Introduction of Qian Shi:Gordon Euryale Seed or Semen Euryales.
✵The article gives records of the herb Gordon Euryale Seed, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Euryale ferox Salisb., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Gordon Euryale Seed, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Semen Euryales(Gordon Euryale Seed).
Pin Yin Name: Qiàn Shí.
English Name: Gordon Euryale Seed.
Latin Name: Semen Euryales.
Property and flavor: neutral in nature, tastes sweet, puckery.
Brief introduction: The Herb Semen Euryales is the dried kernel of the ripe seed of Euryale ferox Salisb., used as an astringent for the treatment of chronic diarrhea, spontaneous emission, enuresis, and leukorrhagia. The herb is commonly known as Semen Euryales, Gordon Euryale Seed, Seed of Gordon Euryale, Qiàn Shí.
Botanical source: Herbal classic book defined the herb Semen Euryales (Gordon Euryale Seed) as the dried kernel of the ripe seed of the species (1). Euryale ferox Salisb. It is a plant of the Euryale Salisb. ex DC. Genus, the Nymphaeaceae Salisb. family (water lily family) of the Ranales order. This commonly used species is introduced:
(1).Euryale ferox Salisb.
Botanical description: The plant, Euryale ferox Salisb is commonly known as Qiàn. A large annual aquatic herb. The whole plant has pointed spines. Rhizomes are stout and short, and have white, fibrous roots and inconspicuous stems. Primary leaves are submerged, arrow-shaped or elliptic-reniform, 4–10 cm long, both surfaces are anacanthous (stingless); petioles are anacanthous; metaphyll floats on the water surface, coriaceous, elliptic-reniform to circular (round), 10-130 cm in diameter, the upper surface is dark green (deep green), has many wrinkles, the under surface is modena (dark purple), has pubescence, leaf veins are convex, edges are curved upward. Petioles and pedicels (flower stalks) are stout, and reach 25 cm long.
Flowers are solitary, diurnal (opening during daylight hours and closing at night), about 5 cm long; 4 sepals, lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm long, inner surface is purple; many flower petals, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm long, prunus (violet-red), arranged in several whorls; many stamens; ovary is inferior, 8 carpels, stigma is red, concave circular disc shape (plate shape), flat.
Berries are globular (spherical shape), 3-5 cm in diameter, spongiform (spongoid), and dark prunus (dark violet red). Seeds are globular, about 10 mm in diameter, and black. Its flowering period is from July to August, and the fruiting period is from August to September.
Ecological environment: The plant grows in ponds, lake marshes, and irrigated land (marshy fields). It is mainly produced in the northern and southern areas of China.
Growth characteristics: The plant prefers warm and moist climates with sufficient sunshine, but it is not resistant to cold or drought. The optimum growth temperature is 20–30 °C (Celsius, or 68–86 degrees Fahrenheit) and the water depth is 30–90 cm, or 60–120 cm. It can be planted in ponds, reservoirs, ditches and canals with a certain loose filthy mud and a stable water level, soil is rich in organic matter, the soil acidity should not be too high, and it is not appropriate to choose cold areas for cultivation.
Characters of herbs: Kernels are subsphaeroidal (near-spherical), 5~8 mm in diameter, and some are broken into blocks. The intact herb has a reddish-brown or dark purple endothelium (inner seed coat) on the surface, with irregular veined reticulated patterns, about 1/3 part of one end is yellowish white. The embryo is small and is located in the round concave pit at the faint yellow end. The texture of the herb is hard, and the fracture surface is white and mealy (powdery, floured). The herb has a slight odor, and it tastes mild. The herb of a better grade has full grains, a white fracture surface, sufficient mealiness, and no broken powder.
Pharmacological actions: ①.The herb Semen Euryales contains a lot of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fat, starch, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, crude fiber, carotene, and so on. Among them B group vitamins can burn adipose, crude fiber has the effect that eliminates fat (lipid) and prompts defecation; ②.helps restore or recover the function of the spleen and digestive system; ③.treats diarrhea; ④.indirectly helps reduce phlegm; ⑤.sedative and astringent effect, etc.
Medicinal efficacy: Tonifying the kidney, relieving seminal emission, replenish the spleen and relieve diarrhea, eliminating dampness and relieving leucorrhea. It is indicated for spermatorrhea and night emission (seminal emission), frequent urination, uracratia (enuresis, bed-wetting), aconuresis (incontinence of urine), chronic diarrhea with splenic asthenia, stranguria with turbid discharge, white turbid discharge, morbid leukorrhea, etc.
Administration of Semen Euryales (Qiàn Shí):
Reference:
Administration Guide of Semen Euryales (Qiàn Shí)
TCM Books:
①.Internally: 9~15 grams; ②.Internally:water decoction, 3~5 qian (about 9~15 grams);or prepare to pill, powder; ③.Internally:water decoction, 15~30 grams; or prepared to pill, powder, or cook porridge.
Contraindications,Precautions and Adverse Reactions:the herb Semen Euryales should forbidden using in conditions inhibition of urination and difficulty in defecation, indigestion and dyspeptic retention.
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1.Introduction of Qian Shi:Gordon Euryale Seed or Semen Euryales.
✵The article gives records of the herb Gordon Euryale Seed, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Euryale ferox Salisb., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Gordon Euryale Seed, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Pin Yin Name: Qiàn Shí.
Botanical description: The plant, Euryale ferox Salisb is commonly known as Qiàn. A large annual aquatic herb. The whole plant has pointed spines. Rhizomes are stout and short, and have white, fibrous roots and inconspicuous stems. Primary leaves are submerged, arrow-shaped or elliptic-reniform, 4–10 cm long, both surfaces are anacanthous (stingless); petioles are anacanthous; metaphyll floats on the water surface, coriaceous, elliptic-reniform to circular (round), 10-130 cm in diameter, the upper surface is dark green (deep green), has many wrinkles, the under surface is modena (dark purple), has pubescence, leaf veins are convex, edges are curved upward. Petioles and pedicels (flower stalks) are stout, and reach 25 cm long.
Flowers are solitary, diurnal (opening during daylight hours and closing at night), about 5 cm long; 4 sepals, lanceolate, 1-1.5 cm long, inner surface is purple; many flower petals, oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm long, prunus (violet-red), arranged in several whorls; many stamens; ovary is inferior, 8 carpels, stigma is red, concave circular disc shape (plate shape), flat.
Ecological environment: The plant grows in ponds, lake marshes, and irrigated land (marshy fields). It is mainly produced in the northern and southern areas of China.
Characters of herbs: Kernels are subsphaeroidal (near-spherical), 5~8 mm in diameter, and some are broken into blocks. The intact herb has a reddish-brown or dark purple endothelium (inner seed coat) on the surface, with irregular veined reticulated patterns, about 1/3 part of one end is yellowish white. The embryo is small and is located in the round concave pit at the faint yellow end. The texture of the herb is hard, and the fracture surface is white and mealy (powdery, floured). The herb has a slight odor, and it tastes mild. The herb of a better grade has full grains, a white fracture surface, sufficient mealiness, and no broken powder.
Pharmacological actions: ①.The herb Semen Euryales contains a lot of protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, fat, starch, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, crude fiber, carotene, and so on. Among them B group vitamins can burn adipose, crude fiber has the effect that eliminates fat (lipid) and prompts defecation; ②.helps restore or recover the function of the spleen and digestive system; ③.treats diarrhea; ④.indirectly helps reduce phlegm; ⑤.sedative and astringent effect, etc.
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