Eclipta rubra

Eclipta rubra

(records of plant medicine in Jiangsu)

[synonyms] Hunan forsythia and yellow flower Liu jinu (a textual research on the name and reality of plants), golden butterfly and umbrella flower (Chinese tree taxonomy), dahurian drench (Nanjing folk herb), dahuanxincao and fangxincao (Guangxi Traditional Chinese veterinary medicine plant), pseudoforsythia and jianhuacha. Yizhijian (medical records of Nanning), acacia, jixincha, niuxincha (economic flora of Liaoning), dajinque, dacha, dajingxue, yuanbaocao (medical records of Jiangsu), Longzhu Acacia, niuxincai (manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in the North).

[source] it is the whole plant of Begonia flavescens.

[plant morphology] Begonia amurensis

Herbs perennial, up to 1 m tall, glabrous. Stem erect, 4-angled. Leaves opposite, oblong to ovate lanceolate, 8 cm long, 2 m wide, apex acuminate, entire, base amplexicaul; thin, with scattered transparent dots. Flowers in terminal cymes; sepals 5, unequal; petals 5, golden yellow, narrowly obovate, slightly oblique and rotated; stamens numerous. The ovary is superior with 5 styles. Capsule conic, 12-18 mm long, 5-locular, 5-valved at maturity, with many small seeds. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit period is from July to August.

Born on barren slopes, mountains and roadsides. It is distributed in Northeast China and the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Pearl River basins.

[collection] when the fruit matures from July to August, cut the aboveground part, soak it in hot water and dry it in the sun.

[medicinal material] the whole grass is dry, the leaves usually fall off, the stem is reddish brown, hollow, there are leaf marks at the nodes, and there are 3-5 fruits at the top. The fruit is cone-shaped, about 1.5 cm long and 0.8 cm in diameter. It is reddish brown in appearance, 5-lobed at the top. The apex of the lobes is thin and sharp, hard, and gray white on the inside. Most of the seeds grow on the axis. Seeds reddish brown, cylindrical, small. The fruit is slightly fragrant. To root, leafy, stem reddish brown, seeds full live.

It is mainly produced in Jiangsu Province. In addition, it is also produced in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jilin, Hunan, Shaanxi and Guangxi.

[chemical constituents] the content of protein, carotene, riboflavin and nicotinic acid in the whole herb was 4.6%, 0.735 mg%, 0.024 mg% and 0.12 mg%, respectively. It also contains volatile oil and quercetin.

[nature and taste] Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicines in the North: "it is slightly bitter in taste, cold in nature and non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: calming the liver, hemostasis, detoxification and detumescence. It can cure headache, hematemesis, traumatic injury, sore and furuncle.

① Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "treat injury and detoxify. "

② "Nanjing folk herbs": "for headache, hematemesis and liver fire. Seed: take with wine, treat stomachache. "

③ "The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in the north": "cooling blood to stop bleeding, clearing heat, purging fire and detoxifying. It is used to treat hematemesis, hemoptysis, bleeding, uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding, liver fire, headache, sore, furuncle and carbuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1.5-3 yuan; or soak in wine.

[selected formula] for the treatment of cold and heat caused by malaria: seven tender heads of Eclipta rubra. Fried soup. (records of Jiangsu medicinal materials)

Chinese PinYin : Hong Han Lian