Introduction of Chou Wu Tong Ye:Glory bower Leaf or Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy.
✵The article gives records of the herb Glory bower Leaf, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Glory bower Leaf, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy(Glory bower Leaf).
Pin Yin Name: Chòu Wú Tónɡ Yè.
English Name: Glory bower Leaf.
Latin Name: Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy.
Property and flavor: neutral in nature, bitter, slightly pungent.
Brief introduction: The Herb Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy is the dried leaf of Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb., used to dispel wind-damp and reduce high blood pressure in cases of rheumatism and hypertension. The herb is commonly known as Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy, Glory bower Leaf, Chòu Wú Tónɡ Yè.
Botanical source: Herbal classic book defined the herb Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy (Glory bower Leaf) as the dried leaf of (1).Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb. It is a plant of the Clerodendrum genus, Verbenaceae family (Verbena, Vervain family), Lamiales order. This commonly used species is introduced:
(1).Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb.
Botanical description: The plant Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb is commonly known as Hǎi Zhōu Cháng Shān or Pāo Huā Tóng. Shrubs or small trees, the small tree grows up to 1.5~10 meters tall. Young branches, petioles, and inflorescences are more or less covered with tawny (yellow brown) pilose or are glabrate; old branches are ash gray (grayish-white), lenticellate (with lenticels), pith is white and has primrose yellow (canary yellow) thin slice transeptae. Leaves are opposite; petioles are 2~8 cm long; leaf blades are chartaceous (papery), broadly ovate, oval (egg-shaped), ovate-elliptic or triangular-ovate, 5~17 cm long, 5~14 cm wide, the apex is apiculate or acuminate, the base is broadly cuneate to cuneate, occasionally cordate, entire or corrugated, both surfaces are sparsely pubescent or glabrate; lateral veins are in 3~5 pairs.
Corymbose cymes are apical or axillary, sparse and scattered, usually dichotomously branched (bifid), inflorescences are 8~18 cm long, peduncles are 3~6 cm long, with elliptic foliaceous (leaf-like) bracts, caducous; calyx is greenish-white when young, lately turns prunus (violet red), base connate, middle part is slightly swollen, has 5 ridges, the apex is 5-parted, lobes are triangular-lanceolate or oval (egg-shaped); corolla is white or pinkish, corolla tube is thin, the apex is 5-lobed, lobes are oblong oval; 4 stamens, extending out of corolla with styles.
Drupes (drupe fruits) are subglobular (near-spherical), 6~8 mm in diameter, enveloped in an enlarged persistent calyx, and turn royal purple (bluish violet) at maturity. Its flowering and fruiting period is from June to November.
Ecological environment: The plant grows in bushes on hillsides and mountain slopes. The plant is distributed in the northern, eastern, southern, southwest, and other areas of China.
Growth characteristics: The plant Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb prefers a warm and humid climate, but it is tolerant of coldness. Its requirement in the soil is not strict, ordinary soils are suitable for planting, except alkali soil and sandy loam.
Characters of herbs: Branchlets are quasi-circular or slightly square, about 3 mm in diameter, yellow-green, have longitudinal fine wrinkles and have yellow punctate lenticels, densely covered with short fluff, and fluff falls off on slightly old branches; the texture of the herb is crisp and easily broken, the xylem (wood part) of the fracture surface is primrose yellow (faint yellow), and the pith is white. The leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled and curled, or broken. After flattening, the intact leaves are broad-ovate or elliptical, 7~15 cm long, and 5~9 cm wide, the apex is acuminate, the base is broadly cuneate or truncate, entire or corrugated; the upper surface is celadon (sage green), the undersurface is yellowish-green, and both surfaces are pubescent; the petioles are 2~8 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers are mostly withered, yellowish brown, have long petioles, and stamens protruding out of the corolla; for those flowers with fruit, the calyx is persistent, dull yellow, contains a fruit inside, is prismatic oval, taupe (dust color), and has wizened veins. The herb has a special foreign odor, and it tastes bitter and puckery. The herb of a better grade has dry flower branches and green leaves.
