Gu Shanlong

Gu Shanlong

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonym] Teng (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army).

[source] it is the root or stem of the family Dracaena.

[plant morphology] gushanlong

Rattan is woody. Old branches with longitudinal stripes. Single leaf alternate, nearly leathery, oval to elliptic, 8-12 cm long and 6-10 cm wide, apex cuspidate, base nearly truncated, basal veins 3-5; petiole base geniculate, apex inflated, 3-8 cm long. Panicle is often born on the old stem, male inflorescence is slender, about 8 cm long, branched spike like, almost sessile; male bracts are triangular; outer calyx 3, bract like, inner calyx 3, oblong; petals 3, nearly navicular; anther stamens with 9 stamens; female inflorescence is 30-50 cm long; female perianth 6, narrow oblong, apex reflexed backward; staminodes small, scaly; heart Skin 3, without style, stigma broad, papillate. The drupe is oblong, yellowish later, with stigma remnant on one side near the top, wrinkle and fibrous pubescence on the outside. It blooms in summer.

Born in mountain forest valley or hillside dense forest. It is distributed in Guangdong, Hainan and other places.

[collection] root, collected in autumn; stem and rattan, collected all year round. Wash, slice and dry.

[chemical constituents] the root contains alkali and jatrorrhizine. The stem contains tetrandrine, berberine and jatrorrhizine

[nature and taste] the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine published by Guangzhou Army: "bitter, cold, with little poison. "

[functions and indications] ① the manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army: "clearing heat and detoxifying. Treatment of enteritis, bacillary dysentery, tonsillitis, bronchitis, furuncle, malaria, dermatitis, eczema, pustules, tinea pedis infection. "

② "It has antihypertensive and analgesic effects. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang. External use: wash with boiling water.