Sabina leaf

Sabina leaf

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[source] it is the leaf of Sabina vulgaris.

[plant morphology] Sabina przewalskii (eryayi), also known as "Yu Gong", Sabina przewalskii (the book of songs), juniper przewalskii (materia medica Huiyan), red heart cypress and Pearl cypress.

It is a large evergreen tree with a height of 15-20 meters and a diameter at breast height of 40-60 cm. Its bark is reddish brown when it is young and flakes off. It is grayish brown when it is old and splits into narrow strips. Its branches are round and reddish brown (green when it is young). There are two kinds of leaves, needle shaped, opposite or 3-impeller-shaped on young trees or tender branches, 7-9 mm long, base downward, apex sharp, with two white stomata above and green below, with obvious ridge; on old trees, leaves alternate, rhomboid ovate, scaly, apex blunt, close, or two kinds of leaves coexist. The flowers are unisexual, monoecious or dioecious. The male inflorescence is oval, light yellow, 2-3 mm long. The female inflorescence is round, 1.5 mm long. Both male and female inflorescences are located on the branch ends with scaly leaves. Cones are berrylike, suborbicular, 6-8 mm long, light brown, powdery, with 2-5 seeds. Seeds 3-angled, ovate, ca. 3 mm long. The flowering period is April. The fruiting period is from September to October of the next year.

It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[chemical constituents] the leaves contain amentoflavone, Platycladus orientalis, apigenin and Platycladus orientalis isoflavone methyl ether. The root and branch contain volatile oil and resin. The fruit contains yimycin like substance. The seeds contain fatty oil and sterols.

[pharmacological action] take the crushed powder from the trunk of Sabina chinensis and add water to distill it for hours to get a strong flavor of distilled liquid. In the test tube, 3% concentration could inhibit Xanthomonas schrenkiani and Trichophyton ferrugineum; 5% concentration could inhibit Epidermophyton rubrum and Xanthomonas mongolica; 10% concentration could inhibit Microsporum gymnoides, but had no inhibitory effect on Candida albicans and Sporothrix schenckii.

[nature and taste] Fujian folk herbal medicine: "pungent, warm and poisonous. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind, dispersing cold, promoting blood circulation and detoxification. Treatment of cold, rheumatic arthritis, urticaria, swelling and poison.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "kill insects, remove filth, disperse knot and detoxify. In the treatment of urticaria, induration, swelling and toxin are emerging. "

② Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "dispel wind, disperse cold, promote blood circulation and detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, fresh 5-7 yuan. External use: tamping, frying, washing or smoking.

[prescription selection] 1. For wind cold and cold: five to seven coins of fresh juniper twigs or leaves, fried in water. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of rheumatic arthritis pain: fresh juniper twigs or leaves, fried soup fumigation pain. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of urticaria: juniper leaf, rolled in coarse paper, with fire, take its smoke fumigation body. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

④ At the beginning of the treatment, harden, swelling and poison: appropriate amount of fresh Sabina leaves, mash with brown sugar and apply. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Gui Ye