Gendarussa Dan

[ source ] from the" raw herbal preparation to".
[ ] G and B Pinyin Name: D. N
English name [ ] Common Gendarussa Herb
[ alias ] Sambucus, spent four seasons, small dead, hundred of awn, lobular gold, small barge bone, small Sambucus, barge bone away, barge bone grass, broken bones, King grass energetically, Changsheng wood, pointed tail peak, bone tube, fine bone wind, white and grass
[ source ]
Medicine source: as the Acanthaceae plant gendarussa Dan stems or leaves or the whole plant.
Latin animal mineral name: Gendarussa uulgaris Nees burm [Justicia gen-darssa F ]
Harvest and storage: summer and autumn harvest, wash, cut, use fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of gendarussa Dan stem subshrubs erect, glabrous, height of about 1m. Stem cylindrical, nodes inflated, ramose much, shoots Chang Shen purple. Leaves opposite; paper; petiole length less than 1cm; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate linear, length 5-10cm, width 5-15mm, apex acuminate, base attenuate, margin entire; lateral veins on each side of the 6-8, deep purple. Spicate top is unripe, upper density, lower interrupted; bracts on students, each bract has spent 2 room several flowers; calyx subequally 5 lobed, lobes triangular-lanceolate, ca. 4mm; corolla white or pink, ca. 1.3mm, corolla tube cylindric, called slightly enlarged, crown the two lip, the lip oblong-ovate, lower lip 3 shallow crack; stamens 2, filaments slightly flat, anthers with broad oblique facial connectives, cell 2, a base with a tail-like appendage; each locule with 2 ovules, style linear. Capsule clavate, long 1.2cm, glabrous. Flowering in spring.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: born near the village or roadside thickets, red culture.
Resource distribution: distribution in Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places.
[ character ] character differentiation stem cylindrical, much branched, branchlets with four edges, nodes swollen, tender green. Leaves much shrinkage, intact leaves narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate linear, length 4-14cm, width 1-2cm, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, green yellow green above, below, bright; midrib and lateral veins are coarse, dark purple, or sometimes lateral veins translucent. Gas, light.
Chemical composition of [ ]
The leaves contain beta sitosterol (sitosterol ) [1 ].
The root contains alkaloids justicidin ( justicin ) and volatile oil [2 ].
[ ] pharmacological effects of root decoction or alcohol extract ( 1-2g / kg ) in rats leads to elevated temperature; excessive dosage ( 10-20g / kg ) can reduce the body temperature, severe diarrhea, causing death.
[ ] taste acrid in taste bitter; flat;
[ ] to the liver; kidney; lung
[ function ] rheumatism; scattered blood and bones. The main rheumatic arthralgia; menstruation; postpartum abdominal pain; traumatic swelling and pain; fracture
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 15-30g; or at the end of the inquiry; or sparkling wine. External: fresh goods amount, trace and apply; or grind end adjustable perfunctory; or fried Tang Xun wash.
[ ] the discussion
1" compendium of Materia Medica": a treatment of broken bones, continued, ramming yan.
2" herbs of preparing to" treat wind evil, science: traumatic, bartender.
3" south of the Five Ridges" : the rationale for herbs recorded fell wounded, for removing stasis and generating new.
4" Lu Chuan": herbal medicine for rheumatoid arthritis.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/