(Compendium)

Different names of Ilex pubescens (Classified Herbs), Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Lingnan Science Journal), Pheasant Rice (Economic Grass Plants in South China), Ophiopogon japonicus (Medicinal Plants in China), Dendrocalamus latiflorus (Medicinal Plants in Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine), Phyllostachys pubescens (Medicinal Plants in Jiangsu), Dioscorea nipponica, Polygonum multiflorum and Ophiopogon japonicus.

The source is the whole grass of Gramineae plant Lophatherum gracile.

Plant morphology of lophatherum gracile

Perennial herb, 40 ~100 cm high. There are short and slightly lignified rhizomes, and the middle part of fibrous roots often expands into spindle-shaped tuberous roots. The stems are clustered, slender and upright, hollow, with fine longitudinal lines on the surface and lignified at the base. Leaves alternate; Leaf blade is lanceolate, 5-20cm long and 2-3.5cm wide, the apex is gradually pointed, the base is wedge-shaped and gradually narrowed into a stalk-like shape, the whole edge, both sides are hairless or with small bristles, the veins are parallel, the small transverse veins are obvious, and the midvein is obviously protruding on the back; Leaf sheaths are smooth or have cilia on one side; Ligule is truncated, 0.5 ~1mm long, hard and hairy at the edge. The panicle is terminal, with a length of10 ~ 30 cm, few branches and sparse spikelets, with a length of 7 ~12 mm and a width of1.5 ~ 2.5 mm, spreading when stretched or matured, with a smooth or bristly base and a very short stalk; The glume is round, with 5 veins, blunt apex, membranous margin, and the first glume is shorter than the second glume; Lemmas are long glumes, lanceolate, with 7 ~ 9 veins, several lemmas at the top are hollow, the apex has short awns, the palea is short and the membrane is transparent; Ovary ovoid, 2 styles, stigma pinnate. The flowering period is from July to September. Fruiting period 10 month.

Wild in hillsides, forests and damp places. Distributed in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

The rhizomes and tuberous roots (broken bones) of this plant are also used for medicine, and another article is detailed.

Collect in May-June before flowering, remove fibrous roots and dry in the sun.

The dried stems and branches with leaves are 30 ~ 60 cm long. Commodities are often cut off. Stem withered yellow, hollow, compressed cylindrical, diameter1~ 2 mm; Nodes, leaf sheaths holding stems, and long white hairs along the edges. Leaf blade is lanceolate, shriveled and curled, 5-20 cm long and 2-3.5 cm wide, turquoise or yellowish green, both surfaces are hairless or pubescent, veins are parallel, there are obvious small transverse veins, and it is light and weak. The breath is weak and the taste is light. It is better to have bluish green color, large leaves, few stalks, no roots and spikes.

Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei and Guangdong provinces. In addition, Anhui, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Fujian, Henan and other places are also produced.

Chemical constituents: the stems and leaves contain triterpenoids: arundin, indirubin, dandelion alcohol and unfertilized terpenoids. In other words, the aerial parts contain phenolic components, amino acids, organic acids and sugars.

Pharmacological action ① antipyretic effect

Oral administration of lophatherum gracile1~ 20g/kg to rats with artificial fever has antipyretic effect, and the effective components are soluble in water but insoluble in alcohol. The subcutaneous injection of Escherichia coli caused artificial fever in cats and rabbits. The antipyretic potency of 2 g/kg of Lophatherum gracile was 0.83 times that of 33 mg/kg of phenacetin.

② diuretic action

The diuretic effect of Lophatherum gracile is weaker than that of Polyporus umbellatus and Akebia manshuriensis, but it is stronger than that of Polyporus umbellatus in increasing the excretion of chloride in urine.

In addition, it also has the effect of increasing blood sugar.

The lethal dose of toxicity to mice was 0.645g/10g.

Processing, removing impurities and roots, cutting into sections and drying in the sun.

Sweet and light, cold.

① Compendium: "Sweet, cold and non-toxic."

(2) The Essentials of Raw Herbs: "Sweet and light in taste, cold in nature."

Return to Meridian ① "Materia Medica Rejuvenation": "Entering the Heart and Kidney."

② Summary of Materia Medica: "Start with the meridians of Shaoyin and Jueyin."

Functions: it is mainly used for clearing away heart fire, removing vexation and heat, and facilitating urination. Treat fever, thirst, vexation, red and astringent urine, turbid urine, chylous tongue sore and swollen gums.

(1) Outline: "Get rid of heat, facilitate urination and clear the heart."

(2) Essential Herbs: "Eliminating phlegm and quenching thirst, removing excessive internal heat, improving eyesight, facilitating urination, treating white turbidity, reducing fever, and dispersing hemorrhoid toxin."

(3) "Grasp the Spirit Herbal Medicine": "Get rid of stomach heat."

4 "Materia Medica Renews": "Clearing the heart fire, facilitating urination, eliminating annoyance and quenching thirst, and children's pox poison. The external disease is vicious. "

⑤ "Herbal Convenient Prescription": "Eliminating phlegm and quenching thirst. It can be used for treating vexation of heat, cough and asthma, vomiting blood, vomiting and infantile convulsion. "

⑥ Classified Herbs: "Treating cough and asthma, eye catching."

⑦ "Modern and Practical Chinese Medicine": "Cool and antipyretic, diuretic. Treat fever, thirst, astringent urine, insomnia, swollen gums and stomatitis. "

⑧ Records of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Treating epistaxis,"

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan.

It is advisable to avoid "The Essentials of Pinhui": "Pregnant women should not take it."

Prescription ① Treatment of hematuria: San Qian for Lophatherum gracile and lalang grass rhizome. Decoct with water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi Herbs)

② Treatment of heat drench: four dollars for Lophatherum gracile, two dollars for Juncus San Qian and Lygodium japonicum. Decoct with water, one dose a day. (Jiangxi Herbs)

Remind you: Lophatherum Bambusae, a Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the Internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before using it.