| [English Name] | Common Lantana Leaf | |
| [Chinese Name] | 马缨丹 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Mayingdan | |
| [Latin Name] | Lantanae Camarae Folium | |
| [Genera] | Verbenaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It is tropical plant,prefers high heat and high humidity,also resistants to heat, poor ability of drought resistance, avoids snow and ice, strong ability to adapt to the soil, resistants to drought and dry, lax requirement for fertility. It grows in the village wildly or is cultivated in the garden. | |
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1. Anti-Oxidant: Its extract show anti-lipid peroxide and enhance glutathione peroxidase activity[1]. 2. Antimicrobial: Ursolic acid ethyl ester, furan naphthoquinone possess Antibiosis activity. s Its glycoside shows antiviruse activity[2]. 3. Antiinflammatory: triterpenes such as oleanolic acid or Ursolic acid inhibit human leukocyte elastase activity[2]. 4. Antitumor: lantadene A-C and rreduced form lantadene inhibit Epstein-Barr virus activation induced by TPA in Raji cell. Lantadene B show inhibit mice cutaneous tag formation and L1210 cell proliferation[2]. 5. Anticoagulated blood: lantadene extract delay sheep clotting time and t hrombin time, decrease blood sedimentation rate, plasma protein and fibrin[3]. 6. Antimutagenesis: Compound 11 and 12 can obviously decrease micronuclei polychromatic erythrocyte number[2]. 7. Cholaneresis: Geniposide showed a powerful and tardus choleretic effect on rat[2]. |
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| [Clinical trial] | Mayingdan(Lantanacamara) 1.pine moth diease: The skin appears different degree of red hot pain evenburning sensation after shortly contact of pine caterpillar, immediately picked the leaves and flowers of mayingdan(lantanacamara) twist or pound juice, coat to the affect part(must not excoriate skindiseases),symptoms can reduce of disappear 1h later. If the treatment was 2-3hlater of contact, every 1h besmear the medicine juice 1, 1- 2 days could becured [1]. 2. Rheumatoid arthritis: current clinical use theroots of mayingdan(Lantana camara) as the main drugs to treat rheumatoidarthritis, has obtained good curative effect, the experiment research of antirheumatoid arthritis by the decoction of the roots of mayingdan(Lantana camara),the results showed that it can obviously relieve the pain of inflammation [2].． |
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| [Properties] | Taste: sweet, pungent; property: cool; belong to lung and liver channels. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, reduce swelling and relieving pain. Syndromes to be treated: Cold and fever, mumps, arthralgia due to wind-dampness, bruises. |
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| [Dosage] | Oral administration: decoction, 15～ Topical application: in right amount, smashed and smear on the skin, or wash with the decoction. |
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| [Cautions] | This herb is toxic, oral administration can cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other reactions, must control the dosage, to prevent adverse reactions. Forbid to be used in pregnant women and the infirm. |
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Pharmacologic Actions: [1] Yang Jiatang, Yang Beiji. Journal of New Chinese Medicine, 1980,(1):32. [2] Cai Yi, Li Aiyuan, Xie Peishan, et al. Guangxi Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1991,14(5):236. [1]Yangjiatang，Yang beiji．Lantanacamara curd pine moth diease．NewJournal of Traditional Chinese Medicine，1980，01：32． [2]Caiyi，Li aiyuan，Xie peishanetc．Coloredmay fight rheumatoid arthritis role of experiments．Traditional Chinese medicine inguangxi，1991，14(5)：236． |
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