Sheep hoof. Sheep hoof. Rumex nepalensis

Subject source: dicotyledonous plants, Polygonaceae plants.

Medicinal parts: sheep hoof leaves or Nepalese sheep hoof.

Sex and taste return to the "outline": "sweet, smooth, cold and non-toxic." Entropic heart, spleen and large intestine meridian

Efficacy is mainly used for killing insects and treating malnutrition, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, relaxing bowels and detoxifying. Treat intestinal wind, hemorrhoid, hemorrhage, constipation, infantile malnutrition, conjunctival congestion, aphtha and scabies.

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 3 ~ 5 yuan. External use: mashed or decocted, gargled.

Contraindications to medication 1 Dietotherapy Materia Medica: "It is not advisable to eat more." (2) The Classic of Materia Medica: "Spitting too much makes people angry." (3) Herbal Supplement: "Eating too much can also make people have diarrhea."

Pharmacological Action The water decoction of Rumex japonicus leaves has obvious inhibitory effect on Bacillus anthracis and Diphtheria in vitro, and also has certain bacteriostatic effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus B, Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi and Shigella dysenteriae. The water and ethanol extracts of Japanese sheep hoof leaves can antagonize the excitatory effects of histamine on isolated guinea pig intestines and acetylcholine and carbamoyl choline on isolated frog rectus abdominis. Taking the blood pressure of dogs as an index, the water extract of Nepali sheep hoof leaves can resist the effects of histamine, cholinergic drugs and bradykinin on blood pressure, while the ethanol extract can only resist the effects of histamine and cholinergic drugs on blood pressure, indicating that it has antihistamine and alkali resistance. In addition, water extract can weaken the contractility of isolated rabbit heart, slow down heart rate and reduce coronary blood flow.