Chinese medicine name mistletoe hujisheng
Alias northern parasitic, frozen green, wintergreen, willow parasitic, mistletoe, yellow parasitic.
English Name VisciHerba
SourceThe leafy stems and branches of mistletoe Viscumcoloratum (Kom.) Nakai of the mulberry parasitoid family.
Plant Form Small evergreen shrubs, 30-60 cm tall. Stem yellowish green or green, slightly fleshy, often 2 to 5 forked branches, nodes expanded, internodes terete. Leaves opposite at branch ends, slightly fleshy, yellowish green or green, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, tip obtuse or rounded, base cuneate, entire, both surfaces glabrous, main veins 3 to 5, not very obvious. Flowers small, unisexual, dioecious, borne between the two leaves, sessile, yellowish-green, male inflorescences cymose, usually 3-flowered, perianth campanulate, with 4 stamens, adnate to the lobes, female flowers in clusters of 1 to 3, perianth campanulate, ovary inferior. Berry.
Origin and distribution often parasitized on pear, elm, poplar, hawthorn and other trees. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol and other places.
Harvesting and processing in the winter collection, cut with a knife, in addition to the thick branches, drying or sun-drying, tied into small handfuls. Or with boiling water (so that the color does not change), sun-dried.
Herbal properties with leafy stems and branches. Stem branches cylindrical, often 2 ~ 5 forked branches, about 30 cm long, 0.3 ~ 1 cm in diameter, the surface of yellow-green, golden yellow or yellow-brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, nodes expanding, with branches or branch scars, light, brittle, easy to fracture, the section is not flat, fibrous, with radial texture. Leaves opposite to the end of the branch, easy to fall off, leathery, a few sessile, oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2-7 cm long, 0.5-1.5 cm wide, the tip obtuse rounded, the base cuneate, entire, the surface of the yellowish-green, yellowish-brown or golden-yellow, with fine wrinkles, veins of 5, the middle 3 obvious. Odor, taste slightly bitter, chewing viscous.
Sex and flavor attributed to the meridian flat, bitter taste. Attributed to the liver and kidney meridians.
Effects and Uses dispels wind-dampness, tonifies the liver and kidney, strengthens the muscles and bones, lowers blood pressure, settles the fetus and lowers breast milk. It is classified under the category of expectorant of wind-dampness medicine to dispel wind-dampness and strengthen the muscles and bones.
Clinical application of 9 to 15 grams, internal decoction, treatment of rheumatism and paralysis, lumbar and knee pain, hypertension, fetal restlessness, postpartum breast milk and other diseases.
Pharmacological studies of antihypertensive, diastolic effect on the coronary artery, significantly increase coronary blood flow, slowing the heart rate, myocardial contractility was inhibited after the enhancement of the effect; anti-platelet coagulation, but also anti-tumor effects. Can significantly increase the guinea pig isolated heart and fibrillation state of the isolated heart coronary flow, and can antagonize the role of neuropituitary hormone on coronary constriction; alcohol extract intravenous or intraperitoneal injection can make the dog and rabbit blood pressure decreased significantly; mistletoe total glucoside in vivo and in vitro have anti-platelet aggregation effect. Toxicity: Decoction of mice gavage LDso is (10.10±SD0.46) g/kg.
Chemical composition contains triterpenoids: oleanolic acid, p-coumarinol, lupinol, etc.; sterols: B-sitosterol, etc.; flavonoids: rhamnoliquin, etc.; glycosides: butyroside, etc.; organic acids and trace elements. It also contains mistletoe neoside I-VI, lilac glycoside, 3'-methyl rhamnetin, 1,8-eucalyptol, β-acetyl geranylgeranyl alcohol and other ingredients.
The contraindications for use are unclear.
Compound prescriptions
①Rheumatic paralysis: mistletoe with Duchess, Gentiana scabra, Angelica sinensis and so on.
②Fetal restlessness: mistletoe with mugwort, perilla and so on.
③High blood pressure, headache, dizziness: mistletoe with Cortex Eucommiae, Xiaku Cao and so on.
Decoction Tips
Chinese medicine still has many unknowns for modern medicine. When cooking Chinese medicine, the container should be ceramic, casserole cooking is safer and more reliable. Can not use iron, copper and other containers to avoid chemical reactions. For the first boiling, it is advisable to add water 4 to 5 centimeters beyond the surface of the herbs, and 3 centimeters beyond the surface of the herbs for the second time. Generally speaking before decocting Chinese medicine, it is best to soak for one to two hours, before boiling use martial arts fire to cook, after boiling changed to the fire to cook, Chinese medicine decocted two to three times, the treatment of the active ingredients will be higher.