Equisetum hyemale was first published in JiayouBencao,and had been collected in past dy-nasties.Since the Song Dynasty,E.hyemale had various alias such as Drilgrass,Penholder Grass,Penhead Grass and so on.Its original source was mainly considered to be E.hyemale of Equisetaceae,but there were still homonymous foreign objects and synonymous synonyms.The producing areas of previous dynasties were mostly found in today's Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province,and were now widely distributed in most parts of the country.The harvest season of E.hyemale in Song Dynasty was mainly in Lunar April,which was now more than that in summer and autumn.The processing of E.hye-male included frying black and removing node,and now it was mainly cutting.E.hyemale was sweet and slightly bitter in taste,mild in nature and non-toxic.It mainly belonged to the liver,lung and gall-bladder.It had the effects of sweating and relieving muscle,brightening the eyes and removing pan-nus,consolidating collapse,hemostasis and eliminating accumulation.It was a special drug for the liv-er and an important agent for removing pannus and brightening the eyes.It could be used for pannus,tears in the wind,blood under the intestinal wind,anal prolapse,throat arthralgia,malaria,metrorrha-gia and other diseases.The research results of this paper not only provided a theoretical basis for the de-velopment and utilization of E.hyemale resources and safe drug use,but also laid a foundation for its in-depth research.
Equisetum hyemale L.Place of originPrimordiumProcessingHerbal textual research
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