Origin "Salvation of the Desert Materia Medica"

Pinyin name Mián Zǎo ér

Alias Shi Zao'er (Salvation of the Desert Materia Medica), Tian Garlic (《生草药性备要》), Dilan (《Lingnan Caiyin Record》), Mountain Garlic (《Jiangsu Plant and Medicine Records》), Fresh White Head (Jiangsu Medicinal Herbs Records》), Ground Jujubes (地枣), One-leaf Celery (独葉芹), Urging the Birth of Life (催生草) and Medicine Dog Garlic (《North-East Medicine (Journal of Medicinal Plants of Northeast China), Old Crow Onion (Directory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources of Zhejiang Province), One Leaf One Gun (Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicines of Su Medical Doctor).

Originally from the bulb or the whole herb of Mian Zao Er (Liliaceae), harvested from June to July.

Original form perennial herb. Bulb ovoid, the lower part of the short rhizome, on which most of the fibrous roots, bulb pieces with woolly inside. Leaves narrowly linear, basal, 15-20 cm long, 5-8 mm wide, smooth, adaxially concave. Flowering stems erect, 30 to 45 cm long, leaf-emerging first; inflorescences racemose, bracts small, linear; flowers small, light purplish red; perianth 6, lobes rectangular-orbicular, with 1 dark purple vein pattern; stamens 6, filaments flattened at base, apical; ovary flattened ellipsoidal, 3-locular, with 1 erect ovule per locule. Capsule obovate, 3-angled, 3-valved at maturity, 2-3 cm long. Seeds angular, black, glossy. Flowering period August to September. Fruiting September to October.

Habitat distribution Wild in the hills, mountain slopes or fields. It is distributed in most parts of the country. Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

Traits bulb long ovate, 2 ~ 3 cm long, 5 ~ 15 mm in diameter, apical acuminate, residual leaf base, the base of the bulb disk is obvious, which residual yellow-white or brown fibrous roots or fibrous root breaks, bulb external layers of bright yellow membranous scaly leaves, the internal white superposition of fleshy scales, rich in viscous. The odor is slight, and the taste is slightly spicy. Fresh, full, not rotten is preferred.

Chemical composition of the bulb contains fructose, sucrose, starch, polysaccharides similar to branched-chain starch and polysaccharides similar to inulin. There are also onionogenic glycoside A and a toxic glycoside.

Pharmacological effects

①More effects on the cardiovascular system:/

It has a digitalis-like cardiotonic effect. The aqueous solution of the alcoholic extract of the rhizome has a significant cardiotonic effect on both isolated and in vivo toad hearts, manifested by enhanced cardiac contractility, increased myocardial tension, and finally ceased in systole, with no significant effect on heart rate. The effect of the leaf extract was stronger than that of the root. Giving anesthetized dogs an intravenous injection of 1 g/kg, no significant effect on blood pressure and respiration.

②Other effects

Anesthetized dogs in the application of posterior pituitary hormone so that the urine volume decreased significantly, intravenous injection of root extract, immediately make the urine scene increased significantly, there is a significant diuretic effect. On the isolated mouse uterus has a significant excitatory effect, a large number of and can cause spasm, similar to ergot.

Toxicity of pregnant rabbits two infused with root extract 6 g / kg, one of which added 2 g / kg of leaf extract, a day later, and then infused with the whole herb decoction 40 g, were not abnormal. The other rabbit was injected intravenously with 4 g/kg of leaf extract, and was found to have shortness of breath, struggling, dilated pupils, protruding eyeballs, obvious hypoxia, and died of asphyxiation soon after autopsy, and the heart was still beating at autopsy.

Taste and odor "raw herb medicinal properties of preparation": sweet taste, cold nature.

Functions and Indications

Promoting blood circulation and detoxification, subduing swelling and relieving pain. It is used in the treatment of breast embrace, intestinal carbuncle, bruises, lumbar and leg pain.

①Lingnan Caiyaozhu (Record of medicinal herbs of Lingnan): take the head and pound it, and apply it to cure breast sores and poisonous sores.

② "Northeastern Medicinal Plant": alcohol extract of leaves and rhizomes, cardiac diuretic effect. Whole herb decoction for painkillers, for toothache, tendon pain, lumbar and leg pain and gunshot, bruises, etc.; also has the effect of catalyzing birth.

3 "Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource List": the treatment of foot shrinkage and intestinal carbuncle, carbuncle and vomiting blood.

④Su medicine "Chinese herbal medicine manual": blood, swelling, detoxification, pain. It can be used to treat bruises, lumbar and leg pains, musculoskeletal pains; fresh bulbs are pounded and applied externally to treat carbuncle and mastitis.

Use and dosage Internal: decoction, 1 ~ 3 money. External use: pounding compress.