globeflower

globeflower

(collection of compendium)

[synonyms] dryland Lily (Wutai Mountain records), jinmeicao (Shanxi Tongzhi), dryland lotus, jinfurong (compendium Collection), jingeda (Shanxi Traditional Chinese medicine records).

[source] it is the flower of Trollius chinensis (Ranunculaceae) or Trollius asiatica.

[plant morphology] 1. Trollius chinensis

Herbs perennial, glabrous, 30-70 cm high, unbranched. Basal leaves 1-4, with long stalks; leaf blade pentagonal, 3.8-6.8 cm long, 6.8-12.5 cm wide, 3-lobed, central lobe rhombic, 2-lobes with a few lobules and sharp teeth; stem leaves like basal leaves, gradually smaller upward. The flowers are solitary or 2-3, forming a cyme; sepals 8-15 (~ 19), yellow, elliptic, obovate or obovate, 1.5-2.8 cm long and 0.7-1.6 cm wide; petals numerous, nearly as long as sepals, narrow strip, tapering at the top; stamens numerous, 0.5-1.1 cm long; carpels 20-30. Follicles 1-1.2 cm long, with curved long tip. It blooms in summer.

It grows on grass slope or under sparse forest. Distribution of northeast and Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and other places.

② Asian Trollius

The morphology is similar to that of the above species. Basal leaves finely divided. Flowers thick orange yellow, sepals more than 10, petal like, open; petals many, narrowly shaped, slightly longer than stamens.

It grows on mountain grass slope. It is distributed in the north of China.

[collection] in summer, the flowers are harvested in full bloom and dried in the air.

[herbal medicine] the dried flowers are irregular in shape, usually with gray green flower stalks, about 1.5 cm long. Sepals and petals are golden yellow, petals are linear, stamens are yellow white, most of them are yellow. It has strong fragrance and slightly bitter taste. Dry body, golden color and no impurities are preferred.

Shanxi and other places.

[chemical constituents] Trollius chinensis contains alkaloids and flavonoids.

[pharmacological action] the extract of Trollius chinensis was extracted with acid water and then transformed with chloroform after alkalization. It has inhibitory effect on Gram-positive cocci and gram-negative bacilli, especially on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In mice infected with lethal dose of pneumococcus or Staphylococcus aureus, 0.5 ml and 0.2 ml of 1:2 concentration of Jinlianhua injection had no protective effect in vivo; but it was used in 226 cases of tonsillitis, pharyngitis and Shanggan, with an effective rate of 92.7%. It also had certain therapeutic effect on urinary tract infection. The results showed that the injection had no obvious effect on the liver and viscera of mice.

[nature and taste] "compendium notes": "bitter taste, cold nature, non-toxic. "

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treatment of Shanggan, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, acute otitis media, acute tympanitis, acute conjunctivitis, acute lymphangitis, aphthous ulcer, sores.

① "Shanhaicaohan" says: "it is very toxic to treat sores. "

② "Gangmu Shiyi": "treat mouth sores, swollen throat, floating heat, teeth, ear pain, eye pain, clear eyes, relieve haze and miasma. "

③ "Hebei Traditional Chinese medicine manual": "clearing heat and detoxifying. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan. External use: gargle in boiling water.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat chronic tonsillitis: Jinlian costs one yuan. Open bubble, when tea, often drink and gargle. If it is acute, double the dosage, or add the same amount of Commelina communis. (Hebei Traditional Chinese medicine manual)

② Treatment of acute otitis media, acute tympanitis, acute conjunctivitis, acute lymphangitis: Trollius, chrysanthemum each three money, raw licorice one money. Take it in water. (Hebei Traditional Chinese medicine manual)

[clinical application] treatment of respiratory tract inflammation

Take 3-4 tablets each time, three times a day, with the content of 1.5g of dried Trollius chinensis, or make injection, 2ml each, with the content of 2G of Trollius chinensis, intramuscular injection, 1-2 times a day, one tablet each time. 536 cases of Shanggan, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, acute and chronic tracheitis and other inflammation were treated. The results showed that 329 cases (61.3%) were markedly effective (symptoms disappeared and recovered), 135 cases (25%) were effective (symptoms relieved and the condition improved), and 72 cases were ineffective. Among them, the effect on acute and chronic tonsillitis, pharyngitis and upper respiratory tract infection is better than that on chronic tracheitis. The effect of tablet seems to be higher than that of injection, which may be related to the dosage.