Nine Tea

[alias] swollen wind, the bone Jin Sulan, refuge tea, guillotine blue.

【Source】 This is the dry grass of Sarnaga glabra (Thunb. Nakai).

[Original plant] Grass coral is an evergreen sub-shrub, usually 50 to 120 cm tall: the stem and branch nodes are significantly enlarged. Leaves opposite, leathery, elliptic, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 6-17 cm long or slightly wider, 6 cm wider, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, The tip of the tooth has a globular gland with two sides glabrous and slightly lustrous; the petiole is 0.5-1.5 cm long and the base is connate; the stipules are small and drill-shaped. Summer flowering; flowers bisexual, yellowish green, arranged as terminal, spikes or 1.5--4 cm long spikes; bracts triangular; stamens 1, rod-like, thick filaments, septum hypertrophy, seashore 1 Pharmacy; ovary subglobose, few styles, stigma capitate. Fall formed red, spherical, stone fruit with a diameter of about 3 to 4 mm. Often born in the evergreen broad-leaved forest under the shade or valley side. Distributed in our province and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan and other provinces. North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, India and Sri Lanka also have distributions.

【Herbs】 Origin: Our provinces and counties have production. Harvesting processing: summer harvesting. Pick the entire plant, shake the soil, dry it, and tie it into small pieces. Or cut into sections and dry. Traits: whole plant length 50 to 110 cm. The stems are cylindrical, dark brown, enlarged in section, with vertical grooves between the nodes, brittle stems, cross-section fibrous, hollow. Leaves opposite, thin leathery, smooth, glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, 6 to 16 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, brown or yellowish green, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin recurved to lobe In addition to the base with coarse serrations, the midvein veins are prominently raised and the leaves are brittle and easy to handle. Gas is slightly fragrant, spicy and bitter. Quality requirements: It is better to use brown and brown leaves. Packing and storage: bundles are pressed into a bag, sealed with a sack, and stored in a dry place.

【Pharmacology】 Antimicrobial effect: This product is an exceptional decoction experiment and has strong antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; And stems. Antibacterial active ingredients are fumaric acid and succinic acid. The effect of leaves is greater than that of roots and stems, and the effect of fresh products is stronger than that of dry products. Anti-tumor effect: In vitro and in vivo animal experiments found that the succinic acid and total volatile oil contained in this product have significant anti-tumor effect on mouse L615 Ehrlich ascites carcinoma, S180 and other cancer cells. The role of the digestive system This product can promote the repair of gastric mucosal protective layer, so that increased secretion of gastric juice and promote appetite. Other effects: This product has an expectorant and anti-asthmatic effect; promotes fracture healing and analgesic effects; has a significant protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia in rabbits, and can enhance mice's tolerance to hypoxia. Toxicity: The median lethal dose of this product decoction to mice is 7.78 g/kg, and the median lethal dose for removing tannins is 28.6 g/kg.