stringy stonecrop
stringy stonecrop
Alias dog tooth, Scutellaria barbata and Sedum trilobatum.
The source is Sedum sarmentosum, a Sedum sarmentosum.
The plant is a perennial succulent herb with sterile branches creeping and rooting, and the fruiting branches are erect, with a length of 10 ~ 20 cm. Tri-impeller, oblanceolate to oblong, length15 ~ 25mm, width 3 ~ 5mm, tip pointed, base tapered, entire. Cymes are loose, usually 3-5 branched; Flowers pale yellow, sessile; Sepals 5, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 3.5 ~ 5 mm long, slightly obtuse at the top; 5 petals, lanceolate to oblong, 5 ~ 8 mm long, with a long tip outside the top; Stamens 10, shorter than petals; Carpels 5, slightly spread. The seeds are small, ovoid, wingless and have papillae on the surface. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is July-August.
Born on hillside rocks or cultivated. Distributed in the north and south of China.
Mining in summer and autumn, removing impurities and drying in the sun.
Chemical components include N- methyl isoprenaline, dihydro -N- methyl isoprenaline, Sedum heptylose, glucose, fructose and sucrose.
It tastes cold, sweet and cool.
Function is mainly used for clearing away damp heat and reducing alanine aminotransferase. Used for acute furuncle, persistent hepatitis and chronic hepatitis.
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Scientific name: Sedum sarmentosum
English name: Stringy Stonecrop
Family name: Sedum
Perennial herb, sterile branches creeping to take root, bearing upright branches, length10-15cm. Three impellers, oblanceolate to oblong, length15-25mm, width 3-5mm, sharp tip, tapering base, entire. Cymes are loose, usually 3-5 branched; Flowers pale yellow, sessile; Sepals 5, broadly lanceolate to oblong, 3.5-5 mm long, slightly obtuse at the top; Petals 5, lanceolate to oblong, 5-8 mm long, with a long tip outside; Stamens 10, shorter than petals; Carpels 5, slightly spread. The seeds are small, ovoid, wingless and have papillae on the surface. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is July-August.
Everywhere, cultivated or wild on hillside rocks; It is distributed in the north and south of China.
The whole herb is used as medicine, clearing away heat and toxic materials, treating carbuncle, banded rash, snake bite, scald and burn, and is also an effective drug for treating hepatitis.
English name HERBA SEDI
Alias dog tooth half branch, stone nail, Scutellaria barbata, chicken grass, dog tooth, melon seed grass
Source This product is fresh or dry whole grass of Sedum Sedum of Sedum of Sedum. Harvest in summer and autumn to remove impurities. Fresh or dry.
The method removes precipitated impurities and cuts the dried product into sections.
Characteristics: The stem of this product is slender, the length can reach more than 20cm, and slender adventitious roots can be seen on some nodes. Impeller, blade oblanceolate to oblong, green, fleshy, 65438 0.5 ~ 2.8 cm long, 0.3 ~ 0.7 cm wide, nearly acute at the apex and acute at the base, with a distance. Slight breath and bitter taste.
Identification of the cross section of the stem of this product: the epidermal cells are rectangular, the outer wall is thickened, and the inner layer is about 10 rows of parenchyma cells. The stele is small, the vascular bundle is tough outside and the catheter is round. The pith is triangular, polygonal, thick-walled and non-lignified. Cells near phloem and marrow cells contain reddish-brown secretions.
Sexual taste is sweet, light and cool. Liver, gallbladder and small intestine meridians entered.
Function: clearing away dampness and heat and detoxifying. Can be used for treating damp-heat jaundice, dysuria, carbuncle, swelling, sore, acute and chronic hepatitis.
Usage and dosage: 250g fresh and 0/5-30g dry.
When in use, store fresh products and dry products in a dry place.
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(1) For burns caused by fire and water, fresh grass can be washed and mashed for external application; Can be used for treating carbuncle with initial swelling. In addition to decoction, fresh grass can be washed and mashed for external application, which can also eliminate carbuncle and reduce swelling. Sedum sarmentosum is good at relieving snake venom and is a commonly used medicine for treating snake bites. You can take it with cold boiled water and mash it with ground juice, once a day 1-2 times. It can also be taken orally with Scutellaria barbata, Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, Bidens bipinnata, Plantago asiatica, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, etc. Wash with fresh grass, mash and apply externally. Treating infectious hepatitis (including acute icteric hepatitis, acute icteric hepatitis, persistent hepatitis and active chronic hepatitis) with this product alone has a certain effect on reducing serum transaminase, and can alleviate or eliminate damp-heat symptoms such as bitter taste, loss of appetite and yellow urine. In addition, this product has recently been used for cancer.
(2) Sedum sarmentosum was originally a commonly used herb to treat furuncle and snake bite, but it was rarely used in clinic in the past because it was not prepared in general Chinese medicine shops. In recent years, it has been found that this product can be used to treat infectious hepatitis and has a good short-term effect on reducing transaminase. According to the preliminary clinical experience, transaminase increased in some patients after drug withdrawal. In order to improve the curative effect, further practice and research are needed.
