance odor, take out and cool. Every 100kg Che qian zi, with 2kg salt. Apply to tonify kidney, brighten eyes. |
Technical Terms |
‘Open eyes’: The center of one side of the seed has one slightly raised grayish-white small round spot, which is the hilum. |
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