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Podophyllum, the name of Chinese medicine. Rhizome of the Berberidaceae plant Dysosma versipellis (Hance) M. Cheng. Distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Henan, and Shaanxi. It has the effects of expectorant and clearing stagnation, detoxifying and removing blood stasis. It is used for stings, cough, vomiting blood, stomach pain, keloids, edema, scabies, bruises, snake wounds.

Chinese scientific name: Podophyllum
nickname: Star anise
boundary: Plant kingdom
door: Angiosperm
Tsuna: Dicotyledoneae

Head: Ranunculus
Branch: Berberidae
Genus: Podophyllum
Species: Star anise
Acquisition time: Autumn mining
Poisonous: Little poison

Podophyllum

rhizome.

Podophyllum

The taste is bitter, spicy and flat.

Podophyllum

Enter the lung, spleen and liver meridians.

Podophyllum effect

Expelling sputum and detoxifying, detoxifying and removing blood stasis

Indications of podophyllum

It is used for stings, cough, vomiting blood, stomach pain, keloids, edema, scabies, bruises, snake wounds.

Podophyllum related compatibility

1, cure stomach pain: star anise root rhizome, soaked in wine or chewed, each serving 3g.

2. Treatment of asthma: 30g of anise lotus leaves, 2 persimmons, decoction, brown sugar.

3. Governance of back ulcers: star anise leaves, prick pores with needles, soak in rice soup, stick to the affected area, change twice a day.

Podophyllotus dosage

3-10g; appropriate amount for external use, smashing or grinding wine, vinegar to apply the affected area.

Use of podophyllum

Pregnant women are banned, and those with weak constitutions should be cautious.

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Podophyllum I. Collection and processing

Can be harvested all year round, preferably in late autumn. The whole plant was dug and the stems and leaves were removed. Wash the sediment, dry it or dry it for future use, and avoid getting wet. It can also be used fresh.

Podophyllum II. Processing method

Take the original medicinal materials, remove the fibrous roots, separate the big and small, wash, soak slightly, moisten thoroughly, cut thick slices, and dry.

Morphology of podophyllum

Herbs perennial, plants 40-150 cm tall. Rhizomes thick, transverse, many fibrous roots; stems erect, unbranched, glabrous, pale green. Cauline leaves 2, thin paper, alternate, peltate, nearly round, up to 30 cm in diameter, 4-9 palmately lobed, lobes broad-triangular, oval or ovate-oblong, 2.5-4 cm long , Base 5-7 cm wide, apex sharp, not split, glabrous above, pubescent on the back, veins prominently raised, margin finely toothed; petiole of lower leaf 12-25 cm long, petiole of upper 1-3 cm . Pedicel slender, curved, pubescent; flowers crimson, 5-8 clusters not far from base of leaf, drooping; sepals 6, oblong-oval, 0.6-1.8 cm long, 6-8 mm wide, apex Acuminate, pubescent outside, glabrous inside; petals 6, spoon-shaped obovate, 2.5 cm long, 8 mm wide, glabrous; stamens 6, 1.8 cm long, filaments shorter than anthers, apex acute Pointed, glabrous; ovary oval, glabrous, style short, stigma peltate. The berries are oval, about 4 cm long and 3.5 cm in diameter. Seeds are majority. Flowering from March to June, fruiting from May to September.

Podophyllum growth environment

Born in hillside forests, shrubs, wet places by streams, under bamboo forests, or under limestone evergreen forests at 300-2400 meters above sea level. Distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Henan, and Shaanxi.

Identification of podophyllum traits

Podophyllum properties:

The rhizomes are irregularly lumpy, with sunken stem marks visible at the upper end. Roots cluster on rhizomes, cylindrical, 6-12 cm long, 0.2-0.3 cm in diameter. The surface is brown, flat or slightly wrinkled, powdery in section, white, and yellow wood. Weiqi, bitter taste.

Podophyllum morphology:

Round or oval slabs, 2-3cm in diameter and 0.2-0.4cm thick. The surface is brown or light yellow, hard and brittle, and easy to break. Horny. Weiqi, bitter taste.

Podophyllum pharmacological action

1. Antiviral effect: The water-soluble components of star anise lotus leaf can resist virus.

2. Antitumor effect: Podophyllotoxin can induce cancer cell apoptosis.

3, other effects, podophyllotus extract has an excitatory effect on the heart, making the heart stop in a contracted state; podophyllotoxin has a toxic killing effect on Pieris rapae.

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