Chinese medicine name luobumaye luobumaye
Alias red flower grass, ze lacquer hemp, ji ji hemp, ze lacquer tree, small-flowered luobumaye.
English name ApocyniVenetiFolium.
SourceThe leaves of Apocynumvenetum L., family Oleaceae.
Botanical form Erect half-shrub, 1 to 4 cm tall, with latex. Branches often opposite, purplish red or light red. Leaves opposite, elliptic-lanceolate or ovoid-rectangular, 1 to 8 centimeters long, 0.5 to 2.2 centimeters wide, leaf margins finely toothed; petiole short. Cymes borne on stem ends or branches; calyx 5-parted, covered with short hairs; corolla pink or light purple, campanulate, apex 5-lobed, both surfaces granularly raised; corona lobes 5; stamens 5, anthers sagittate, apically glued and connate with stigma; ovary superior, carpels 2, free. Ovary superior, carpels 2, free. Seeds apically clustered with white slender hairs. Fl. April to September, fr. July to December.
Origin and distribution Born in sandy riverbanks, sandy ravines, stony slopes and saline soils. It is distributed in North China, Northwest China, Northeast China, and East China.
Harvesting and processing summer harvest, remove impurities, dry.
Traits of the herb are wrinkled and curled. The complete leaf unfolded elliptic lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide, light green or gray-green, apex obtuse, with a small awn tip, the base obtuse rounded or cuneate, the edge of the margins are finely toothed, often revolute, both surfaces are glabrous, veins raised on the lower surface; petiole thin, about 4 mm long. Texture brittle. Gas faint, taste faint.
Sex and flavor attributed to the meridian cool, sweet, bitter taste. Attributed to the liver meridian.
Effects and Uses calming the liver and tranquilizing the mind, clearing heat and inducing diuresis. It is classified as a medicine for calming the liver and suppressing liver yang under the classification of medicine for calming the liver and restoring wind.
Clinical application dosage of 6 to 12 grams, decoction with water. It is used in the treatment of liver-yang dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, swelling and urination, hypertension, neurasthenia, nephritis and swelling.
Pharmacological studies of pharmacological tests show that the decoction has a hypotensive effect, but also has a cough, expectorant, diuretic and other effects.
Chemical composition contains flavonoids, the content of 2%. It also contains catechin, anthraquinone, glutamic acid, alanine, valine, potassium chloride, quercetin, rutin, isoquercitrin, dextrorotatory catechin, chrysin, lupinol palmitate, apocynin palmitate, scopoletin and other ingredients, and pre-tested to contain steroidal compounds.
Contraindications for use: caution for those with spleen deficiency and slow startle.
Compound prescription
①Treatment of hypertension, headache and insomnia: a. 3-6 grams each of Robusta leaves and Crocus sativus, and 4 red dates. Decoction with water, 2 times a day. ("Food Chinese medicine and convenient prescription"); b. 9 grams of rooibos leaves (boiled water soaked), 9 grams of yucca. The decoction is blended and served 3 times a day. ("Inner Mongolia Herbal Medicine")
② treatment of hepatitis bloating: 6 grams each of rooibos leaves, xuanhuisuo, 4.5 grams of melon seeds, 3 grams of male cloves, 9 grams of mullein. *** Ground, 1.5 grams each time, 2 times a day, boiled water. (Xinjiang Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual)
Decoction Methods
(1) Soak in water before decoction
Before decoction, soak the herbs in water for 20~30 minutes. This is because most of the herbs are roots, stems and fruits of sun-dried plants. In order to decoct the active ingredients of the medicines, it is necessary to let the dried herbs absorb enough water first, so that their active ingredients can be released through the medium of water.
(2) drugs to turn the decoction
Generally, the herbalist will also explain to the patient, the drug to turn the decoction, morning and evening to drink once. Only, many people, although they know that the Chinese medicine to turn the dregs of the decoction more than once, but often do not operate correctly. Decoction of traditional Chinese medicine, not decoction once, drink a bowl, turn the decoction once, then drink a second bowl.
The correct method of decoction should be to decoct once, and then immediately turn the decoction for a second time, and then mix the first and second decoctions together, and then divided into two bowls, and drink once in the morning and evening.