Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English reference 3 Overview 4 Latin name 5 English name 6 Alias ??of Inula 7 Source 8 Original plant form 9 Origin 10 Harvesting and initial processing 11 Crude drug properties 12 Meridian tropism of nature and flavor 13 Efficacy and indications of Inula 14 Usage and dosage of Inula 15 Chemical composition of Inula 16 Pharmacopeial standards of Inula 16.1 Product name 16.2 Source 16.3 Characteristics 16.4 Identification 16.5 Inula decoction pieces 16.5.1 Preparation 16.5.1.1 Inula Flower 16.5.1.1.1 Characteristics and identification 16.5.1.2 Inula honey 16.5.1.2.1 Extract 16.5.1.2.2 Identification 16.5.2 Nature, flavor and meridians 16.5.3 Function and indications 16.5.4 Usage and dosage 16.5 .5 Storage 16.6 Source 17 Attached reference materials: 1 Prescriptions using the traditional Chinese medicine Inula 2 Chinese patent medicines using the traditional Chinese medicine Inula 3 Inula in ancient books 1 Pinyin
xuán fù huā 2 English Reference
intussusceer [Xiangya Medical Professional Dictionary]
Japanese inula flower [Xiangya Medical Professional Dictionary]
Inula japonica [21st Century Bilingual Science and Technology Dictionary] < /p>
Flos Inulae (La) [Traditional Chinese Medicine Terminology Approval Committee. Traditional Chinese Medicine Terminology (2004)]
inula flower [Traditional Chinese Medicine Terminology Approval Committee. Traditional Chinese Medicine Noun (2004)] 3 Overview
Inula
Inula is the name of a Chinese medicine, published in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It is the dry flower head of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula Britannica L. of the Asteraceae plant [1].
"The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China" (2010 edition) records the pharmacopoeia standards of this traditional Chinese medicine. 4 Latin name
Flos Inulae (La) ("Terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2004)") 5 English name
inula flower ("Terms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2004)") 6 Inula Alias ??of flowers
Golden Buddha Flower, Golden Buddha Flower, and Small Yellow Flower.
Fuhua, Quanfuhua, Golden Boiled Flower, Yellow Ripe Flower, Money Flower[2]. 7 Sources
Inula is the dried flower head of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula Britannica L. [1].
Inula is the flower head of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula britanica L. [2]. 8 Original plant form
Perennial upright herb, stem height 20-60cm, unbranched, with flat hairs. The basal leaves and lower leaves are smaller, and the middle leaves are lanceolate, oblong, lanceolate, or oblong, 5 to 10 cm long, 1 to 3 cm wide, with a sharp apex, an acutely narrow base, and sessile or semi-embracing stems. , entire edge, sparsely hairy on both sides. The diameter of the flower head is 2.5-3cm, with multiple inflorescences arranged in corymbs. The involucre is hemispherical and green-yellow. There is one layer of tongue-shaped flowers, yellow, and many tubular flowers are dense. The flowering period is from July to October, and the fruiting period is from August to November.
Grows on hillsides, ditches, and roadside wetlands. 9 Origin
Inula is distributed in Northeast, North China, Northwest China, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Guangdong.
Inula is mainly produced in Henan, Jiangsu, Hebei, Zhejiang, Anhui and Northeast China[2]. 10 Harvesting and initial processing
Harvest when the flowers bloom in summer and autumn, remove impurities, and dry in the shade or sun. 11 Characteristics of crude drugs
The inflorescence is oblate spherical or spherical, 1 to 2cm in diameter, with 5 layers of involucral bracts, arranged in a tile-like shape, lanceolate or strip-shaped, gray-yellow, 4 to 11mm long; tongue-shaped The flowers are about 1cm long, mostly curled, often falling off, with 3-toothed clefts at the apex; tubular flowers are brown, about 5mm long, with 5-toothed clefts at the apex; the ovary is 5-6mm long, and some oval-shaped small achenes can be seen. The body is light and easily broken into pieces. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter. 12 Meridian distribution of nature and flavor
Inula flower tastes bitter, pungent, salty, and slightly warm in nature; it enters the lung, liver, and stomach meridians [2].
13. The efficacy and indications of Inula.
Inula has the effects of lowering qi, eliminating phlegm, promoting water circulation, and stopping vomiting. It is used for cough due to wind-cold, general drinking, fullness of chest and diaphragm, and vomiting. gas.
Inula has the effects of eliminating phlegm, lowering qi, softening hardness, promoting water circulation, and unblocking blood vessels. It can treat cough and asthma with excessive phlegm, hardness of the heart, fullness and pain under the ribs, hiccups, and vomiting. , edema, abdominal distension, and gas in the waist [2]. 14 Usage and dosage of Inula
Decoction (decoction in a package): 4.5~9g[2]. 15 Chemical components of Inula
Inula contains taraxasterol, inusterol A, quercetin, isoquercetin, chlorogenic acid, and caffeic acid.
