Sabina vulgaris

Sabina vulgaris

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[synonym] Sabina przewalskii and cypress Gemini (Atlas of Chinese higher plants), alcha and huoning altz (Mongolian name).

[source] the branches, leaves and cones of Sabina vulgaris.

[plant morphology] Sabina vulgaris

Evergreen creeping shrubs, rare trees. The branches are fine, the twigs smell when kneaded, and the skin of old branches is dark brown and smooth. The leaves are alternate and opposite; the scaly leaves cover each other tightly, 1-2.5 mm long, with blunt or slightly pointed apex, entire margin, and elliptic glands in the middle below; the spiny leaves are often found on young plants, and sometimes there are a few spiny leaves in strong plants, which are closely arranged, obliquely extended upward and not developed, 3-7 mm long, concave above, with obvious middle ribs and covered with white powder. It is dioecious, with 2 female globose scales. The cones are berry shaped, kidney shaped, and grow on the top of long and curved twigs. They are irregular obovate, spherical, nearly round or ovoid, with round, flat or forked top, 5-9 mm long, with white powder, dark brown purple or purple black when ripe, with 1-5 (more than 2-3) seeds inside. The seeds are nearly ovoid, slightly flat, ridged, with a small amount of resin groove.

It grows in sandy, stony arid barren mountains and under forests. Distributed in Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents and pharmacological effects] Sabina vulgaris contains 0.2% sabineol and podophyllotoxin, which can cause hemorrhage and necrosis of sarcoma in mice. The volatile oil can be used as a local irritant, which can cause severe inflammation when applied to skin and mucous membrane for a long time. Excessive volatile oil can cause severe gastrointestinal inflammation, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and even death. It has been used for abortion, but it is the result of systemic poisoning, not specific to the uterus. If the dog is given sabineol or the extract of this genus for 3 weeks, it will not cause steatosis of liver. If the dose is too large, it will die within 2 days (severe inflammation of small intestine). Sabineol did not affect the uterine tension of guinea pigs, but could cancel its spontaneous activity; on the isolated rabbit small intestine, it could immediately stop its activity, which was reversible and not affected by pilocarpine. Sabineol can increase the muscle tension of leech, but the extract can decrease it, so the two effects are not identical.

[nature and taste] medicinal plants in desert areas of China: "bitter, flat. "

[functions and indications] ① in the manual of Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine, it says "dispelling wind and calming down". For rheumatoid arthritis. "

② Chinese desert medicinal plants: "dispel wind dampness, promote blood circulation and relieve pain. "

[formula selection] ① treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, brucellosis, skin itching: Sabina vulgaris, Mongolian Scutellaria, bailongchuancai, ephedra, Artemisia capillaris, digouye, acanthopanax senticosus, Artemisia scoparia (all fresh). Water 100 Jin, boil and soak for 5 hours, then add heat. Take the liquid medicine to take a bath, and wash it for one to one and a half hours according to the physical condition. It's not suitable to catch cold in the wind after washing. It's better to be in the dog days. The dosage of rheumatoid arthritis, digouye, acanthopanax senticosus increased: the dosage of pruritus, bailongchuancai and ephedra increased. (medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

② Treatment of adverse urination, windward tears, blurred vision, headache: two to three Sabina fruit. Take it in water. (Xinjiang Chinese herbal medicine manual)

Chinese PinYin : Chou Bai