Bamboo label

Bamboo label

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[source] it is the root or leaf of the Bignoniaceae plant.

[plant morphology] hard bone Lingxiao

Shrubs semirattan or suberect. The branches are greenish brown, often with small scabby protuberances. The leaves are opposite, with odd pinnate compound leaves; the total petiole is about 3-6 cm long, and the petioles are short; most of the petioles are 7, ovate to broadly elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long, the apex is short pointed or obtuse, the base is broad cuneate, the edge is irregularly serrated, bald or woolly in the dorsal vein axils. Raceme terminal; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; corolla funnel-shaped, slightly curved, orange red to bright red, with deep red longitudinal lines, ca. 4 cm long, upper lip concave; stamens prominent. Capsule linear, 2.5-5 cm long, slightly flat. It blooms in spring.

Wild or cultivated. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] all year round. The root slices are dried in the sun and the leaves are fresh.

[pharmacological action] the decoction of leaves and stems was not toxic to mice (two mice were given 1g / mouse, and one mouse died within 24 hours). It has no obvious effect on isolated ileum of guinea pig and rectus abdominis of toad. It can excite isolated uterus of rats. The perfusion of hind limbs of rats can relax blood vessels. Intravenous injection of 0.1 g / kg of the decoction into anesthetized dogs can reduce blood pressure.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan Province: "cool in nature, slightly bitter and pungent in taste. "

Functions and indications: selected Chinese herbal medicines from Yunnan Simao: "clearing away heat and inflammation, dispersing blood stasis and detumescence. Treatment of tuberculosis, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, sore throat, traumatic injury, blood stasis swelling and pain. "

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