The efficacy and function of Thalictrum sphenanthera

We know that there are many kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, and Thalictrum lucidum is one of them. In order for the correct and scientific use of the trefoil, it is necessary to master its consumption method, because different medicinal materials have their own unique nutrition and efficacy. Let’s study it below.

【English Name】 Root and rhizome of Delavay Meadow

[Other names] Southern horsetail lian, horsetail lian, horsetail coptis chinensis, native coptis chinensis

[Source] Medicinal material source: The roots and rhizomes of the Ranunculaceae plant Thalictrum lucidum.

[Original form] Thalictrum lucidum, perennial herb, 60-200cm tall. The whole plant has no secrets. The stem is erect and branched. Leaves are alternate; petioles are 1.4-8cm long and sheathed at the base; stipules are semicircular, with divided or undivided edges; basal leaves wither during flowering, and the lower and middle parts of the stem are three to four pinnately compound leaves; leaf blades are up to 40cm long; leaflets are herbaceous and vary greatly in size, with terminal leaflets round-ovate, obovate or elliptical, 5-30mm long, 3-25mm wide, 3 shallowly lobed above the middle, rounded or cuneate at the base, and petiolules are longer; leaflets on both sides are smaller, with the tip often irregularly 2-3 lobed, or unlobed, and petiolules are short, green above, slightly pale below, with unclear reticulate veins. The panicle is 15-40cm long; the bracts and bracteoles are linear; the flowers are bisexual, the pedicels are thin, weakly curved, 8-13mm long; the sepals are 4, petal-shaped, ovate or oblong, 5.5-12mm long, 2.2-5mm wide, lavender, and fall early; the petals are absent; the stamens are numerous, 5-7mm long, the filaments are nearly filamentous, slightly wider at the top, the anthers are oblong, about 1.5mm long, with a short tip at the apex; the carpels are 15-22, with short stalks, the styles are short, and the stigmas are born on the ventral side. Achenes are flat, obliquely ovate or sickle-shaped, 5-8mm long, with about 8 longitudinal ribs, narrow wings along the ventral and dorsal ribs, 1-3mm long stalk, and persistent style about 1mm long. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from July to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on the edge of mountain forests, ditches, bushes or sparse woods at an altitude of 1900-3400m.

[Properties] Identification of properties: the rhizome is short, about 1 cm in diameter, brown in color, and surrounded by a short brown fibrous sheath. The fibrous roots are clustered, slender, and brown in appearance; the heartwood in cross section is light yellow. Tastes bitter.

[Chemical composition] The root contains magnoflorine, hernandezine, berberine, jatrorrihizine, pseudoprotopine, cryptopine, thalidezine, isothalidezine and thalmirabine. The whole plant contains thalicthuberine, thalicthuberine, ocoteine ​​(thalicmine), and leucoxylonine.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Meridian】 Stomach; Large Intestine; Liver

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; purges fire and detoxifies. Mainly used for damp-heat diarrhea; jaundice; leucorrhea; wind-fire toothache; red and swollen eyes; sores and swelling

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 5-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Chinese Medicinal Plant Directory": The root can be used instead of Coptis chinensis to kill bacteria and reduce inflammation.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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