Pinyin: Husui
Aliases
Yansui
Source
1Coriandrum sativumL. is the dried whole plant with roots.
Botanical Description
Annual or biennial herb, 30-100 cm tall. Entire plant glabrous (hairless) with a strong aroma. Roots slender, with numerous fine branch roots. Stem erect, much-branched, striated. Basal leaves 1-2 times pinnatisect; pinnae broadly ovate or fan-shaped, half-divided, 1-2 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, margins with blunt serrations, indentations, or deep clefts; upper cauline leaves 3 to multiple times pinnatisect, ultimate segments narrowly linear, apex obtuse, entire. Umbels terminal or leaf-opposed; involucre absent; rays 3-8; bracteoles 2-5, linear, entire; umbellules with 3-10 flowers, flowers white or tinged with pale purple; calyx teeth unequal, ovate-triangular or long-ovate; petals obovate, apex with an inwardly curved small ligule; radiant petals entire, with 3-5 veins. Fruit subglobose. Dorsal primary ribs and adjacent secondary ribs prominent; endosperm ventrally concave; oil ducts indistinct, or 1 located beneath the secondary ribs. Flowering and fruiting from April to November.
Habitat and Distribution
It is widely cultivated in various regions of China.
Harvesting and Processing
Collected throughout the year, washed clean, and sun-dried.
Chemical Constituents
This product primarily contains components such as coriandrin, dihydrocoriandrin, coriandrone, bergapten, imperatorin, quercetin-3-glucuronide, and various vitamins.
Properties and Channel Entry
Acrid, warm. Enters the Lung, Spleen, and Liver channels.
Functions and Indications
Induces eruption and promotes measles eruption, eliminates food stagnation and opens the stomach, alleviates pain and resolves toxicity. Mainly indicated for wind-cold common cold, measles and chickenpox with inhibited eruption, food accumulation, epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, nausea and vomiting, headache, toothache, rectal prolapse, erysipelas, early-stage sores and swelling, and snake bites.
Dosage and Administration
Oral: decoct in water, 9-15 g, fresh product 15-30 g; or pound to extract juice
Precautions and Contraindications
For rashes that have already fully erupted, or even if not yet fully erupted but with Heat-toxin congestion and stagnation, and without externally contracted Wind-Cold, it is contraindicated.
Prescriptions
1. For wind-cold common cold with headache and nasal congestion: Zi Su Ye (Perilla leaf) 6 g, Sheng Jiang (fresh ginger) 6 g, Hu Sui (coriander) 9 g. Decoct in water for oral administration. (Gansu Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook) 2. For hemoptysis: Hu Sui (coriander) and Hai Zao (seaweed), equal amounts, wash clean, boil with appropriate amount of oil and salt for 3-4 hours, take 3 times daily, 1 bowl each time. (Hunan Materia Medica) 3. For dyspepsia and abdominal distension: fresh whole plant of Hu Sui (coriander) 30 g. Decoct in water for oral administration. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine) 4. For deficient-cold stomach pain: fresh Hu Sui (coriander) 15-24 g. Decoct in water for oral administration. (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine) 5. For stomach-cold with distending pain: Hu Sui (coriander) 15 g, Hu Jiao (black pepper) 15 g, Ai Ye (mugwort leaf) 6 g. Decoct in water for oral administration. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica, 1979 edition) 6. For rectal prolapse: Hu Sui (coriander) (cut) one sheng, stir-fry, use the smoke to fumigate the anus. (Zi Mi Bi Lu) 7. For anal itching: grind Hu Sui (coriander) into powder, add cooked egg yolk, mash together, mix with sesame oil and insert into the anus, use consecutively 3 times. (Hunan Materia Medica)
