Lychnis coronata Thunb

[ ] Pinyin name Dà Huā Jiǎ n Qi ūLu ó
[ alias ] mountain safflower, Campion, small pointed leaves.
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: Shi Zhuke plant Lychnis coronata Thunb roots and grass.
Latin botanical name: Lychnis fulgens Fisch. animal fossil
Harvest and storage : Autumn mining root and the whole grass, removing impurities, fresh or dried.
[ ] the original morphology of perennial herbaceous, tall 25-85cm. Root was hypertrophy of the spindle. Stem solitary, erect, distally sparsely villous. Leaves opposite; lobes oblong or ovate-oblong, long 3.5-10cm, width of 3.5cm, apex acuminate, base rounded, sides have hard pilose. Cymes,2-3flower, leaf axils short branch end often solitary; bracts subulate, densely villous; pedicels short, densely villous; calyx tube sticks shaped, with 10veins, densely villous; petals 5, deep red, base clawed, margin villous, flap4 lobed, lobes in2large,2 lateral lobes smaller, larynx2scales; stamens 10; ovary oblong cylindrical, style 5, wire shape. Capsule 5valves, blade reflexed. Seeds small, dark brown or black, had a verrucous surface protrusions. Florescence 6-8 month, month of fruit period 7-9.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in altitude 400-2000m mountain meadow, forest grassland.
Resource distribution: distribution in the northeast and North china.
[ character ] trait distinguishing the grass long 25-85cm. Stems single, distally sparsely pilose. Unifoliate opposite, entire leaves oblong or ovate-oblong, apex acuminate, base ministry blunt circle, long 3.5-10cm, width of3.5cm, both surfaces pilose. Cymes or single flowers in terminal or axillary branches. Calyx tube clavate, apex5 crack, densely pilose; petals 5, dark red, base clawed, disc4 crack, larger in2 lobes; stamens 10; style and ovary long filamentous, cylindrical. Valved capsule5. Seeds small, dark black, surface with sharp protrusions; micro gas, light.
[ ] the chemical composition of Lychnis coronata Thunb herb containing flavonoids orientin ( ori-entin ), homoorientin ( isorientin ), ( Vitexin ) Vitexin, different Vitexin ( isovi-texin ), as well as their8α,6 α- andβ- isomer and6glycoside derivatives, ecdysterone ( ecdysterone ), family of osteoprotegerin (polypodine) A,α- ecdysone (α -ecdysone ). Other plants of the same genus Lychnis cognata entire grass-containing ecdysteroid ( ecdysteroids ). Wire valve Campion herb containing orientin, homoorientin, Vitexin, different Vitexin, and these compounds glucoside derivatives and their8α,6 α6β - isomers.
[ ] taste Gan; cold
[ indications ] diuresis; spleen; calm. The main difficulty in urination; infantile infantile malnutrition; night sweats; headache; insomnia
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,10～ 30g.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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