(3) Because of its small leaves, this product looks like a rat's tooth and is nicknamed Scutellaria barbata. However, Scutellaria barbata is still the first herb in Labiatae. In order to avoid variety confusion, it is best to use the name "Sedum sarmentosum".
Excerpt from China Pharmacopoeia
Sedum sarmentosum, also known as Pteris vittata, Scutellaria barbata, Lithospermum, Hedyotis diffusa, etc. Sedum is a perennial herb with creeping stems, easy rooting, high10-20cm, 3 whorled leaves, fleshy, lanceolate to rectangular, long1.5-2.5cm, long and narrow apex, long base distance, umbels and small flowers. Flowering in May-June. Sedum sarmentosum usually grows in wet rock crevices on hillsides, canyons and rivers. It is easy to cultivate and has low requirements for the environment. You can plant it in front of the house and behind it, or you can plant it in pots. Usually it is propagated by dividing plants, and can be transplanted before germination in early spring or after withering in late autumn. Human manure is applied 1-2 times, and it grows better.
Sedum sarmentosum is a common herb widely circulated among the people. It can be eaten fresh all year round, or it can be quickly fished out with boiling water and dried for later use.
According to the detection, the whole grass contains N- methyl isopomegranate rinine, dihydro -N- methyl isopomegranate rinine, Sedum, fructose, sucrose and so on. The whole herb is used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and diuresis, expelling pus and promoting granulation. Clinically, the diseases treated are: (1) scalding fire injury, carbuncle, swollen sore poison, mastitis, parotitis, erysipelas, scabies and so on. Generally, fresh grass is collected, washed, mashed and externally applied, and cured twice a day in a few days. (2) After being bitten by a poisonous snake, the wound should be disinfected first. Use a triangular needle or a thick needle to stab the "Eight Wind Points" or "Eight Evil Points" between the fingers or toes with obvious swelling, and acupuncture to remove toxin. Then, the fresh Sedum sarmentosum, which had been pounded in advance, was externally applied around the wound, and the dressing was changed twice a day for several days. (3) For acute and chronic hepatitis, Sedum sarmentosum 1 ~ 2g can be used, washed with water, and decocted with brown sugar 1 g, once a day1dose for 4 ~ 5 weeks, which can reduce transaminase (it must be used under the guidance of a doctor). According to scientific research reports, a certain concentration of whole grass has an effect on Kartak, and has an inhibitory effect on mouse tumor S37.
milk thistle
Holy thistle, happy thistle
Alias water flying pheasant, milk thistle, mouse reed
Phonetic pronunciation, water and fertilizer.
Whole grass and achenes of Silybum marianum. A kind of Silybum marianum in Compositae. Achenes are used as medicine.
Biennial herb. The stem is erect, 30 ~ 200 cm high, multi-branched, smooth or spider-like, with longitudinal grooves. Leaves alternate, basal leaves often lie flat on the ground, forming a rosette, oblong-lanceolate, deeply or shallowly pinnately divided, with spikes on the marginal teeth, 40-80 cm long and10-30 cm wide, bright green on the surface, and milky white markings and stalks at the base; The middle and upper leaves gradually become smaller, and the upper leaves are lanceolate. The head is 3 ~ 6 cm in diameter, with solitary branches at the top, wide spherical involucre, leathery involucre and long spines at the top; Tubular flowers are purplish red, red or at least white. Achenes are rectangular, dark brown or black. Having vertical stripes and white stripes; The crests are numerous, white and unequal in length, and the bases are connected into rings. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is June-July. Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Beijing and other places have introduced and cultivated.
Leaves are collected in spring and seeds are collected in summer. Silybum marianum blooms from early May to early July, and it takes 25-30 days for a flower head to mature. When the bracts are yellow, curled inward into a tube shape, and the crown hairs at the top are slightly open, it indicates that the seeds are mature and should be harvested in time. Cut the fruit sequence with scissors.
Chemical composition: the whole grass contains flavonoids and fumaric acid; The seeds contain silybin, isosilybin, dehydrosilybin, silynin, silybin, silybin polymer, cinnamic acid, myristic acid, palmitoleic acid, arachidic acid, etc.
Cold and bitter in nature.
Indications: the whole grass is used for swollen erysipelas; Fruit and its extract can be used for treating liver diseases, asplenia, gallstones, jaundice and chronic cough. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, protecting liver and gallbladder, protecting brain and resisting X-rays. It has a good curative effect on acute and chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, fatty liver, metabolic toxic liver injury, gallstones, cholangitis, cholangitis and other hepatobiliary diseases, and can quickly improve patients' self-conscious symptoms and some biochemical indexes such as serum bilirubin, hemoglobin coefficient, thrombin and alanine aminotransferase.
Usage and Dosage Silybin (silymarin, milk thistle, Ma Sili Ling) is used to treat hepatitis, with an oral dose of 70 ~ 140 mg each time, three times a day, at least 5 ~ 6 weeks. After the symptoms improved, the patients were given a maintenance dose of 35 ~ 70 mg each time, three times a day. Sugar-coated pills (35 mg each) are also acceptable.