500g, Bai Shu Ye, Cupressus funebris Endl, Tcm Herbal

Pinyin: Bǎi Shù Yè

Source from "Classified Herbal Properties"

Sources of medicinal materials: the branches and leaves of Cupressus cypress.

Latin name of plant, animal and mineral: Cupressus funebris Endl.

Harvesting and storage: harvested all year round, cut branches and leaves, and dry in the shade.

The original tree is 35m tall and has a bust of 2m. The bark is light brown; the large branches are open; the branchlets are slender, drooping, and the scaly branchlets are flat, arranged in a plane, green, and about 1mm wide; the older branchlets are cylindrical, dark brown purple, and slightly shiny. Leaf type 2; scale leaves are 1-1.5mm long, apex is sharp, the back of the central leaf has striped glands, and the back of both sides of the leaf has ridges. Male cones are elliptical or ovoid, 2.5-3mm long; female cones are 3-6mm long, subglobose, and about 3.5mm in diameter. The cones are round, diameter 8-12mm, dark brown when ripe; 4 pairs of seed scales, apex is irregular pentagonal or square, 5-7mm wide, with pointed or absent center, breeding scales with 5-6 seeds; The seeds are broad obovate rhombus or nearly round, flat, about 2.5mm long, light brown, shiny, and narrow winged edges. Flowering from March to May, cones mature from May to June the following year.

Ecological environment of habitat division: It is a special tree species in my country.

Resource distribution: Distributed in the southwest and Shaanxi, Gansu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong and other places. Sichuan, western Hubei and Guizhou have the most plants, and southern Jiangsu also has cultivation.

Traits 1. Identification of Traits The branchlets are flat and brown. The leaves are small, scaly, and alternately opposing on small branches. The tips of the leaves are sharp and not close to the branches. They become thorn-like protrusions, which are thorny when touched. The leaves are yellow-green or gray-green. Crisp and easy to break. Light breath, astringent taste. The ones with tender leaves and dark green color are better.

2. Microscopic identification of Cypress leaves and Platycladus orientalis leaves. The main difference is that the epidermis and cortex have more cells containing brown material, less marginal pores that transfer tracheids, and calcium oxalate crystals are mainly less sandy crystals, occasionally flaky Or columnar crystals.

3. Physical and chemical identification Take 3g of crude powder of this product, add 30ml of methanol, and reflux for 30min on a water bath. After filtration, the filtrate was evaporated to dryness, the residue was dissolved in 15ml of 5% sodium carbonate, extracted twice with water-saturated n-butanol, 10ml each time, then adjusted Ph to 3-4 with dilute hydrochloric acid, extracted twice with ether, 10ml each time, The combined ether solution was evaporated to dryness, and the residue was dissolved in 2ml of methanol as the test solution. Take another appropriate amount of quercetin and dissolve it in methanol as a control solution. Take 10μl of the upper liquid separately, spot it on the same silica gel GF/254 thin layer plate, develop with tetrabenzene: ethyl acetate: formic acid (5: 4: 1), and inspect under UV light. The same spot appears on the corresponding position of the reference substance chromatogram.

Chemical composition: Cypress leaves contain amentoflavone, monomethylamentoflavone, hi-nokiflavone, 7″-monomethylhinokifla-vone ), cupressuflavone and its derivatives, pheophytin a, 10S and 10R-methylpheophorbide a, α-funebrene (α-funebrene) .

Bitter taste; astringent; flat

Functions and indications: cooling blood to stop bleeding; astringe sores and build muscle. The main vomiting blood; blood dysentery; hemorrhoids; skin sores; scalds; cuts; venomous snake bites.

Dosage: Oral: Decoction, 9-15g; or grind powder. External use: pound compress or grind and adjust compress.

Compound:
① Treatment of stab wounds: cypress tender leaves, chew and apply. ("Chongqing Herbal Medicine") ② Treat snake wounds (diplopia): two or two cypress leaves, two or two whole grasses of Cyperus rotundus, decoction of rice swill to wash the wound. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")
③ Treatment of scald: Baiye mashed juice. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbal Medicine")

Various discussions:
1. "Classification of herbal properties": and blood. Cure intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, dysentery, vomiting blood; and smear obesity in children.

2. "Chongqing Herbal Medicine": hemostatic and muscle regeneration, treatment of knife wounds.

3. "Guangxi Medicine Plant Directory": Cure hemoptysis, heart-qi pain, and muscle contraction.

Clinical application:
1. Treat vomiting blood: Cypress, Cypress leaves. Make powder, drink with wine, four dollars each time.

2. Treatment of obesity in children: cypress tender leaves powdered (or calcined powdered), oiled coating (washed and applied)

Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"

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