500, An Ye, Leaf of Tasmanian Bluegum, Tcm Herbal

"Name: Eucalyptus

Pinyin: ān Yè

Alias: Eucalyptus leaves ("modern and practical Chinese medicine"), blue eucalyptus leaves ("Guangxi Chinese medicine").

Source Li Chengkang "Pharmacognosy"

Source of the leaves of Myrtaceae plants Eucalyptus. Can be harvested throughout the year, fold the old leaves, dried or fresh.

The original form of eucalyptus, also known as: gray willow, Yushu, small ball walnut, blue oil wood, poplar fruit peach, eucalyptus urophylla.

Evergreen trees, up to 7 meters. The bark is flaked and the young branches are square. Leaves blue-green, often white powder; normal leaves alternate, lanceolate, sickle-shaped, long 12 to 30 cm, with glandular, lateral veins at leaf margin at the end of the joint; abnormal leaf sessile or short handle, , Oval. Cauliflower and sepals and petals connate cap-shaped body slightly flat, hard and small tumor-like processes, outside the blue and white wax powder, the central was cones Shaped protruding, shorter than calyx tube, caducous; stamens numerous, numerous, filaments white. Capsule cup-shaped, diameter 1.8 to 2.5 cm, fruit margin thick, with 4 edges and not obvious tumor or groove, fruit 4, and fruit edge flush. Fruit season summer and winter.

Cultivation in southern China and southwest of cultivation.

Traits dried eucalyptus leaves sickle-shaped lanceolate, 12 to 30 cm long, 2 to 7 cm wide, leathery and thick, apex acuminate, base asymmetric, entire, yellow-green above, smooth glabrous. For the sun, see there are countless transparent little glands, and most reddish brown cork spots. Pinnate veins; petiole long 1 to 3 cm, flattened and twisted. Micro-aroma, taste a cool feeling and slightly bitter Producing Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

Chemical composition: leaves containing volatile oil 0.92 ~ 2.89%, its main ingredient is 1,8-eucalyptus, pinene, incense, alkenyl aldehyde, rosin carnol and 1-acetyl-4-isopropylidene cyclopentene and so on. Also containing rutin, quercetin, quercetin, L (+) - homoserine, also divided into eucalyptus.

Flowers also contain volatile oil, its composition and leaf similar. Bark contains tannins. From the plant to get the tar, containing guaiacol.

Pharmacological effects: column chromatography from the blue eucalyptus in the separation of a substance, the inhibition of Gram-positive bacteria in the test tube on the tetanus and diphtheria bacillus toxins detoxification effect. Rabbit subcutaneous injection of this substance 0.2 mg / kg, no toxic reaction within two weeks. The water extract of Eucalyptus leaves can inhibit the oxygen consumption of Staphylococcus aureus and Paratyphoid Bacilli and its succinate dehydrogenase activity. This inhibition has nothing to do with the Gram reaction, but it is proportional to the concentration of the drug. Eucalyptus urophylla in the concentration of more than 6% of the concentration of anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis, for more than 10 cases of tuberculosis patients (inhalation or tracheal drip) also have a certain effect. Eucalyptus leaf extract and eucalyptus oil can be used as inhalants for respiratory disorders, especially upper respiratory tract infection; chronic bronchial patients after oral administration of expectorant effect, asthma can be taken or inhalation. Eucalyptus oil and Eucalyptus leaf extract can still be used for certain skin diseases, and as a wound, ulcers, fistula rinse agent. Eucalyptus oil after oral administration of the role of hook hook insects, the tannic acid has a slight convergence of the nature of its volatile oil has a driving effect, the absorption of volatile oil from the digestive tract, part of the excretion by the respiratory tract. In addition, eucalyptus oil can still be used as deodorant and neuralgia patients with analgesics, some people think that eucalyptus leaves with local anesthetic effects.

Toxicity has been reported in Eucalyptus oil poisoning in 29 cases, of which 7 cases died. Lethal dose of only 3.5 ml, but also served to 30 ml and was able to restore those. Poisoning symptoms for the upper abdomen burning sensation, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fatigue, pale skin or bruising, cold limbs, pulse speed, faint sleepy, and even delirium, convulsions. Patient breath has a strong oak leaf oil smell, sustainable 1 to 2 days, sometimes urine, feces also smell. Some sensitive patients can also cause dermatitis.

Taste bitter, cool.

① "Guangxi Chinese medicine Chi": "bitter, warm."

② "Sichuan Chinese medicine Chi": "warm, bitter, non-toxic."

③ "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": "bitter, cool."

Indications: treatment of colds, flu, dysentery, enteritis, joint pain, cystitis, scald, scabies, erysipelas, neurodermatitis, eczema, carbuncle swollen poison.

① "concept on behalf of practical medicine": "antipyretic, treatment of enteritis and bladder disease."