Pharmacological actions: ①.antihypertensive effect; ②.other effects: mildly sedative, a certain analgesic effect, sedative effect.
Medicinal efficacy: Dispel wind and dampness, lower blood pressure, calm the liver and lower blood pressure, detoxify and kill worms. It is indicated for the treatment of rheumatic pain, hemiplegia, hypertension, migraine, malaria, dysentery, hemorrhoids, ulcer, eczema, and scabies.
Administration of Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy (Chòu Wú Tónɡ Yè):
Reference:
Administration Guide of Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy (Chòu Wú Tónɡ Yè)
TCM Books:
①.Internally:3~9 grams; ②.Internally:water decoction,3~5 qian (about 9~15 grams),fresh herb 1~2 liang (about 30~60 grams),infusing in wine or prepare to pill,powder.Externally:wash with water decoction, prepare to finely ground herb powder and apply stick,or mashed and apply stick; ③.Internally:water decoction, 10~15 grams, fresh herb 30~60 grams, or infusing in wine, or prepare to pill, powder. Externally:proper amount,wash with water decoction,or mashed and apply stick, prepare to ground herb powder and apply, or apply stick.
Precautions and Adverse Reactions:the antihypertensive effect of the herb Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy is decreased after decoction.
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1.Introduction of Chou Wu Tong Ye:Glory bower Leaf or Folium Liriodendra Tracheotomy.
✵The article gives records of the herb Glory bower Leaf, its English name, Latin name, property and flavor, its botanical source one plant species, ①.Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb., with a detailed introduction to the botanical features of this plant species, the growth characteristics, and ecological environment of this plant species, the features of the herb Glory bower Leaf, its pharmacological actions, medicinal efficacy, and administration guide.
Pin Yin Name: Chòu Wú Tónɡ Yè.
Botanical description: The plant Clerodendrum trichotomum Thunb is commonly known as Hǎi Zhōu Cháng Shān or Pāo Huā Tóng. Shrubs or small trees, the small tree grows up to 1.5~10 meters tall. Young branches, petioles, and inflorescences are more or less covered with tawny (yellow brown) pilose or are glabrate; old branches are ash gray (grayish-white), lenticellate (with lenticels), pith is white and has primrose yellow (canary yellow) thin slice transeptae. Leaves are opposite; petioles are 2~8 cm long; leaf blades are chartaceous (papery), broadly ovate, oval (egg-shaped), ovate-elliptic or triangular-ovate, 5~17 cm long, 5~14 cm wide, the apex is apiculate or acuminate, the base is broadly cuneate to cuneate, occasionally cordate, entire or corrugated, both surfaces are sparsely pubescent or glabrate; lateral veins are in 3~5 pairs.
Ecological environment: The plant grows in bushes on hillsides and mountain slopes. The plant is distributed in the northern, eastern, southern, southwest, and other areas of China.
Characters of herbs: Branchlets are quasi-circular or slightly square, about 3 mm in diameter, yellow-green, have longitudinal fine wrinkles and have yellow punctate lenticels, densely covered with short fluff, and fluff falls off on slightly old branches; the texture of the herb is crisp and easily broken, the xylem (wood part) of the fracture surface is primrose yellow (faint yellow), and the pith is white. The leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled and curled, or broken. After flattening, the intact leaves are broad-ovate or elliptical, 7~15 cm long, and 5~9 cm wide, the apex is acuminate, the base is broadly cuneate or truncate, entire or corrugated; the upper surface is celadon (sage green), the undersurface is yellowish-green, and both surfaces are pubescent; the petioles are 2~8 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers are mostly withered, yellowish brown, have long petioles, and stamens protruding out of the corolla; for those flowers with fruit, the calyx is persistent, dull yellow, contains a fruit inside, is prismatic oval, taupe (dust color), and has wizened veins. The herb has a special foreign odor, and it tastes bitter and puckery. The herb of a better grade has dry flower branches and green leaves.
Pharmacological actions: ①.antihypertensive effect; ②.other effects: mildly sedative, a certain analgesic effect, sedative effect.
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