| [English Name] | Pink Plumepoppy Herb or Root | |
| [Chinese Name] | 博落回 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Boluohui | |
| [Latin Name] | Macleayae Cordatae Herba et Radix | |
| [Genera] | yingsuke | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
| [Pictures] | Plant picture | Drug picture |
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| [Ecology] | It prefers warm and moist enviroment,resistants to cold and drought.It prefers enough sunshine.There is no strict damand of soil,but grows well in fertile sandy soil and clay soil. | |
| [Chemical composition] | The roots contains α-allocryptopine, protopine, sanguinarine, chelerythrine, bocconine(chelirubine), oxysanguinarine, bocconoline, dehydrocheilanthifoline[1]; The whole plant contains coptisine, protopine, protopine-N-oxide, α-allocryptopine, berberine, corysamine[1]; The fruits contains sanguinarine, chelirubine, protopine, α-allocryptopine, β-allocryptopine[1]. |
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| [Properties] | Taste: bitter, pungent; property: cold; large toxic. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function: dispating blood stasis, expelling wind, removing toxic substance, relieving pain, destroying intestinal worms. Syndromes to be treated: bruises, rheumatism and joint pain, carbuncle sore boils swelling, boils, hemorrhoids, eczema, snake bites, dental caries pain, stubborn psoriasis, trichomonas vaginitis, and rosacea.
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| [Dosage] | Topical application: in right amount, or wash with the decoction, or smashed and smear on the skin |
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| [Cautions] | This herb is toxic , forbid to use by oral administration. Oral easily cause poisoning , the light appears thirst, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, stomach burning sensation and numbness in the limbs, fatigue; heavy restlessness, drowsiness, coma, mental disorders, arrhythmia and death. |
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