② Li Chenghu "Pharmacopoeia": "decoction, governance erysipelas and other infectious suppurative."

③ "Guangxi Chinese medicine Chi": "prevention of colds and treatment of dysentery."

④ "Sichuan Chinese medicine Chi": "cure joint pain and surgery after the package."

Dosage Oral: Jiantang, 3 to 8 money. Topical: fried water wash, research powder sprinkle or boil paste deposited.

Compound:
① treatment of enteritis diarrhea: eucalyptus leaves, purslane, Kam grass, tea. Decoction.

② treatment of joint pain: eucalyptus, fragrant, loose knot, Decoction.

③ cure cystitis, urine blood pain: eucalyptus leaves, stone reed, sea gold sand. Decoction. (① side below the "Sichuan Chinese medicine Chi")

④ governance scabies: Eucalyptus leaves fried washed. ("Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine")

⑤ governance brain, flu, hookworm disease: eucalyptus leaves three money. Shuijianbi, served twice. ("Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine")

⑥ treatment of neurodermatitis, carbuncle swollen poison, leprosy ulcers: eucalyptus leaves amount, Jianshui outside wash. ("Wenshan Chinese herbal medicine")

⑦ governance mumps, conjunctivitis: nuclear leaves three to five money. Decoction.

⑧ cure skin eczema: Eucalyptus leaf Aurora topical.

⑨ governance burns, traumatic bleeding: Eucalyptus leaves powder grinding Department. (⑦ side below the "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine election")

Clinical application:
① to prevent measles

With eucalyptus leaves 60 pounds, add water 350 pounds, fry into 150 pounds. 3 months to 1 year old, each 1 a spoon; 2 to 4 years old each 2 spoons; 5 years old, each 3 to 4 spoons; are served 3 times a day, serving a total of 9 days. A total of 267 people (including the history of exposure to children 160), after 2 months, 16 people rash, 10% of the number of contacts history, accounting for 6% of the number of susceptible children. In the same period another placenta powder syrup observed 30 people, including a history of 22 people, after taking 3 to 9 days after a total of 19 people who rush, accounting for 86% of the number of contacts, accounting for 63% of the number of susceptible; 10 people (11 children with exposure history), 10 days after taking the medicine is still rash 10 people, possession of the history of 91% of the number of contacts, accounting for 66% of the number of susceptible. So that eucalyptus leaves to prevent measles seems to have a certain effect.

② treatment of hookworm disease

Take the Yunnan Pu'er County eucalyptus leaves, Yin to half dry. Each time a city two, chopped with water diffuse, cook for 3 hours or so, filter and concentrate to 50 to 60 ml. 1 day before meals, without laxatives. Treatment of hookworm patients (7 to 20-year-old students) 206 cases, before treatment were saline floating method to find hookworm eggs; medication 15 days with the same review of 175 people, the results of negative 105, negative conversion rate of 60%. After taking the individual cases of headache and abdominal discomfort, but in the next morning that line disappeared.

③ treatment of bacillary dysentery

Application of 15% eucalyptus decoction on 70 cases of bacteria dysentery retention enema, once a day, every 100 ml. Observation results, stool frequency returned to normal average of 4.7 days, abdominal pain, tenesmus and pus and blood will disappear after an average of 3 to 4 days. 36 patients were isolated from fecal culture of Shigella flexneri, 1 day after treatment, 10 cases were negative, 2 to 5 days in 15 cases, 6 to 10 days in 7 cases, 11 to 17 days in 4 cases. And the application of 50% Eucalyptus Decoction Oral, daily service 3 times, each 40 ml, 10 days for a course of treatment; treatment of 10 cases of acute typical dysentery, the average fecal culture negative time is 3.3 days. In addition, the use of eucalyptus leaves dried sun dried powder, each 1 gram, children reduce the day, 4 times a day, more than 200 cases of general treatment of diarrhea, all effective. In severe cases, severe abdominal pain, can be used with white peony root, licorice, wood and other pain.

