2 English reference LYCORIS herb. [2 1 Century Bilingual Dictionary of Science and Technology]
Lycoris radiata [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]
Bulb of Lycoris radiata
Water ghost banana
3. Overview Lycoris radiata is a traditional Chinese medicine name, which comes from materia medica [1].
4 Aliases of Lycoris radiata: Black Garlic, Old Crow Garlic, Single Garlic, Wild Garlic, and Grass Head with African Claw [1].
Old crow garlic, garlic grass, cockroach flower.
5. The source and origin of bulb of Lycoris. Amaryllidaceae [1]. Distributed in central and southwest China [1].
6 plant morphology perennial herbs. The bulb is roughly oval. Leaves appear in early winter. Linear or banded. The stem leaves first, about 30cm high, with 4~6 flowers at the top; The flowers are bright red or have white edges, the perianth tube is very short, the upper part is 6-lobed, the lobes are narrowly lanceolate, 4cm long, and the edges shrink and roll outward; Stamens 6, ovary inferior, 3-loculed, style slender. Capsule cracked. There are many kinds of seeds. The flowering period is from September to 65438+10, and the fruiting period is10 ~165438+10.
Born in wet mountains or jungles, it is also cultivated. East China, South China and Southwest China.
7 Collect wild bulbs or bulbs cultivated for 2-3 years in spring and autumn, wash and dry them, or slice them and dry them.
8. The bulb is oval, 4 ~ 5cm long and 2.5 ~ 4cm in diameter, with a leaf base about 3cm long at the top and many white fibrous roots at the base; The surface is covered by 2~3 layers of dark brown dry film scales, and there are 10 layers of white sticky fleshy scales inside, which are born on a shortened bulb disc with yellow-white buds in the center. Qi is single-minded and tastes extremely bitter.
9 pungent, sweet, warm and toxic [1].
The function of 10 is mainly used for detumescence and detoxification, vomiting and expectoration [1]. External treatment of carbuncle and furuncle, lymph node tuberculosis, rheumatic joint pain, snake bite [1].
Reduce swelling, detoxify and induce vomiting. Used for furuncle, food poisoning, excessive phlegm and saliva, jaundice, edema and ascites.
Usage and dosage of Lycoris radiata 1 1. Tamp the affected area with fresh products [1].
12 note: this product is highly toxic and is generally not taken orally [1]. If the external application time is too long, blisters may appear on the local skin and disappear immediately after stopping the drug [1].
13 chemical constituents This product contains many alkaloids, mainly lycorine, Saussurea (galanthamine), lycorine, dihydrolycorine, etc. [ 1].
Contains lycorine, galanthamine, lycorine, etc.
14 galanthamine has the pharmacological action of inhibiting cholinesterase, which is similar to neostigmine; However, this product is easy to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, and its curative effect on paralysis and myasthenia gravis caused by polio is better than neostigmine. It has analgesic effect on mice [1]. Lycorine and dihydrolycorine have central sedative effect, but have weak inhibitory effect on cholinesterase, and have antihypertensive effect on anesthetized animals. Lycorine has stronger antihypertensive effect [1]. Lycorine has obvious exciting effect on animal uterus [1]. In addition, lycorine has the function of adrenal cortex, and it and galanthamine have certain anticancer effects on animals [1].
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