Aloe leaf

Aloe leaf

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[source] it is the leaf of aloe vera var. maculata or aloe vera var. Curacao.

[plant morphology] 1. Aloe vera, also known as Allium sativum (miscellany of Lingnan), elephantrum elegans (compendium), elephantrum elegans, drapery grass, drapery flower (textual research on the name of plants), miecao, longmiecao, Longjiao, Wuqi.

Succulent perennial herbs. Roots bearded; short stemmed or stemless. Leaves clustered, spirally arranged; erect, plump; narrowly lanceolate, 10-20 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, 5-8 mm thick, apex acuminate, margin spiny denticles, base broad and phimosis. Stem solitary or branched, 60-90 cm high; raceme, scattered; petiole about 2.5 cm long, yellow or purple spotted, with membranous bracts; perianth simple, 6-lobed, lobes slightly curved outward; stamens 6, sometimes prominent, anthers 2-locular, dorsal; ovary superior, 3-locular, style linear. Capsule triangular, ca. 8 mm. The flowering period is from July to August.

It is cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Sichuan.

The flowers (Aloe vera) and roots (luhuigen) of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

② Aloe vera, please refer to aloe vera.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried.

[chemical constituents] aloe vera leaves contain aloin, namely 2-keto-8-d-glucopyranosyl-7-hydroxy-5-methylparaoxonalone.

Aloe leaves also contain a new bitter glucoside, called aloenin, namely methylacetic acid.

[pharmacological action] see "aloe".

Bitter and astringent, cold.

① "Raw herbal medicine nature preparation": astringent taste, flat nature. "

② "Nanning medicine annals" says: "bitter, cold, small poison. "

③ Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "cold in nature, bitter and astringent in taste, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: purging fire, dredging meridians, killing insects and detoxifying. It is used to treat turbidity, blood in urine, amenorrhea and leucorrhea, infantile convulsion, malnutrition, scald, hemorrhoids, scabies and carbuncle.

① Preparation of raw herbal medicine: cooling blood and relieving pain. Treat internal injuries. Wash hemorrhoids, apply scabies, remove greasy. "

② "Yunnan Fu Zhi": treating erysipelas. "

③ "Gangmu Shiyi": treatment of falling injury. "

④ Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "treating Tang fire burns. "

⑤ "Removing blood stasis and dispersing toxin" is the key point of Lingnan medicine collection. "

⑥ "Nanning medicine annals": "eliminate chancre fever, kill insect accumulation, Tongjing, cool liver. It is used to treat women's amenorrhea, children's convulsion and infantile malnutrition. It is used for external application to treat soup fire injury and mumps. "

⑦ "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of damp heat, white turbidity, leucorrhea. "

⑧ Guangzhou Air Force's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "ramming furuncle, carbuncle, swelling poison, ulcer, rotten meat. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or mash juice. External use: tamping.

[taboo] "forbidden for patients with weak spleen and stomach. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of turbidity: fresh aloe leaves, six or seven teaspoons of juice, 30 pieces of light melon seeds, simmer slightly, take before meals, twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

② Cure hematuria: aloe leaf five money. Raw mash juice, add sugar one or two, take rice swill. (Guangxi)

③ Cure cough phlegm blood: aloe fresh leaf five money to one or two. Remove the skin, blister, remove the sticky juice, and fry in water. (Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine)

④ Treatment of mild scald: fresh aloe leaves, wash with cold water, squeeze juice, apply twice or three times a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Removing stasis and dispersing toxin: mash aloe leaves and salt, apply sore and wear. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

⑥ To cure callose: soak fresh aloe leaves in urine for half a day and apply them with heat; or take fresh leaves and bake them, add some yellow rice wine, mash them and apply them with heat twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

Chinese PinYin : Lu Hui Ye