④ treatment of tuberculosis

(1) oral law: 50% eucalyptus decoction each 20 ~ 50 ml, served 3 times, even for 3 months for a course of treatment; such as the general good, rest for half a month, and then served a course of treatment. Children and women can be used leaf sugar syrup (decoction 1000 ml, add 150 to 200 ml of syrup) 20 to 50 ml, served 3 times, even for 3 months. Such as spit-like spit or associated with stomatitis; and 10% eucalyptus decoction mouthwash, you can clean the mouth, relieve sputum odor. Treatment of infiltrating pulmonary tuberculosis in 11 cases, significant progress in 3 cases, 6 cases of general progress, no change in 2 cases; chronic fibrous cavity tuberculosis in 14 cases, significant progress in 1 case, the general progress in 6 cases, no change in 4 cases, deterioration in 3 cases; Fibrous cavity type pulmonary tuberculosis progress in 9 cases, a significant improvement in 1 case, the general progress of 4 cases, no change in 2 cases, deterioration in 2 cases. (2) tracheal drip method: with 1 to 2% of the eucalyptus oil, each about 10 to 20 ml. 10 cases of treatment, the main symptoms after the rapid reduction or disappearance of sputum negative, hollow gradually narrowed by 1 to 2 months that tends to close. (3) Tobacco inhalation method: with a common cigarette holder (without chemical), placed a small amount of cotton, the eucalyptus oil drops on the cotton, you can inhale (no ignition). Each medication 0.5 to 1 ml (pure eucalyptus oil), daily inhalation 3 to 4 times, each about 10 minutes, inhalation can not make liquid contact with the mouth, so as not to stimulate the oral mucosa. (Iv) Atomization method: 5 ml each time, once a day.

⑤ treatment of burns

(1) topical: 50% eucalyptus decoction (adding 20% ​​glycerol and 1 ~ 2% benzyl alcohol) in the wound or spray, first by aseptic operation thoroughly debridement, followed by sterile cotton ball dipped dip evenly coated , Or spray with a sprayer on all wounds. Wound skin around the skin coated with 0.1% thimerosal tincture or 75% alcohol. Such as the use of wound exposure therapy (or part of the exposure), every 6 to 8 hours in the exposure of the wound dressing (or spray) 1, until all the wound dry, scab, no scab infection and epithelialization began or self-scab The For the perineum and its surrounding burn patients, are exposed to the law, in addition to local use of eucalyptus decoction, after each toilet with 10% eucalyptus decoction after washing the perineum to keep the local clean.
(2) oral: Where the patient without shock or no gastrointestinal dysfunction, can be 50% eucalyptus decoction 10 to 20 ml, 3 to 4 times a day. For patients with severe burns, in the oral foliage decoction at the same time, should be given other antibiotics. For the second degree of burns, the area of ​​20% in adult patients, such as the early thorough debridement treatment, only to give eucalyptus decoction can be; to the wound all the epithelial so far, usually 5 to 10 days. Ⅲ degree of the wound, depending on the patient's body and local disease development may be. A total of 20 cases of treatment of burn patients, burn area from 10% to 82%; burn depth is generally shallow Ⅱ or Ⅱ degree, of which 6 cases of Ⅲ degree burns. The treatment was cured in 19 cases, no one case of shock or other serious complications. Only 1 case of Ⅲ degree burn area of ​​82% died of Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis. After observing the second degree of the use of eucalyptus decoction, usually in 2 to 3 days to stop the oozing, the wound quickly dry, healing time than no infection under the conditions of natural healing time is fast. If there is no serious infection, no scar after healing.

⑥ for surgical disinfection, anti-infection

Local topical: 25% Eucalyptus lotion or 10% Eucalyptus oil emulsion for rinsing wounds can replace salt water and nitrofurazone solution; for disinfection and disinfection around the wound can replace iodine, alcohol. For the mixed infection wound dressing 130 cases, can reduce the secret matter, disappear and promote wound healing; Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection wound dressing in 13 cases, the first dressing after the green purulent discharge that is significantly reduced, light 3 to 4 times, severe continuous 2 to 8 times, green purulent discharge disappeared, negative culture. For escalation of sterile incision 173 cases, there are 2 cases of secondary infection, according to the analysis and surgery itself. With 20% eucalyptus decoction or 20% eucalyptus distillate instead of 75% alcohol for skin disinfection during injection, a total of nearly 200,000 people, not found a case of skin infection. (3 cases), www.lpjql.com,acute diffuse peritonitis (2 cases), acute cellulitis (3 cases), lip and abscess (1 case), acute peritonitis ), Traumatic wounds (3 cases), were given a certain effect.

⑦ treatment of mold vaginitis

First with 0.5% eucalyptus leaf solution to wash the vagina, and then plug the cable eucalyptus liquid cotton bolt, 12 hours after their own pull out, 1 day, 6 days for a course of treatment. Such as genital eczema or itching, available eucalyptus ointment ointment. 72 patients were treated with 1 to 3 courses of treatment, cured 69 cases, 3 cases, 8 cases of recurrence.

⑧ treatment of acute tonsillitis

Fresh eucalyptus leaves dry after taking 1.5 two, add 500 ml of water, with warm fry to 250 to 300 ml (1 day), filtered after 4 times service. Treatment of 24 cases (including acute lacunar tonsillitis in 9 cases, 3 tons of abscess around the tonsils), after taking local inflammation, the main symptoms and white blood cell count were 2 to 7 days to return to normal.

Note: The plant root bark (Eucalyptus root bark) is also available for medicinal use, and the other special article.

Excerpts: "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine"

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