| [English Name] | Leaf of Ford Nervilia | |
| [Chinese Name] | 青天葵 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Qingtiankui | |
| [Latin Name] | Herba seu Rhizoma Nerviliae Fordii | |
| [Genera] | Orchidaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | huatanyao | |
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| [Ecology] | It grows mostly in rocky mountain、open forest、the foot of rocky mountain and dankness area of jungle,sometimes in field side and fertile area. | |
| [Chemical composition] | This plant contains norleucine, 24(S/β)-dihydrocycloeucalenol-(E)-p-hydroxycinnamate, rhamnocitrin, rhamnazin, daucosterol)[1]; essential oils: 6,10,14-trimethyl-2-pentadecanone, benzenesulfonamide-4-methyl-N-(2-keto-2-phenethyl), phytol, hexadecoicacid, α-cadinol, caryophylleneoxide, 2-trideca ketone, β-ionone, 4- methyl-syn-3-thioannulation[4,4,0]decane[2]. |
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Ford Nervilia has antitussive, antiashmatic, antitumor and immune-enhancing and antibacterial and antiviral actions. It’s clinically applicated in treatment of asthma,chronic bronchitis,panting type chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, radioactive pneumonia, acute vestibular big gland inflammation, acute pharyngitis, acute attack of chronic pharyngitis and it has a remarkable curative effect. |
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| [Clinical trial] | Radioactivepneumonia: QintianKui decoction: QintianKui decoction (Leaf of Ford Nervilia) had treated radioactive pneumonia in 62 cases, the totaleffective rate was 81.3% |
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| [Traditional usage] | 1.Carbuncle and furuncle 2.Pulmonary tuberculosis with cough, bronchitis, infantile pneumonia 3.Stomatitis, acute laryngitis 4.Infantile malnutrition, hernia with pain | |
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| [References] |
[1] Zhen Hanshen, Zhou Yanyuan.Yuan Yefei, Et Al. Ethyl Acetate Portion Of Chemical Research. Chinese Herbal Medicine,2007,30(8):942 [2] Zhao Shan, Chen Qi, Composition Analysis Of Volatile Oil Of Herba. Traditional Chinese Drug Research And Clinical Pharmacology,2007,18(5):383 Clinical Trials: [1] Cui Cui. Plus Nervilia Fordii Decoction In Treating Radiation Pneumonia Curative Effect And Nursing. Journal Of Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical University,2007,10(3):112 |
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