The five-color plum (scientific name: Lantana camara) with the horse Cherry Dan, the Hakka people called the sheep nose Gonghua. Originally distributed mainly in South America, West India, horse cherry Dan genus (Lantana) evergreen shrubs. The general flowering period is from mid to late April to mid-February of the following year, but also due to the influence of climate and temperature, almost the whole year can be seen in bloom, can be said to be a perennial plant[1]. The inflorescences often have multiple colors, which is why they are also known as five-color plums and five-color flowers, and because the branches and leaves contain a particularly irritating odor, it is also known as stinking grass and stinking golden phoenix. It was introduced to Taiwan by the Dutch in about 1645, and is now an exotic species commonly seen in the wild in the flatlands of Taiwan because of its strong reproductive capacity.
Medicinal value
Medicinal use: the collection and processing of the root or the whole plant into medicine. It can be harvested throughout the year and dried or used fresh. Taste and odor: light, cool. Branches and leaves: bitter, cool, with odor. Slightly toxic. Flowers: sweet, light, cool. Effects. Root: clearing heat and removing toxins, dispersing knots and relieving pain. Branches and leaves: expelling wind and relieving itching, detoxifying and subduing swelling.
Treatment of cold and high fever: 31 grams each of five-colored plum root, abacus root, and Gangmei root, decocted with water.
Treatment of tendon injuries: five-color plum fresh leaves crushed, rub the affected area, and then the dregs of the compress.
Treatment of dermatitis, eczema spasms and itching: five-colored plum fresh branches and leaves decoction external wash.
Treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhea: fresh five-color plum flower 10 a clever, stewed water, seasoned salt, a little service; or dry flower powder 6 to 15 grams, boiled water to serve.
The treatment of eczema: the five-color plum dried flowers powder 3 grams, water to take. External use of fresh stems and leaves decoction bath.
Treatment of pediatric drowsiness: nine grams of five-colored plum flowers, sunflower 6 grams, decoction.
Treatment of tuberculosis and coughing up blood: six to nine grams of five-colored plum blossoms, water decoction.
Pharmacological effects: five-colored plum has inhibited the formation of lipid peroxides, inhibition of lipid peroxidation of different tissues of guinea pigs in the order of: adrenal glands & gt; liver & gt; kidney & gt; heart & gt; lungs & gt; brain. Plumbago pentaphyllum had no effect on hepatic phospholipid content and superoxide dismutase activity, whereas it significantly increased glutathione peroxidase activity. [8]
Discussions of various schools
Lingnan Caiyao Lu (岭南采药錄)：Washing away dampness and poisonous scabies.
Nanning City Drugs Journal: leaves: scabies and poisonous sores, bruises and bleeding. Flowers: stop bleeding.
Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine: dispel wind and relieve itching, reduce swelling and relieve pain, dissipate toxins, and apply to ulcers and carbuncles in the large intestine.
Guangxi Herbal Medicine: whole grass: fever, insecticide, itching, sores and ulcers.
Concoction 1. Pure: remove impurities, fresh products can be used in medicine.
Colorful Plum
2. Cutting: take the shoots after purification, cut into pieces. The dried product can also be slightly moistened with water, cut into sections, dried in the sun, sifted to remove the ash, can be used in medicine.
Contraindications and contraindications "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine 》："Pregnant women should not take."
Taste and odor Taste bitter; slightly sweet; cool; poisonous
Attributive meridian Large intestine meridian
Use and dosage For internal use: decoction, 5-10 g; powder, 3-5 g. For external use: appropriate amount, pounded compress. [8]
Toxicity The branches and leaves have a foul odor and are slightly toxic [15-18]. Cattle and sheep can cause chronic hepatotoxicity and cholestasis after ingestion, with symptoms of high fever, weakness, unsteady gait, diarrhea, followed by constipation and severe jaundice and photosensitivity. The ethanol extract of the leaves can lower blood pressure, accelerate respiration and tremor in dogs. The LD50 of crude crystals of Hippocastanene in rats is 20.3 mg/kg[19].
ToxicologyToxic components are lupulin A and B, mainly injuring the liver, gallbladder and bile ducts, causing gallbladder paralysis. The toxic dose of laminaria dilute A is 80 mg/kg and B is 200-300 mg/kg when administered by sheep gastric tube [25]. [9]
Note This product is toxic, internal use of dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other reactions, the dosage must be mastered to prevent adverse reactions. Pregnant women and the infirm are contraindicated.