Crane of Ganoderma lucidum

[ source ] from Guangzhou forces" commonly used Herbal Handbook"
[ ] B I H Pinyin name 's keyword L n be Zh Golf
English name [ ] Twig and leaf of Bignose Rhinacanthus
[ alias ] tinea grass
[ source ]
Medicine source: as the Acanthaceae plant crane Ganoderma branches, leaves.
Latin animal mineral name: Rhinacanthus nasutus ( L. ) Kurz [ Justicia nasuta L Rhinacanthus communis Ness];
Harvest and storage: spring, summer harvest, clean, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of crane of Ganoderma lucidum shrub, high 1-1.5m. Young shoots with wool. Leaves opposite; a short handle; leaf blade elliptic, long 3-7cm, 2-3cm wide, apex slightly obtuse or acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, both surfaces below vein obviously, hair. Cymes terminal or tightening, upper leaf axils like panicles; bracts and bracteoles minutely; calyx 5 crack, lobes linear-lanceolate, ca. 3mm, both sides are glandular hairs; corolla white, salverform, tegument short glandular hairs, corolla to approximately 2cm, crown mast two lip, lip attack lanceolate, 8mm long, apex retuse, lower lip is thick 3 crack, about 10mm long; stamens 2, inserted corolla throat, anther locules 2, stacked up and down, filaments ca. 1mm, exserted; ovary and style is sparsely pilose. Capsule oblong. Seed 2-4, a hook.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: wild or cultivated.
Resource distribution: distribution in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.
Chemical composition of [ ]
Crane Ganoderma root containing lupeol ( lupeol ), beta sitosterol (sitosterol ), stigmasterol ( stigmasterol ) and the two sterol glucoside, and contains the naphthoquinone compounds: Ganoderma lucidum quinone ( rhinacanthin ), A, B [1 ].
Stems and leaves with 3, 4 - two H - 3, 3 - two methyl hydrogen - tea and [2, 3b] pyran - 5, 10 - two in [3, 4-dihydro-3, 3 - two methyl two hydrogen - tea and [2, 3-B] pyran - 5, 10 - two ketone [3, 4-dihyro-3, 3-dimethyl-2H-naphtho-2, 3-B pyran-5 10-dione ] ], [ 2].
Pharmacological action [ ]
1: from the cytotoxic effects of plant root extract of naphthalene quinones, A, B Ganoderma quinone, has cytotoxic effect.
2 antifungal effects: from leaves and stems of extraction of naphthalene benzopyran derivatives of 3, 4 - two H - 3, 3 - two methyl two hydrogen - naphthalene and [2, 3-B] pyran - 5, 10 - two on rice wilt pathogens ketone ( fungi) Pyricularia oryzae had strong antifungal activity, ED50 0.4 x 10-6 ( 0.4ppm ); this fungal spore germination inhibition rate, at 10 x 10-5 ( 100ppm ) for 82.3%.
[ ] taste sweet; bitter; slightly cold
[ ] the lung meridian
[ function ] fever heat; insecticidal antipruritic. Primary cough scab; eczema;
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 10-15g, fresh goods times amount. External: fresh goods fitness, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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