Mulan

("Compendium of Materia Medica")

Synonymous with Sophora japonica ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), dalan and dalanqing ("Shengcao Illustrated Book of Materia Medica"). "Herbal Medicine"), Shuilan ("Lingnan Medicine Collection"), Xiaoqing, Indian Blue ("Chinese Tree Taxonomy"), Qingzai grass, wild indigo ("Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine").

The source is the leaves and stems of the legume plant Indigo.

Plant form: Wood blue

Upright shrub, 40-60 cm tall. Branchlets covered with silvery white short hairs. The leaves are odd-pinnate, alternate, 3 to 5 cm long; leaflets usually have 9 to 13 leaves. Opposite, eggs. The leaves are rectangular or oblong, 1.5 to 1.8 cm long, with entire edges, covered with T-shaped hairs, and the leaves are blue-black when dry. Racemes, loose, nearly sessile, 1.6-3.5 cm long; calyx is small, oblique, silvery white, with 5-toothed upper part, and the teeth are as long as the calyx tube; corolla is butterfly-shaped, red-yellow, with round to round flag petals. Rectangular, wing petals are oval, slightly connected to the keel, and the keel is spatulate, with a spacing on the claws; stamens 10, 2 bunches; ovary sessile, style short, incurved, stigma capitate. The pods are about 2.5 cm long and hairless. There are 8 to 12 seeds, not in the shape of beads.

Wild or cultivated. Distributed in Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

The roots of this plant (Indigo root) and the processed leaves (Indigo, Indigo) are also used for medicinal purposes, each of which has its own article.

Collect in summer and autumn.

The chemical composition of the whole plant is indigo. After hydrolysis, it generates 3-hydroxyindole. This component is oxidized to generate indigo. The seeds contain polysaccharides.

Bitter in nature and taste, cold.

① "Properties of Raw Herbal Medicine": "Bland in taste and cold in nature."

② "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": "Slightly bitter and cold."

Functions: Clear heat and detoxify, remove blood stasis and stop bleeding. Treat Japanese encephalitis, mumps, red eyes, swollen sores, and vomiting blood.

① "Herbal Medicines": "Eliminate sores and swelling, remove blood stasis and promote new growth." "The leaves are used to treat eye inflammation and vomiting blood."

② "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine": " "

Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 0.5 to 1 tael. External use: decoct in water and wash or pound for application.

Prescription ① Prevention of Japanese encephalitis: Fresh branches and leaves of Magnolia cost 5 cents to 1 tael, decoct in water and take. Once every three days, take several times.

②Treatment of Japanese encephalitis: 2 to 30 liang of the whole plant of Magnolia japonica, decocted in water and taken.

③Treatment of mumps: One or two pieces of the whole plant of Magnolia officinale, decoction in water and taken; in addition, mash the fresh leaves of Magnolia officinale and vinegar and squeeze the juice, and apply it to the affected area. (Select the recipe from "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine") Remind you: Mulan This Chinese herbal medicine comes from the Internet. Please follow your doctor's advice before use.