Lysimachia christinae

Lysimachia christinae

(TCM bulletin 5 (1): 201959)

[synonym] Herba Lysimachiae in Nanchang (Chinese Medicine Bulletin), Mantianxing, wild celery, broken copper coin, small money (Jiangxi traditional Chinese Medicine).

[source] it is the whole plant of coriander, which belongs to Umbelliferae.

[plant morphology] coriander, also known as coriander with plum algae.

Perennial herbs. The stem is slender and creeping, rooting and leafing at the stem node. The leaves are alternate, thin, round in shape, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, 3-5 palmately lobed, almost reaching the base. The lobes are wedge-shaped or inverted triangular. There are one or two lateral lobes between the lateral lobes, reaching 1 / 3 of the base. The margin is obtuse toothed, glabrous on the top, and sparsely white hairy on the bottom and the tip of petiole. The petiole is slender, 1-5 cm long. The stipules are 2, small, round or oval, with margin There's teeth, there's Tricholoma underneath. Umbel axillary; pedicel slender, hairy; flowers small and dense, petiole short; petals 5, white green, with reddish purple halo; stamens 5; ovary inferior. Suspensory fruit less than 1 mm long, carpel each side has a dorsal ridge, surface verrucous protuberance. It blooms in summer.

It grows on the roadside, grassland, ditch side and wet place of lake beach. It is distributed in Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, etc.

[collection] from April to June.

[medicinal material] the dry whole grass is usually tangled and formed into a mass, and its root is on the stem node. It is very slender, yellowish brown, and often curly and curved. The stem is thin and twisted, with fine longitudinal lines on the surface, about 0.1 cm in diameter, yellowish brown to brown, easy to break, light yellow in cross section, and brown punctate vascular bundles can be seen. The leaves are curled into clusters, pale green or burnt yellow. After unfolding, thin white hairs can be seen below. Sometimes the flower and fruit are integrated into small globules. It is slightly fragrant and pungent.

It is produced in Jiangxi Province.

The original plant coriander is used as medicine in Jiangxi Province. For details, please refer to "Tian coriander".

[nature and taste] Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine: "slightly sweet, cold, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] it is used to treat sand drenching, jaundice, hepatitis, nephritis, liver fire, headache and fire eye.

① "Traditional Chinese Medicine Bulletin": "treatment of nephritis, kidney stones. "

② "Jiangxi traditional Chinese medicine": "diuresis and heat. It is effective for sand drenching. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or boiling cream.

[clinical application] ① treatment of acute infectious hepatitis

On the first day, 1 liang of Mantianxing was taken, and on the second day, 1 liang of Oxalis was added, one dose a day for half a month. All the 5 cases were cured. Or take 2 liang of Mantianxing hay (half for children), 1 dose per day, 10 days as a course of treatment. 60 cases were treated with routine liver protection therapy, 15 cases were cured, 25 cases were markedly effective, and 20 cases were improved.

② Treatment of pertussis

Take 1 liang of fresh herb from Mantianxing, 1 dose per day (half for baby). 10 cases were treated, 7 cases were markedly effective, 2 cases were effective and 1 case was ineffective.