Grass of Ganoderma lucidum

[ source ] was contained in the (" Xinhua outline of Materia Medica" ).
[ ] C o L Pinyin name be n be Zh Golf
[ alias ] iron brush, evergreen, eight strands of rope, Ganoderma lucidum, Shui Lingzhi snow, water of Ephedra
[ source ]
Medicine source: Ericaceae cassiope selaginoides whole plant.
Latin animal mineral name: Cassiope selaginoides Hook.f.et Thoms ( C.Mariei Levl."
Harvest and storage: summer and autumn harvest, cut and dried.
[ ] the original morphology of evergreen dwarf subshrubs, high 5-25cm. Branches dense, sometimes spread cushion-shaped, branchlets densely leaves decussate. Leaf hard leathery, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, long 2-3mm, width 1-1.7mm, base slightly wide,2 crack, divaricate, apically slightly obtuse, young when have a purple prick, abaxially lustrous, carinate, a deep longitudinal groove, ventral near sag, puberulous, margin sparsely dentate or entire. Flowers solitary axillary flowers, ptosis, and long 1.5-2.2cm, was cobweb villous; calyx 5, green or purple, lobes ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate; corolla white, broadly campanulate, long 7-10mm, export5lobed, lobes broadly triangular; male blue10, than the corolla, filaments pubescent. Capsule globose, diameter 5-8mm, style accommodation. Flowering of 4-5 months, fr.6-7.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in an elevation of 2000-4000m in thickets or cushion shrub grassland.
Resource distribution: distribution in Western Sichuan, northwest Yunnan, Southeast Tibet.
[ character ] trait identification of a cylindrical stem, diameter 2-2.4mm, branching. Leaves decussate or shedding, multiple crimp shrinkage, intact leaves after flattening showed lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, long 2-3mm, width 0.7-1mm; thick leaves, base 2lobed, near sag above, there are 1deep longitudinal groove. Flowers single student leaf axils, collapse into a group; pedicels long 1-2cm, long pilose; sepals after flattening is ovate-lanceolate, ca.3mm, dark purple; corolla pale yellow. Capsule type of spherical.
[ ] from the leaf chemical components identified 8flavone glycosides, respectively: myricetin -3O - glucoside ( myricetin3-O-glucoside ),3-O rhamnoside (3Orhamnoside ),3O - Arabia glucoside (3-Oarabinoside )2isomers) and7O - glucoside (7-Oglucoside ); quercetin3O - rhamnoside ( quercetin3Orhamnoside ),3O - Arabia glucoside (3O-arabinoside ) and3O - buckthorn glucoside (3-O-rhamnglucoside ). Further characterization of myricetin ( myricetin ) of2kinds of 5 - methoxy derivatives [1].
[ ] slightly bitter taste of spice; flat;
[ ] to the heart; liver; stomach meridian
[ ] functions Qi; promoting blood circulation; pain; and. Primary liver qi stagnation; rib of bloating pain; pain in rheumatism and traumatic injury; insomnia;
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,15 ~ 30g.
[ ] the treatise" Xinhua outline of Materia Medica": whole plant: spicy, slightly bitter, flat. A gas line analgesic, sedative function. For liver stomach qi4 pain, loss of appetite, neurasthenia.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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