Lemon root

Lemon root

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[source] it is the root of Limon or lemon in Rutaceae. For the plant morphology, please refer to the "lemon" section.

[chemical constituents] the roots of limong contain coumarin scopoletin and umbelliferide. It contains p-hydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, salicylic acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, gentilic acid, erucic acid, vanillic acid, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid, o-coumaric acid, ferulic acid and m-coumaric acid. Among the above components, m-coumaric acid exists in free form, scopoletin and o-coumaric acid coexist in bound and free form, and the rest exist in bound form.

The root of lemon contains zanthoxylin a.

[function indications] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "relieve pain and remove blood stasis. The treatment falls hits the wound to accumulate, the rabies bites. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.