| [English Name] | Beautiful Sweetgum Fruit | |
| [Chinese Name] | 路路通 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Lulutong | |
| [Latin Name] | Liquidambaris Fructus | |
| [Genera] | Hamamelidaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | qufengshiyao | |
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| [Ecology] | It is weakly positive,slightly resistants to shade,prefers warm moist climate and neutral soil,is warm temperate zone tree species,prefers light and also resistants to shade,prefers thick、fertile and well-drained soil,no strict damand of soil,resistants to draught, strong shade germinability, resistants to mowing. | |
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1. Fructus liquidambaris is an effective drug of cerebral hemorrhage treatment[1]. 2. Fructus liquidambaris volatile oil had an obvious antimicrobial activity against Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Aspergillus flavus, and Penicillium oxalicum[2]. |
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| [Clinical trial] | Lulutong 1. Cerebral infarction: Lulutong injection treatment cerebralinfarction 35 cases, 30 cases with other comprehensive treatment as a control,efficacy were satisfactory. Treatment group 35 cases, 28 cases were cured,accounted for 80%; significant effective in two cases, account for 5.7%;effective in 4 cases, account for 11.4%; and one case invalid, account for 2.9%;the total effective rate was 97.1%. The control group were 30 cases, 19 caseswere cured, account for 63.3%; significant effective in 1 case, account for3.3%; effective in 3 cases, account for 10%; 7 cases invalid, account for23.3%; the total effective rate was 76.7% [1]. 2. Chronicurticaria:Oral: lulutong 9g, decoction, 2 times a day (morning and evening).1 agent everyday. External use: Lulutong 20g, put the decoction into the bath water, take abathe when the water temperature is suitable, as far as possible soak the wholebody in the liquid about 10 minutes.1 time a day. Combine the above methods, 7days a course. General condition, used this method 2-3 times will havesignificant effects [2]. |
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1.Urticaria 2.Tinea 3.Pus in ears 4.Allergic rhinitis 5.Scant lactation or galactostasis |
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Pharmacological actions: [1] LIU Qun, ZHU Hui, BAO Xue-ying, et al. Experimental and clinical of cerebral hemorrhage treated by LuLutong. Journal of Apoplexy and Nervdus Diseases, 2001,18(4):240-242. [2] LIU Yu-min, LIU Ya-min, LI Chang-xiao, et al. Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Volatile Oil from Fructus liquidambaris. Food Science, 2010,31(7):90-93. [1] LiYing. Observe Lulutong injection treatment cerebralinfarction 35 patients curative effects. The Chinese medicine journal, 2004,(5): 602. [2] WuXinWei. "Lulutong" Artful to cured chronicurticaria. Family medicine, 2007, (3): 56. |
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