[Introduction to medicinal materials] It is the dried root of Sanguisorba officin, alisL. or Sanguisorba offiici-nalis L.var. Longifolia (Bertol.) Yu et Li.

Medicinal Material Introduction】is the dry root of the Rosaceae plant Sanguisorba officin, alis L. or Sanguisorba offiici-nalis L.var. Longifolia (Bertol.) Yu et Li. Burnet burnet is mainly produced in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and other places; Burnet burnet is mainly produced in Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places. Dig and dry the plants when they germinate in spring or after they wither in autumn. Use raw or fried over charcoal.

[ Beauty Effects ] Cools blood, detoxifies, and sores.

 【 Beauty Methods

 1. Used for red, swollen and painful sores and carbuncles: This product is bitter and cold in nature, and functions to clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify. To treat the swelling and pain of carbuncle or redness and swelling of facial sores, you can use the decoction alone to wash the affected area, or mix it with other medicines such as Tianjihuang, notoginseng, grind it into powder and apply it, or make an ointment for external use.

 2. Used for burns, eczema: This product clears away heat, detoxifies and heals sores. To treat burns and scalds, it can be used alone or mixed with rhubarb and mixed with sesame oil for application. To treat eczema, it can be used alone to make an ointment and applied; or it can be mixed with rhubarb and Sophora flavescens decoction for wet compresses.

[ usage and dosage ] Take decoction, 10-15g, or make it into pills or powder. Appropriate amount for external use.

[ use precautions ] Patients with large-area burns should not apply it externally to prevent the tannins contained in it from being absorbed in large quantities and causing toxic hepatitis.

[ note ] This product is a commonly used cooling and hemostatic drug, mainly used to treat various syndromes of blood-heat bleeding in the lower Jiao. Because it is bitter, cold, sour and astringent, it also has the effects of cooling the blood, detoxifying and astringing sores. It can be used for carbuncles, burns and scalds. This product is multi-purpose for disfiguring diseases. With its functions of clearing away heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and astringing sores, it can be used for scalp and face sores, burns and eczema. It can not only detoxify and reduce swelling, but also astringe sores and dampness.

 【 ancient and modern examples

  (1) Recipe for burns: raw Diyu 30g, borneol 20g, borax 10g. Crush and sieve separately, mix evenly, and spread on the wound surface. ("Practical Chinese Medicine for Beauty")

(2) Sore and swollen ointment: 500g of Sanguisorba, 200g of Tianjihuang, 6 to 15g of Panax notoginseng, mixed with Vaseline to make an ointment for external use to treat sores, boils, etc. ("Practical Beauty Chinese Medicine")

(3) Prescription for facial skin diseases: Phellodendron 30g, Sanguisorba 30g, aqueous solution combined with inverted mask therapy to treat facial inflammatory skin diseases, including rosacea, acne, Seborrheic dermatitis etc. Once a day, use for 10 days. During the treatment, take licorice zinc capsules, 0.1g daily. The results show that it is valid.

 【 Materia Medica

 《 Famous Doctors' Special Records 》"It can stop pus and blood, various fistulas, malignant sores, hot sores, relieve alcoholism, eliminate thirst, repair injuries, and postpartum internal congestion. It can be used as a sore ointment."

 [ modern research ]: This product contains tannins, didiphorin, phenolic acid compounds, etc. Diyu preparations have a significant effect on the healing of burns, scalds and wounds. 50% ethanol extract can significantly reduce the activity of endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE-la) in endothelial cells: a dose-effect relationship; 0.1% extract can inhibit the secretion of endothelin-1 (EBl) by keratinocytes; it is resistant to ultraviolet B Topical administration of 5% extract of to irradiated guinea pigs for 10 days can significantly reduce pigmentation, suggesting that the extract of Sanguisorba Sanguifolia can be used as a whitening agent. Different concentration groups of 50% 1,beta;-butene glycol extract of Sanguisorbae can inhibit the formation of skin wrinkles in rats after ultraviolet B irradiation, maintain skin elasticity, and inhibit the curling of skin elastic fibers.