The aqueous solution of Lycopodium japonicum has a cooling effect on experimental rabbits. Intravenous injection of 30 mg/kg lycorine can make the blood pressure of anesthetized cats and rabbits plummet, and the toxic dose can increase the respiratory amplitude and reduce the frequency of animals. It is highly sensitive to Shigella flexneri and Shigella sonnei in vitro.
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Clinical application: Herba Lycopodii is pungent, bitter and dry, warm and smooth, can relieve rheumatism, and is especially good at dredging meridians when entering the liver. For arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, arthralgia and unfavorable flexion and extension, it can be combined with Notopterygium Rhizoma, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Ramulus Cinnamomi and Radix Paeoniae Alba. If the limbs are weak and the skin is numb, it should be used equally with Songjie, Bone-seeking Wind and Clematis.
People's old joints are deformed and ineffective, and they are often prone to cramps. Lycopodium is a treasure for the elderly. It can make people's legs and feet flexible. The doctor said that people's old joints are deformed and inflexible. Of course, there is another saying, "The joints of the old people are inflexible, not deformed, not hyperosteogeny, and the ligaments are stiff." Also known as muscle contraction. Then, drinking Lycopodium regularly will alleviate this symptom. Therefore, clubmoss is a treasure for the elderly.
Lycopodium grows on hillsides, forest margins or forests. Epiphytic in the cliff or between old trees with bryophytes. It is distributed in the south of Qinling Mountains in China. The main producing areas are distributed in most parts of China, mostly in Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Lycopodium