A flower in a bag

A flower in a bag

(drug records of Nanning City)

Another name is lutouhua.

[source] it is the flower of pandanus fortunei. For plant morphology, please refer to "Lu Gu Zi".

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

[chemical constituents] the flower contains volatile oil; the oil contains 65.97% methyl phenylethyl ether, 8.31% dipentene, 18.71% d-linalool, 3.48% phenylethyl acetate, 1.82% citral, stearic terpene, phenylethanol, phthalate, etc.

[nature and taste] records of Nanning medicine: "sweet, cold. "

[function and indications] 1. Lu Chuan's materia medica: "it's used to treat hernia, but it can't urinate. "

② "Nanning medicine annals": "Qingre Lishui, Qushi re, Zhire Xie, zhilinzhuo, to mouth sores. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3-1 Liang. External use: grind and apply.

[optional prescription] for cold and cough: it costs one to three money, or it costs three to five money. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Lu Dou Hua