Table of Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English Reference 3 Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Brasenia schreberi 3.1 Alias of Brasenia schreberi 3.2 Source and Origin 3.3 Sexual Character 3.4 Functions and Indications 3.5 Usage and dosage of Brasenia schreberi 3.6 Chemical Ingredients 4 *Dictionary* of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Brasenia schreberi 4.1 Origin 4.2 Pinyin 4.3 Alias of Brasenia schreberi 4.4 Source 4.5 Proto-morphology 4.6 Habitat and Distribution 4.7 Character 4.8 Chemical Ingredients 4.9 Sexual Character 4.10 Functions 4.11 Extract 5 References 4.10 Functions and Indications 4.11 Abstract 5 References Attachment: 1 Formulas for Ulva lactuca 1 Pinyin

shí chún

2 English Reference

ulva [21st Century Dictionary of Bilingual Science and Technology]

Ulva lactuca L. [Xiangya Dictionary of Medicine]

lettuce ulva frond [Xiangya Dictionary of Medicine]

Ulva lactuca L. Medical Professional Dictionary]

3 Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Ulva lactuca

Ulva lactuca is the name of a traditional Chinese medicine, which is from "Gleanings from the Materia Medica" [1].

3.1 Alias of Brasenia schreberi

Sea cabbage, sea lettuce, green cabbage [1].

3.2 Source and origin

Ulva lactucaL. or U. pertusa Kjellm. of Ulva lactuca, family Ulvaaceae [1]. The former is distributed along the coasts of Zhejiang to Guangdong and Hainan Island; the latter is distributed along the coasts of Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu [1].

3.3 Flavor

Sweet, flat [1].

3.4 Functions and Indications

It is effective in clearing away heat, dispersing knots, inducing diuresis, and lowering blood pressure [1]. It is used to treat laryngitis, lymph node tuberculosis, gall tumors, edema, hypertension [1].

3.5 Usage and dosage of Ulva schlegelii

Decoction: 15-60g [1].

3.6 Chemical composition

Ulva stramonium contains acidic polysaccharides, glucuronic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, 28Isofucosterol (28Isofucosterol), cycloartenol, 24methylene cycloartenol, dimethyl β-propionic acid thietine and so on. Kongshui contains linolenic acid, acrylic acid, α-pinene, limonene, eucalyptol, eugenol, eugenol, etc.[1].

4 *Dictionary - Ulva schizandra 4.1 Origin

Gleanings from the Materia Medica

4.2 Pinyin

Shí Chún

4.3 Alias of Ulva schizandra

Shí Chún (Lianjiang xianzhi), Paper Vegetable (Guangdong xinyi), Sea Lettuce (Zhongguang xinjian), Sea Cabbage (Zhongyi zhizhi).

4.4 Source

It is the leafy body of Ulva schreberi or Ulva forsythiae of Ulva schreberi family. It is harvested in winter and spring.

4.5 Original form

① Ulva schreberi, also known as: vegetable Ulva schreberi.

Algae body yellowish green, 10-30 cm long, up to 40 cm. The body is nearly ovoid, often with a slightly undulating edge, or a broad blade. The body thickness is 45 micrometers or less.

Grows in the bay, the mid-tidal zone and the low-tide zone on the rocks or stone marshes. Distributed along the coast from Zhejiang to Hainan Island in Guangdong; rare along the Yellow and Bohai Seas.

② holes stone Ulva

algae body dark green, oval, ovate, lanceolate or rounded blade-like, flat as paper, about 70 microns thick, near the base of the thickness of about 130 ~ 180 microns, the length of the diameter of 10 cm to 1 meter, the edge of the slightly wrinkled or slightly undulate. There are many holes of different sizes. The base has a discoidal fixator with concentric rings of wrinkles near it, sessile or inconspicuous.

Grows on rocks in the mid-tidal zone and low-tidal zone and near the line of large dry tides. It is distributed along the coasts of Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu, and also grows along the coasts of the East China Sea and the South China Sea south of the Yangtze River, but is gradually scarce from north to south.

4.6 Habitat

Produced in Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

4.7 Properties

The dried leaves are in irregular masses, very fluffy, very thin, very easy to break.

4.8 Chemical composition

① Ulva schreberi dry product contains 11.51 water, ash 51.11 (silica, calcium, magnesium, sodium, chlorine, etc.), nitrogen 0.58, protein 3.61, crude fiber 6.89, sodium chloride 10.55%.

Also contains acidic polysaccharides and glucuronic acid, docosapentaenoic acid, 28 isoprostanol, cycloartenol, 24 methylidene cycloartenol, and dimethyl β-propionate thietine.

② Ulva schizothoracini contains 16.03% protein, 0.23 fat, 12.27 pentosan and soluble non-nitrogenous substances 64.49%; 21.67% ash (sodium 4.9, potassium 2.9, silicon 1.7, phosphorus 0.6, aluminum 0.8, iron 1.6, calcium 1.8, magnesium 22.1, sulfur 17.8%); and amino acids, acetic acid, acetic acid, butyric acid, pentanoic acid. It also contains amino acids, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid, valeric acid, tetradecanoic acid, hexadecanoic acid, linolenic acid and other fatty acids, acrylic acid, gossypol, furfural, benzaldehyde, propionaldehyde, citral, anisaldehyde, vanillin, isocarpal, cinnamon aldehyde, citronellal, isopinene, α-pinene, limonene, safrole, paracarpene, eucalyptus, eugenol, butyric acid oleoresinol, linalool, α-pinene alcohol, biotin, and vitamin B12.

4.9 Flavor and Taste

Gleanings of Materia Medica: "Flavors and Taste. Gleanings: "Sweet flavor, flat, non-toxic."

4.10 Functions and Indications

① "Gleanings of Materia Medica": "Lowering water, facilitating urination."

② "Sea Drugs Materia Medica": "The main wind constipation is not passable, five li gas, and urination is not favorable, the umbilical cord knot gas, it is appropriate to boil the juice to drink. Hu people used to treat ear ('ear' as 'noma') disease."

4.11 Excerpts