Viscum album

[ ] B I Pinyin name 's Gu I H J Sh n to be cabinet
[ alias ] Viscum album L.
[ source ]
Medicine source: Loranthaceae plant parasitic eggs Ye Hu with leaf sprig.
Latin animal mineral name: Viscum album L.var.meridianum Danser ( V.albumL.subsp.meridianum ( Danser ) Long; V.al-bumauct.nonL. )
Harvest and storage: annual recoverable, tied into bundles, dry.
[ ] the original morphology of shrubs, height of about 0.5m. Stems, branches are cylindrical, two disambiguation or multiple branched, branches of the internodal length 3-7M 2.5-6mm, coarse, dry with longitudinal wrinkles. Leaves opposite, thickly leathery; petiole ca. 5mm; leaf blade obovate, length 3-5cm, width 1.5-2.5cm, apex subrounded, base cuneate, margin slightly revolute leaf; basal veins 3-7. Dioecious; male inflorescences cymose, terminal, peduncle without, with flower 3, central flower with 2 bracts, lateral flowers with 1 bract; bracts triangular, length 2-3mm; male flower buds subglobose, ca. 2mm, sepals 4, triangular; anthers ellipsoid; female inflorescences cymose type spikes, terminal or axillary stems pellia, peduncle ca. 2mm 3-5 flowers, with flowers, terminal flower with 2 bracts or not, cross opposite flower with 1 bracts; bracts triangular, length 2-2.5mm; female flower buds ovoid, long 2.5-3mm; torus ovoid; sepals 4, triangular, 1.5-2mm long; stigma nipple-shaped. Berry ellipsoid, length 8mm, diameter 6mm, night latch style ca. 1mm, yellow, skin smoothing. Flowering in November to March the following year, fr. 7-11.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in 1300-2700m elevation mountain broad-leaved forest, cherry, Rowan, parasitic in walnut, Yunnan goose ear oak plants.
Resource distribution: located in Yunnan, Tibet and other places.
Pharmacological action [ ]
1 enhance the immune function of mice by intraperitoneal injection of fresh to non fermented ginkgo mistletoe juice 10mg / kg, across different time for colloidal carbon clearance rate determination. At the beginning of the mononuclear phagocyte system without impact, 48h phagocytic index was significantly increased, in 120 hours back to normal; injection of plant juice for 24 hours when the spleen weight reduction, 48 hours, 120 hours to restore normal. The sheep red blood cells ( SRBC ) and vegetable juice ( 10mg / kg ) or polysaccharides ( 120mg / kg ) for 3 days after intraperitoneal injection in mice, immune IgM antibodies generated significantly increased, in fifth and ninth in spleen of IgM-PFC number also increases apparently. The SRBC with varying doses of plant juice blend, mice were given subcutaneously, 5 days later can cause delayed hypersensitivity. Viscum album extract can promote specific and nonspecific immune function.
2 anti tumor effects of Kai Guo Hu parasitism of major components of protein, polysaccharides and lipids, have direct inhibitory effect on tumor cells. In vitro experiments indicate, Viscum album protein in malignant tumor cells with other cell inhibitor has no special role.
[ ] the toxicity of Viscum album plant juice mouse peritoneal injection of LD50 is about 32mg / kg, the polysaccharide fractions in mice by intraperitoneal injection of a tolerance is greater than 2.25g / kg.
[ ] taste sweet; bitter; flat
[ function ] rheumatism; the strong physique; prolactin. The main rheumatic arthralgia; bones due to weak; lumbago leg soft; postpartum milk scarce
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15-30g; or stews.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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