White pine tower

White pine tower

(Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] pinecone, pinecone, pinecone and walnut (Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the cone of Pinus bungeana.

[plant morphology] Pinus bungeana, also known as Pinus bungeana and Pinus bungeana.

Evergreen trees, up to 30 m high. Its bark is grayish green or glaucous, and its endodermis is glaucous. The needles are 3 needles and 1 bundle, thick and hard, 5-10 cm long and 1.5-2 mm wide, with stomatal lines on both sides below and above the leaves; the leaf sheaths fall early. Flowers unisexual; male inflorescences sessile, ovate long elliptic or cylindrical, at the base or upper part of new branches, most gathered into spikes, basal scales enveloped; female inflorescences 1 to several at the apex or upper part of new branches, develop into cones after fertilization. Cones (pine cones) are ovoid, 5-7 cm long, yellowish brown at maturity. The apex of seed scales is thick. The scales are rhombic in shape, with transverse ridges. The umbilicus of scales is in the center of the scales, with sharp spines. The seeds are obovate, about 1 cm long, and the seed wings are 5 mm long, with joints, easy to fall off. The fruit period is from June to October.

Born in mountain forest, like light. It is distributed in Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, northern Sichuan and Western Hubei, and cultivated in Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu.

[collection] harvest in spring and autumn and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] pinecone contains volatile oil, saponins, phenols, etc. The content of volatile oil in newly collected pine cones is about 1%, which can be reduced to 0.2% after drying. The volatile oil contains limonene and so on.

[nature and taste] Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, warm. "

[function indications] Shanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "antitussive, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, antiasthmatic. Treatment of chronic tracheitis, cough, shortness of breath, spitting foam phlegm. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang.

[clinical application] treatment of chronic tracheitis

According to the systematic observation of more than 2000 cases, the short-term effective rate of a course of treatment is about 80%, and the clinical control and markedly effective rate is about 15-20%. During the treatment, Baipi pine tower was used in combination with weekly Sulfanilamide and diammonium synergist for the whole year. The results showed that the curative effect was better than that of single prescription. The effective rate of 168 cases was more than 90%, of which 51% were clinically controlled and markedly effective. The effect of antitussive, expectorant is better, followed by antiasthmatic, anti-inflammatory effect is not obvious. Side effects include dry mouth, nausea, dizziness, stomach discomfort, etc. It can be alleviated by improving the dosage form. No obvious toxic reaction was found in animal experiment. Usage: take 4 liang (10 Liang) of mature Pinus bungeana tower, wash and decoct it twice, mix and decoct it into 400ml, 100ml each time, twice a day, take it after eating. 10 days is a course of treatment. In addition to decoction, it has been made into injection, tablet, extract, pill, capsule, volatile oil emulsion and other applications.

In addition, the cones of the same genus of Pinus massoniana, known as Pinus koraiensis cone, can also treat chronic tracheitis. Wash the pine cone (excluding pine seeds) with 4 liang (10 Liang system), soak it in water for 4-8 hours, add 2000 ml of water, fry it gently to 200 ml, filter it, add water to the dregs, and then fry it again. Mix the two decoctions for 2 days. Take it twice a day, 100ml each time, after breakfast and dinner. Or soak pine cone and dry, grind into fine powder. Take it once a day in the morning and half an hour after dinner, 1 yuan each time. After a course of treatment (10 days), 23 cases were controlled, 82 cases were markedly effective, 211 cases were improved and 108 cases were ineffective. The total effective rate was 74.5%.

Chinese PinYin : Bai Song Ta