| [English Name] | Serissa Herb | |
| [Chinese Name] | 白马骨 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Baimagu | |
| [Latin Name] | Serissae Serissoidis Herba | |
| [Genera] | Rubiaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It grows in hillside、road side、stream side and bushes.It prefers warm and moist climate,but resistants to drought.It is cultivated better in hills and well-drained sand-layered soil in plat bam. | |
| [Chemical composition] | This plant contains ursolic acid, (-)-syringaresinol, (+)-medioresinol, (-)-syringaresinol-4-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, 10-deacetylasperulosidic acid, paederosidic acid, vitexin, daucosterol, D-mannitol, β-sitosterol[1], palmitic acid, corosolic acid, urs-12-en-28-ol, oleanolic acid, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzoic acid, 2,6-dimethoxy-p-benzoquinone[2]. The roots contains (+)-pinoresinol, (-)syringaresinol, (+)-meduiresinol, (-)-olivil, β-sitosterol, oleanolic acid, daucosterol[3]. |
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| [Properties] | Taste: tastless, bitter, slightly pungent; property: cool. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function: expelling wind and dampness, clearing away heat and toxic material. Syndromes to be treated: cold, jaundice, hepatitis, nephritis, edema, sore throat, diarrhea, ulcer, inflammatory swelling.
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| [Dosage] | Oral administration: decoction, dry 10～ Topical application: in right amount, or wash with the decoction, or smashed and smear on the skin. |
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| [Cautions] | Forbid to be used in the patients of carbuncles of yin nature. |
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