Scrophularia buergeriana Miq.
English Name |
Figwort, |
Latin name |
Scrophularia buergeriana Miq. |
Family & Genus |
Scrophulariaceae, Scrophularia |
Description |
Perennial herb, 60-120cm high. Root cylindrical, with longitudinal wrinkles, surface brown, with fine roots and fine root scar. Smaller leaves, leaf blade ovate to long ovate, length 5-12cm, width 2-5cm. Cymes contracted into spikes, small cyme without peduncle, or up to 5mm. Cymes contracted into spikes, small cymes without peduncles lobes ovate, corolla yellow green. Capsule ovoid, ca. 6mm long. |
Distribution |
Growing on moist soil. Distributed in Northeast and North China, Shandong, Jiangsu and Henan. The medicinal materials are mainly produced in Northeast and North China, Huaihe River basin. |
Part Used |
Medical part: roots. Chinese name: Beixuanshen. |
Harvest & Processing |
After cultivation of one year, collected from Oct.-Nov. when leaves wither. Excavated the whole plant, picked off root tuber, sun-dried or baked to half dried, piled up, covered with straw, compacted tightly, sundried, repeated several times till inner tuber turn black and sun-dried (or baked) to full dry. |
Chemistry |
Roots contain scrophula-riacede glucoside, [8- O-methyl-p-coumaroyl harpagide], p-methoxycinnamic acid and paeonifloirin. |
Pharmacology |
Preserving effects on cardiovascular system, CNS-inhibiting, and anti-bacterial. |
Properties & Actions |
Taste sweet, bitter, salt, little cold in nature.Clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and clearing pathogenic fire, detoxifying and dissipating binds. |
Indications & Usage |
Damp heat, pyretic diseases and Ying blood, general fever, dipsesis, dark red tongue, eruptions, osteopyrexia and over-strained cough, deficient dysphoria and insomnia, constipation due to body fluid deficiency, dryness and uncomfortable feeling of the eye due to dizziness, swelling pain in throat, scrofula and tuberculosis, superficial infections and pyocutaneous disease. Oral administration: decoction, 9-15g, or prepared as pills and powder. External: Grind an appropriate amount into a paste or powder and apply. |
Examples |
Severe influenza, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, septicemia: unprepared gypsum 30g, anemarrhena 12g, figwort 12g, rehmannia 18g, tuber of dwarf lilyturf 18g. |
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