Inula contains esters such as Inula lactone and dandelion sterols, Inusterol B and C, and inulin [2].
Inula contains quercetin, isoquercetin, caffeic acid, and chlorogenic acid[2].
The flavonoids contained in it have weak antiasthmatic and diuretic effects in animals [2]. 16 Pharmacopoeia standard of Inula 16.1 Product name
Inula
Xuanfuhua
INULAE ?FLOS 16.2 Source
This product is chrysanthemum The dry flower head of Inula japonica Thunb. or Inula britannica L. Harvest when the flowers bloom in summer and autumn, remove impurities, and dry in the shade or sun. 16.3 Properties
This product is oblate or spherical, with a diameter of 1 to 2cm. The involucre is composed of many bracts, arranged in an imbricate shape. The bracts are lanceolate or strip-shaped, gray-yellow, and 4 to 11 mm long. The base of the involucre sometimes retains pedicels, and the surface of the bracts and pedicels is covered with white hairs, tongue-shaped flowers. 1 row, yellow, about 1cm long, many curls, often falling off, with 3-toothed clefts at the apex; many tubular flowers, brownish yellow, about 5mm long, with 5-toothed clefts at the apex; there are many white pappus on the top of the ovary, 5-6mm long. Some oval-shaped small achenes can be seen. The body is light and easily broken into pieces. The smell is slight and the taste is slightly bitter. 16.4 Identification
(1) Surface appearance of this product: the bracts have non-glandular hairs with 1 to 8 cells. If they are multicellular, the base is enlarged and the apical cells are long; the inner bracts also have 2 to 3 parallel cells. Non-glandular trichomes. The pappus is composed of multiple rows of non-glandular hairs, with marginal cells protruding slightly outward. The epidermal cells of the ovary contain calcium oxalate columnar crystals, which are about 48 μm in length and 2 to 5 μm in diameter; the ovary is non-glandular in 2 rows, with one row of single cells and the other row of usually 2 cells, 90 to 220 gm long. The bracts and corolla glands are club-shaped, the head is multicellular, mostly arranged in 2 rows, surrounded by horny sacs, and the handle is multicellular, arranged in 2 rows. Pollen grains are spherical, 22 to 33 μm in diameter, spiny on the outer wall, about 3 μm long, and have three germination pores.
(2) Take 2g of this product powder, place it in a stoppered Erlenmeyer flask, add 30ml of petroleum ether (60~90℃), close the stopper, cold soak for 1 hour, heat to reflux for 30 minutes, and let cool , filter, concentrate the filtrate to nearly dryness, add 2m1 of petroleum ether (60~90℃) to the residue to dissolve, and use it as the test solution. Take another 2g of the Inula inula control medicinal material and prepare the control medicinal material solution in the same way. According to the thin layer chromatography (Appendix VI B) test, draw 5 μl of each of the above two solutions and spot them on the same silica gel G thin layer plate. Use petroleum ether (60~90℃)-ethyl acetate (5:1) as the Expand the developing agent, take it out, dry it, spray it with 5% vanillin sulfuric acid solution, and heat it until the spots appear clear. In the chromatogram of the test product, the main spot of the same color appears at the position corresponding to the chromatogram of the control medicinal material. 16.5 Inula flower decoction pieces 16.5.1 Preparation 16.5.1.1 Inula flower
Remove the stems, leaves and impurities. 16.5.1.1.1 Characteristics and identification
Same as medicinal materials. 16.5.1.2 Honey Inula
Take the clean Inula and fry according to honey roasting method (Appendix IID) until it is no longer sticky.
This product is shaped like an inula flower and is dark yellow. Slightly sticky when twisted by hand. It has honey aroma and sweet taste. 16.5.1.2.1 Leachables
Determine according to the hot soak method under the alcohol-soluble leachables determination method, using ethanol as the solvent, not less than 16.0%. 16.5.1.2.2 Identification
Same as medicinal materials. 16.5.2 Nature, flavor and meridians
Bitter, pungent, salty, slightly warm. Returns to the lung, spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians. 16.5.3 Functions and indications
Reduce qi, eliminate phlegm, promote water circulation, and stop vomiting. It is used for cough due to wind-cold, accumulation of phlegm and fluid accumulation, chest and diaphragm tightness, wheezing and coughing with excessive phlegm, vomiting and gas, and hardness under the heart. 16.5.4 Usage and dosage
3~9g, fried in a bag. 16.5.5 Storage
Store in a dry place, away from moisture.
16.6 Source