Table of Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English Reference 3 Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Mulan 3.1 Alias of Mulan 3.2 Source and Origin 3.3 Taste and Flavor 3.4 Functions and Indications 3.5 Chemical Composition 3.6 Pharmacological Actions of Mulan 4 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines - Mulan 4.1 Pinyin 4.2 Alias of Mulan 4.3 Source 4.4 Taste and Flavor 4.5 Functions and Indications 4.6 Usage and Dosage of Mulan 4.7 Excerpt 5 Chinese Herbalists. The Chinese Materia Medica - Mulan 5.1 Origin 5.2 Pinyin 5.3 English name 5.4 Alias of Mulan 5.5 Source 5.6 Proto-morphology 5.7 Habitat and distribution 5.8 Characteristics 5.9 Chemical composition 5.10 Taste and odor 5.11 Functionality 5.12 Usage and dosage of Mulan 5.13 Explanations by different authors 5.14 Excerpt 6 References Attachments: 1 Formulas for Mulan, 2 Proprietary Chinese medicines for Mulan 3 Mulan in Ancient Books 1 Pinyin

mù lán

2 English Reference

Indigofera tinctoria L. [Landau Chinese-English Dictionary]

3 Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) - Mulan

Mulan is a name of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), which is from the "Classic of Materia Medica" (本草图经)[1].

3.1 Alias of wood blue

Sophora blue, big blue, small green[1]

3.2 Source and origin

The branches and leaves of the leguminous plant Indigofera tinctoriaL. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong and other places, and cultivated throughout the south. [1]

3.3 Taste and odor

Slightly bitter, cold [1].

3.4 Functions and Indications

Clearing heat and removing toxins [1].

1. Preventing and controlling epidemic encephalitis B, treating mumps. Blood heat of vomiting blood, epistaxis. Decoction: 15-30g.[1]

2. To treat sores and ulcers, dengteng. Fresh leaves are pounded and applied. [1]

3.5 Chemical composition

The root of Mucuna pruriens is called big indigo root, and it is used in decoction to cure dengtoxin. The whole grass contains indigo glycosides, oxidized to indigo, and also contains indigo red. [1]

3.6 Pharmacological effects

The indigo red contained in this product has anti-tumor effects [1].

4 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines - Mù Lán 4.1 Pinyin

Mù Lán

4.2 Alias of Mù Lán

Indigo, Sophora Lán, Xiao Qing [Fujian], Wild Sophora

4.3 Source

Mù Lán is a plant of the genus Mù Lán, family Leguminosae, and is used as medicine by the leaves or the whole plant. The leaves are harvested in summer and made into cymbidium. Summer and fall harvest the whole plant, chopped and dried standby.

4.4 Taste and odor

Slightly bitter, cold.

4.5 Functions

Clearing heat and removing toxins. Used for the prevention and treatment of epidemic encephalitis B, mumps; external treatment of carbuncles and boils, dengteng.

4.6 Usage and dosage of Mulan

0.5 ~ 1 tael; for external use, fresh leaves crushed and twisted juice coated with the affected area.

4.7 Extracts

National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine

5 The Chinese Materia Medica - Mù Lán 5.1 Origin

From the Classic of the Materia Medica

5.2 Pinyin

Mù Lán

5.3 English name

Leaf and stem of True Indigo

5.4 Alias

Sophora Lane, Da Lane, Big Blue, Big Green Blue, water blue, small green, India blue, green boy grass, wild green indigo.

5.5 Source

Herbal origin: the stems and leaves of the leguminous plants.

Latin botanical and animal mineral name: Indigofera tinctoria L.

Harvesting and storage: harvested in summer and fall, fresh or dried.

5.6 Forms

Mullein is a small shrub, 5080cm tall, rarely taller. The stem is erect, and the branchlets are covered with silvery-white butternut hairs. Leaves alternate; petiole 1.32.5cm long; stipules small, conical; odd pinnately compound, 2.55cm long, leaflets opposite, 913 leaflets, leaf blade ovate-oblong or obovate-elliptic, 1.53cm long, 0.51.5cm wide, apex obtuse-rounded, with a small tip, base cuneate, entire, both surfaces are covered with butternut hairs, the leaves usually often bluish. Racemes 2.55cm long, usually axillary, none shorter than the leaves, sparsely flowered, with about 20 flowers; calyx campanulate, obliquely shaped, covered with silvery-white butternut hairs, 5-toothed; corolla butterfly-shaped, reddish-yellow, ca. 04mm long, the flag petals broadly ovate to oblong, hairy outside, the winged petals ovate-orbicular, slightly attached to the keel petals, the keel petals spoon-shaped, with a pitch on the claw; stamens 10, dimorphic; ovary sessile, the styles short, inwardly curved, the Stigma capitate. Pod linear- terete, straight or slightly curved, ca. 2.53 cm, constricted between seeds, externally shaped like a bead, hairy or glabrous. There are 510 seeds. Seeds round, about 1.5mm long. flowering in 510 months, fruiting in 611 months.

5.7 Habitat

Ecology: Wild in grassy mountain slopes, sometimes cultivated in southern provinces.

Resource distribution: distributed in East China and Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

5.8 Traits

Trait Identification

The branches are cylindrical, with longitudinal ribs, covered with white hairs. Pinnately compound leaves alternate, leaflets 913, often deciduous, leaflets obovate spaced or obovate, 12cm long, 0.51.5cm wide, apex obtuse, mucronate, base nearly rounded, both surfaces covered with butternut hairs, petiole, leaf rachis and petiolules are covered with white butternut hairs. The gas is slight, the taste is slightly bitter.

5.9 Chemical constituents

The whole herb contains indican (glucoside), deguelin, dehydrodeguelin, rotenol, rotenone, tephrosin, sumatrol, histamine and other substances. Sumatrol, histamine. The leaves contain coumarin, flavonoids, and bluedye. The seeds contain polysaccharides (holoside), galactomannans (galactomannan). Stems, leaves and fruits contain flavonoids apigenin (apigenin), kaempferol (kaempferol), luteolin (luteolin) and quercetin (quercetin).

5.10 Taste

Bitter; cold

5.11 Functions

Clearing heat and removing toxins; cooling blood to stop bleeding. The main type B encephalitis; mumps; acute pharyngolaryngitis; lymphadenitis; eye redness; mouth sores; carbuncle sores; dengtoxin; scabies; insect and snake bites; vomiting blood

5.12 Usage and dosage of Mulan

Internal use: decoction of soup, 1530 g. External use: appropriate amount, decoction of water to wash, or mashed compresses.

5.13 The discussion

1. "The medicinal properties of raw herbs to prepare": to eliminate sores and swellings, remove blood stasis and generate new. Leaves cure ophthalmic fever membrane, vomiting blood.

2. Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine: clearing away heat and detoxification.

5.14 Extracts