The name of Panax notoginseng was first seen in the book "Herbal Medicine in South Yunnan" in the Ming Dynasty, which recorded: "Panax notoginseng tastes bitter and cures injuries from falls. Use blood to break blood, and use blood to replenish blood. " However, according to the textual research of later scholars, the soil pseudo-ginseng here should be the traditional Chinese medicine pseudo-ginseng. Strictly speaking, pseudo-ginseng refers to the general name of some herbs with similar effects of promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.
Sedum notoginseng and Chrysanthemum notoginseng are the mainstream varieties of Panax notoginseng. Sedum notoginseng is a good plant of Sedum family, which is used as a whole herb, also known as Feicai, Panax notoginseng, etc. It has the functions of stopping bleeding, relieving pain, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling. Sedum notoginseng is also a kind of health-care vegetable with dual functions of medicine and food. It is rich in nutrition and can be fried, stewed and cooked in soup. There are no reports about liver damage.
The chrysanthemum notoginseng, also known as chrysanthemum leaf notoginseng, which comes from compositae plants, is different! Chrysanthemum notoginseng was first included in the book "Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Tibet" published in 197 1, and it didn't last long as a medicine. Chrysanthemum notoginseng can promote blood circulation and reduce swelling, and it is only one word away from notoginseng, which is mistaken for non-toxic by many people. In addition, it is relatively widely distributed and easily available, so people often use Chrysanthemum notoginseng to treat diseases or use it as a health care product for health preservation. Therefore, cases of liver poisoning and even death caused by taking inulin have been reported from time to time.
Report of clinical and experimental liver damage
Toxic manifestations:
It has been reported in literature that two patients had no history of liver disease before illness. After taking a large amount of Radix Notoginseng, they became ill after an incubation period of about 1 week, showing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, hepatosplenomegaly, massive ascites and jaundice, and their liver function was severely damaged in a short time, and finally they died of liver failure.
Long-term toxicity test shows that inulin has hepatotoxicity, which can cause necrosis of liver parenchyma cells in rats and rabbits. Short-term use of inulin in large doses can cause extensive liver necrosis in rats, while long-term use of inulin in small doses can cause liver necrosis and portal vein occlusion.
This product is a local drug, and people have a habit of taking it. Therefore, we should pay attention to its liver toxicity, control the dosage of clinical use, and check the liver function regularly.
There is also a kind of rattan notoginseng, which is a sunflower potato. It is another name. The sunflower potato is a perennial twining vine of the genus Solanum, also known as sunflower and rattan. There are only two genera and three species of malachite in China, and malachite potato is a naturalized plant, which was introduced into China in the 1970s. Tengsanqi contains polysaccharides, flavonoids, saponins, amino acids, vitamins and other components, and the main medicinal part is bulbar, which has the functions of nourishing and strengthening the waist and knees. It can reduce swelling and dissipate blood stasis for external use, and is mainly used to treat lumbago and knee arthralgia, weakness after illness, traumatic injury and fracture. The extract of Solanum tuberosum Thunb has the effects of scavenging oxygen free radicals and resisting lipid peroxidation. The leaves and tender shoots of Solanum tuberosum can be eaten as vegetables. The leaves and bulbils of Panax notoginseng are edible, with comprehensive nutritional components and special functional components. Especially, the content of iron is relatively high, with about 2 mg of iron per100g of leaves.
Having said that, can you tell what the three pictures below are?