Cymbidium perfoliatum

[name of traditional Chinese medicine] Cymbidium perfoliatum

(selected Chinese herbal medicines of Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia)

[source] it is the whole grass of the Labiatae plant Cymbidium perfoliatum.

[plant morphology] Cymbidium perfoliatum

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm high. The roots are oblique, with many fine fibrous roots. Stems tufted, tetragonal, erect or oblique, upper part much branched. Leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate, entire. The inflorescence is terminal; the calyx is tubular, 2-lipped, 5-toothed; the middle tooth is larger, with tuberculate protuberance at the base of each crack; the Corolla is blue, 2-lipped, the upper lip is arched and notched, the lower lip is 3-lobed; the stamen is 4. Nutlets are smooth.

It grows on the sunny hillside under the spruce forest. Distributed in Xinjiang, Gansu and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer, remove sediment and dead leaves, and dry them in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the aerial part mainly contains flavonoid glycosides (more than 9 kinds), sterols, lactones, saponins, acid resin and so on.

[flavor] "bitter, warm. (Ministry of health, medical technical data (15): 351972)

[function indications] cough, expectorant, asthma. It is used for cough, phlegm asthma and chronic bronchitis.

"Selected Chinese herbal medicines of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai": antiasthmatic, antitussive and anti-inflammatory. To treat senile chronic tracheitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

Store in a cool and dry place.

[clinical application] treatment of chronic tracheitis

Take 15-20g of whole leaf blue hay, add water to 100ml, take it 2-3 times a day, 10 days as a course of treatment. Or made of aerosol inhalation of 2.5 grams per milliliter containing raw herbs, inhaled by aerosol inhalation, dosage of 7 grams per gram of raw powder, 15 times as a course of treatment, 1 times the first 10 times, 1 times the next 5 times, or injection of acupoint injection, taking points such as "Zhong Zhong", "Ding Chuan" and "Zhu Zhu", 0.5 millitres per point, 1 times daily or 1 days, 10 times as a course of treatment. A total of 593 cases were treated, 94 cases (23.9%) were controlled and 118 cases (30%) were markedly effective. Among them, the curative effect of decoction is similar to that of aerosol inhalation; the curative effect of acupoint injection is higher, according to the observation of 73 cases, the marked effect is more than 80%. There are also extracts made from the aerial parts of Cymbidium perfoliatum. The daily dose is equivalent to 15 grams of crude medicine. They are taken three times, 10 days as a course of treatment. 127 cases were treated, 30 cases were controlled in the near future, 47 cases were markedly effective, 45 cases were improved, and 5 cases were ineffective; 60.7% of them were markedly effective. Side effects: a few patients had dry mouth, abdominal distension, nausea, mild stomach discomfort, general fever and polyuria after taking the medicine; 2 patients had urticaria after taking the extract tablets, and they could continue taking the medicine after taking the antiallergic drugs.

Chinese PinYin : Quan Ye Qing Lan