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羅布麻葉 Luobumaye
Chinese Name |
羅布麻葉 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Luobumaye |
English Name |
Dogbane Leaf |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Apocyni Veneti Folium |
Category |
Leaves
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Origin |
The dried leaf of Apocynum venetum L.(Apocynaceae) |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in northwestern, northern, and northeastern China. |
Macroscopic Features |
Often wrinkled, sometimes crushed, intact leaves are oval-lanceolae or elliptical-lanceolate shaped after being flattened, 2~5cm long, 0.5~2cm wide, pale green or grayish-green, apex is blunt with small point, base is blunt round or a wedge-like shape, edges have thin saw-teeth, often curled over, both sides have no hairs, raised leaf veins on the lower surface; leaf stem is thin, about 4mm long. Brittle texture, faint odor, tasteless. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is intact, green. |
Properties |
Sweet, bitter, cool |
Functions |
Calms the liver and spirit, clears heat, promotes urination. Apply to dizziness due to liver yang, palpitation, insomnia, edema and oliguresis, hypertension, neurdeficiency, edema due to nephritis. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00331
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