From Compendium of Materia Medica.

1. "Erya" Guo Pu Note: Leek grass, leaves like acid pulp, small white flowers, yellow center, Jiangdong for food.

2. Compendium of Materia Medica: Sour pulp and bitter taste are two different things, but the big one is sour pulp and the small one is bitter taste, which is different. Patrinia is also known as bitterness, which is different from this.

Pinyin names k ǔ zh: and

English name all-grass of Downy Ground-cherry

Alias beetles, yellow beetles, Cordyceps militaris, bitter fleas, lanterns, ghost lanterns, celestial cannon grass, firecracker grass, chopped grass, bell grass and ring bubbles.

source

Source of medicinal materials: the whole grass of Ilex angustifolia of Solanaceae.

Latin animal and plant mineral name: Physalis pubescens. Etvante. ; Perilla frutescens Wait a minute. ]

Harvest and storage: the whole grass is collected in summer and autumn, and it is rarely used or dried.

Herbs annual, sparsely pubescent or subglabrous, 30-50 cm tall. The stems are much branched and the branches are slender. Petiole length1-5cm; Leaf blade ovoid to ovoid-elliptic, 3-6 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, tapering at the top, cuneate at the base, entire or with unequal teeth, and nearly hairless on both sides. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, pedicels slender; Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, corolla light yellow, 5-lobed, throat with purple spots, 4-6 mm long and 6-8 mm in diameter; Stamens 5, anthers blue-purple or sometimes yellow, long 1.5 mm. Berry is spherical, with a diameter of 65438±0.2cm, surrounded by persistent calyx. Persistent calyx saccate, green, angular, sparsely pubescent on ridge, obvious reticulate veins. Seeds discoid, ca. 2 mm long. The flowering and fruiting period is May-65438+February.

Habitat distribution

Ecological environment: it grows under the forest in the valley, next to the village.

Resource distribution: distributed in East China, Central China, South China and Southwest China.

Character; Role; letter

Character identification: the stem is branched, thin or nearly smooth, with alternate leaves, yellow-green, shriveled or falling off. The intact fruit is ovoid, 3-6cm long and 2-4cm wide (flattened after soaking in water), with a tapering apex, an inclined base, a whole margin with sparse serrations, a spherical fruit, orange-red, and a persistent calyx with a light green yellow color and a length of about 2.5cm. Slight breathing and bitterness.

The whole grass is tender, yellow-green, with persistent calyx.

chemical composition

Sophora alopecuroides L. contains Sophora alopecuroides A.

14α- hydroxymucolactone (14α- hydroxyhard-core lactone), 24,25-epoxy vitalactone D(24

25- epoxy vitalactone d).

The stems and leaves contain Physalis B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, 5,6-dihydrogen Physalis B (5 5,6-dihydrogen Physalis B).

Physoside) A, B, C, D, E, F, G and leaves also contain 14α- hydroxy -20- dehydrohydroxy vampire lactone and Physoside.

Pharmacological action and anticancer effect. Emodin methyl ether F(I) and D(II) were obtained from the ethanol extract of Sophora alopecuroides. Compound I is effective against five human tumor cell lines (liver cancer HA22T, cervical cancer HeLa, nasopharyngeal carcinoma KB, rectal cancer Colo-205, lung cancer Calu- 1) and three animal tumor cell lines (melanoma H 1477, laryngeal epidermoid carcinoma Hep-2, glioma 840 1) in vitro. In vivo test I of mouse lymphoblastic leukemia P388 also showed anticancer activity. However, compound II is ineffective in vivo and in vitro.

Bitter in nature; Acid; Sexual apathy

The function is mainly to clear heat; Diuretics; Detoxification; Reduce swelling. Main cold; Lung heat cough; Sore throat; Gum swelling and pain; Damp-heat jaundice; Dysentery; Edema; Hot shower; Pemphigus; furuncle

Usage and dosage: decocted,15-30g; Or mash the juice. External use: appropriate amount, tamping; Wash or fumigate the decoction.

Various exhibitions

1. "Jiangxi Folk Herbs": Treating tianchuang, Datoufeng, furuncle, swollen gums, damp-heat jaundice, sore throat, cough due to lung heat, and heat stranguria.

2. "Common Chinese Herbal Medicine in Shanghai": clearing away heat and toxic materials, inducing diuresis to stop bleeding, reducing swelling and resolving stagnation. Treating sore throat, lung carbuncle and parotitis; Dysuria and hematuria. Gum swelling, pemphigus

Excerpts from Chinese Materia Medica