Capsicum chinense

Capsicum chinense

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[synonym] rabbitgrass and Herba thunbergii.

[source] it is the whole plant of Moringa oleifera.

[plant morphology] Moringa oleifera

Annual herb, 70-80 cm high. The stem is round, striated, slightly hairy, nodes swollen, single leaf opposite, herbaceous, ovoid or lanceolate, ovoid to lanceolate, 3-6.5 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base wide cuneate to round, green above, light green below, edge with shallow round teeth, basal three veins, veins concave above, convex below. The inflorescence is small, terminal or axillary, with long stalk, a few white ligulate flowers on the periphery, and yellow disk flowers. Achenes horned with scales on top.

Born in a garden, wasteland, or hillside. It is distributed in southwest, Zhejiang and Jiangxi.

The flower (sunflower) of this plant is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[pharmacological action] quancaolui extract can make atrioventricular rhythm of isolated frog heart disorder significantly. If injected into the abdominal lymphatic cavity of frog (0.006 ml / g), the atrioventricular conduction was partially blocked, and the ventricular rate was obviously slowed down; the same dose of subcutaneous injection could make guinea pigs die within 24 hours. The extract made with 75% ethanol increased the blood pressure of dogs at the dose of 0.00006 ml, while the extract made with 25% ethanol decreased the blood pressure at the dose of 0.000134 ml. both doses increased the respiratory rate.

[nature and taste] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "light, flat. "

[function indications] selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "anti inflammation, hemostasis. Treatment of tonsillitis, pharyngitis, acute icteric hepatitis, traumatic bleeding. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang. External use: at the end of research.

Chinese PinYin : La Zi Cao