Chrysanthemum morifolium

Chrysanthemum morifolium

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonym] yebaiju (a textual research on the name of plant), xiaoxuehua, baishengma (Guizhou folk medicine), shanmalan, sanmaiyemalan, xiaoshihua, changqingnian, baihuaqianliguang, August frost, August white, baimalan (Zhejiang folk medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant with roots of Chrysanthemum morifolium.

[plant morphology] Chrysanthemum morifolium

Herbaceous perennial, 30-90 cm high. Stem erect, base smooth or hairy. Leaves alternate, ovate to ovate elliptic, 2.5-10 cm long, 1-2.5 cm wide, apex obtuse, base narrow, margin sparsely serrate, both sides rough hairy, veins 3, obvious. The inflorescence is terminal, arranged in corymbose; involucre is semicircular, bracts are 2-3 rows, margin is thin; ligulate flower is white, tube flower is yellow. Achene flat, abundant corolla, rust or dark white. It blooms in autumn.

Born in roadside, ditch side, wilderness grass. It is distributed in most areas of China.

[collection] harvested in summer and autumn, fresh or dried.

[chemical constituents] it contains flavonoids, saponins, carbohydrates, esters, tannins, proteins, amino acids, chlorophyll, etc. The roots mainly contain saponins (mainly steroidal saponins), but no flavonoids; the aerial parts (stems and leaves) mainly contain flavonoids, but no saponins. Saponins have better expectorant effect and flavonoid glycosides have better antitussive effect. Therefore, the whole herb with roots is generally used as medicine.

Bitter, pungent and cool.

① "Cool". "

② Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "bitter, pungent, cool. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, clearing heat, detoxifying, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough. Treatment of wind heat, cold, tonsillitis, bronchitis, sore swelling, snake bite, bee sting.

① A textual research on the names and facts of plants: "decocting unknown swelling poison. "

② Guizhou folk medicine: "removing exterior heat. Treat cold and wind heat. "

③ Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "clearing heat and detoxification, regulating qi and relieving pain, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Treatment of bronchitis, tonsillitis, mastitis, epistaxis, Agkistrodon, agkistrodon bite. "

④ "Wenling County drug resources list": "treatment of snake bites, bee stings, sores, sprains, trauma bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-2 Liang; or mashed juice drink. External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of bronchitis and tonsillitis: one or two chrysanthemums. Take it in water.

② Cure cold fever: mountain white chrysanthemum root, a branch of yellow flower each three money. Take it in boiling water.

③ Treatment of epistaxis: fresh mountain white chrysanthemum root, Imperata root, evergreen root, bulbus grass each three money. Take it in water.

④ Treat mastitis: mountain white chrysanthemum root one or two. Take it in water.

⑤ Treatment of Agkistrodon acutus and Agkistrodon halys bite: one or two fresh roots of Sophora japonica and one or two fresh roots of Chrysanthemum morifolium. Mash jiaozhifu, and then take medicine to mash the wound, twice a day. (selected out "Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs")

[clinical application] in the treatment of senile chronic tracheitis

3 liang of fresh whole grass (2 liang dry) was used to fry for 4 hours, concentrated, filtered and taken twice a day; or the whole grass was used to make tablets, 3 times a day, 5 tablets each time (the daily amount was equivalent to 2 liang of crude medicine); or the whole grass was made into granules, 2 times a day, 25 grams each time. All patients took 10 days as a course of treatment for 2-3 courses. Curative effect: according to the analysis of 581 cases treated with two courses of decoction, 72 cases were controlled in the near future (12.4%), 105 cases were markedly effective (18.1%); according to the analysis of 337 cases treated with three courses of decoction, 38 cases were controlled in the near future (11.3%), 96 cases were markedly effective (28.2%); 20 cases were treated with tablet, 9 cases were controlled in the near future, 7 cases were markedly effective; 119 cases were treated with granule, 7 cases were controlled in the near future (5.9%), 17 cases were markedly effective (14.3%). Among them, the effect of simple type is more obvious than wheezing type, and the effect of anti-inflammatory and antiasthmatic is not as good as cough and expectorant. Most of the patients began to take effect within 1-5 days after taking the medicine. The cough was relieved, the amount of sputum was reduced, the color of sputum turned from yellow to white, the breathing was comfortable, and the total number of white blood cells and neutrophils turned to normal. Side effects: generally within 1-2 days after taking the medicine, a few patients have dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, stomach discomfort, or occasionally dry throat, irritability, abdominal distension, diarrhea, bloody stool, frequent urination, urticaria and other reactions, which can disappear within 3-5 days without stopping the medicine. There was no damage to heart, liver, kidney and hemopoietic system. In addition, it has been used in the treatment of chronic tracheitis with compound tablets of Buddleja, Ginkgo biloba and orchid vanilla, but there is no significant difference between its curative effect and that of Sanmai yemalan.