Thalictrum petaloideum

[ source ] from the" Hebei" Chinese Medicine Handbook
[ ] B, n Ru Pinyin name T 's n S n C be be be o
English name [ ] Root of Petalformed Meadowrue
[ alias ] Thalictrum, horsetail of Coptis chinensis
[ source ]
Medicine source: as in Ranunculaceae Thalictrum petaloideum root and rhizome.
Latin animal mineral name: Thalictrum petaloideum L. [ T.Petaloideum L.var.latifoliolatum Kitag ]
Harvest and storage: summer, fall the excavation, removal of stems and leaves and dirt, cut, dried standby.
[ ] the original morphology of Thalictrum petaloideum, perennial, high 20-80cm. Glabrous. Stems erect, branched distally. Leaves alternate; petiole to 10cm, base have sheaths; leaf is three to four to three leaves or pinnately compound; leaflets herbaceous, obovate, rhombus or kidney Zhuang round, long 3-12mm, 2-15mm wide, apex obtuse, base rounded wedge or wedges, 3 lobed or 3 deeply lobed, lobes entire, net veins inconspicuous; petiolule length 5-7mm. Compound monochasium corymbose; flowers bisexual, peduncular long 0.5-3cm; sepals 4, petaloid, ovate, long 3-5mm, white, caducous; petals absent; stamens numerous, long 5-12mm, filaments in the upper than the anthers broadly, base narrow, anthers narrowly oblong, long 0.7-1.5mm, apex obtuse; carpels 4-13, no handle, style is short, stigma in ventral. Achenes ovoid, long 4-6mm, has 8 longitudinal, sessile, night latch style ca. 1mm. Flowering of 6-7 months, fr. 7-9.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in an elevation of 500-3000m grasslands on mountain slopes.
Resource distribution: distribution in the northeast, North China and Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Anhui, Henan, sichuan.
[ character ]
Rhizome short 1 character identification. The relatively sparse, length 3-5cm, diameter 1-1.2mm; surface is brown, with a number of fine longitudinal ribs; brittle, easily broken.
Gas, a little sweet taste, sticky chewing teeth.
2 microscopic root transection: polygon. The epidermis is broken, with hair. Cortical stenosis, non wood cell wall thickening; within the cortex was apparent, mother cell tangential separated into 5-10 subset of cells. The pericycle cell wall is broken. The primary xylem of three prototype; xylem bundle and without central fiber bundle.
[ ] the rhizomes contain chemical ingredients berberine ( berberine ), implicit product alkali (crytoPine), jatrorrhizine ( jatrorrihizine ), magnoflorine ( magnoflorine ).
[ ] the taste of bitter cold;
[ ] to the liver; stomach; large intestine meridian
[ function ] clearing heat and detoxicating; indications. The main indications of dysentery; jaundice; lung heat cough; swollen furuncle carbuncle;; exudative dermatitis
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, 9-15g. External: moderate, grind end Caesar, or fresh goods trace and apply.
[ note ] of careful take.
[ ] the cure red attached side from dysentery: cauda equina Coptis money, Portulaca court five money. Water decoction. (" Ningxia Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine" ) II treats carbuncle swollen furuncle: cauda equina Coptis money, dandelion one or two. Water decoction. (" Ningxia Handbook of Chinese herbal medicine in treatment of exudative dermatitis" ) ( acute eczema ): Thalictrum petaloideum drying research, apply, spreading the affected area; or with various aliquots with pine pollen. As an affected part dry after initiation, available oil powder. (" Hebei Chinese Medicine Handbook" )
[ ] the discussion
1" Hebei" Chinese Medicine Handbook: treatment of exudative dermatitis.
2" Ningxia": heat-clearing and detoxifying herbal handbook.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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