Amaranth

[ source ] from" don't record".
[ ] B I Pinyin name 's Xi, n
[ alias ] fine amaranth, bran, wild amaranth Amaranthus amaranth, pig
[ source ]
Medicine source: Amaranthaceae plants Amaranthus whole plant or root.
Latin animal mineral name: Amaranthus viridis L.
Harvest and storage: spring, summer, autumn is collected whole plant or root, washed, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of erect annual or biennial, high 40-80cm. White roots, stems thicker than. Stems few branched, striate, thin, light green or green purple. Leaves alternate; petiole length 3-6cm; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, length 2-9cm, width 2.5-6cm, apex obtuse tip and emarginated, base broadly cuneate or subtruncate, glabrous above, often have a V shaped white, veins obvious below. Summer, autumn leave yellowish green flowers, unisexual or polygamous, in axillary spikes, or integrated large-scale sparse terminal panicle; perianth segments 3, membranous; stamens 3, shorter than perianth segments. Utricle round, flat, not cracking, a shrinkage, beyond tepals. Seeds subglobose, black and shiny, with an annular edge. Flowering of 6-8 months, fr. 8-10.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: in the garden, the roadside and reclaimed abandoned land.
Resource distribution: distribution in the northeast, north, East, South and Shaanxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.
[ character ] trait identification of root cone. All the purple or red brown. Stem length 40-80cm, ramose less. Leaves alternate, leaf crinkle, flattened oval to ovate oblong, long 2-9cm, 2.5-6cm wide, apex obtuse and emarginate, with small awn tip, base nearly cuneate; petiole length 3-6cm. Spikes axillary. Utricle depressed-globose, undivided, a shrinkage, beyond the host Cunhua was. Seeds small, brown or black, with a slight sheen. Gas micro, weak.
[ ] the chemical composition of grass containing 24 - ethyl - 5 alpha cholestane - 7, reverse glycoside - 22 - diene 3 beta - alcohol ( 24-ethyl-5-cholesta-7, Trans22dien3 beta - OL ), spinach sterols ( spinasterol ), 24 - methyl - 7 - cholestenol ( 24-methyllathosterol ), 24 - methyl - 22 hydrogen - to - 7 - cholestenol ( 24methyl22dehydrolathosterol ), 24 - ethyl - 7 - bile acid ( 24-ethyllathosterol ), 24 - ethyl cholesterol ( 24-ethylc-hoesterol ), 24 - ethyl - 22 - to hydrogen cholesterol ( 24-ethyl22dehydrocholeste-rol ) [1 ], carotenoids ( carotenoid ), beta carotene ( beta - carotene ), vitamin A ( vitmin ). Leaf containing corydalis yellow matter violaxanthin ), the new yellow matter ( neoxan-thin ), beta carotene, alpha - implicit yellow matter ( alpha Cryptoxanthin ), lutein ( lu-tein ) [2 ], vitamin C ( vitmin C ) [3 ], lipid and palm acid fatty acid [4 ]. From the root share amaranth sterols (amasterol) [5 ].
[ ] taste Gan; light; cold
[ ] owned by E.; small intestine
[ ] heat removing dampness; functions; detoxification. The main dysentery; diarrhea; hot urination; sores; snake and insect stings; noma
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15 ~ 30g, fresh goods times amount pound wrings juice. External : the amount, trace and apply or calcined research outside the rub; decoction, fumigation.
[ ] the discussion
1: Meng Shen L. : Qi, removing heat, through nine.
2:" schema" and large intestine. The early cure dysentery, slide.
3 Jiangxi" Herbal Handbook:" clearing heat, detoxification, diuresis, analgesics, eyesight.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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