The efficacy and function of Tibetan Coptis chinensis

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan Coptis chinensis, to you and describe the effects of Tibetan Coptis chinensis in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome and root of Thalictrum stenophyllum of the Ranunculaceae family.

[Original morphology] Narrow-ordered thrush, herbaceous plant in many places, 40-80cm tall. The whole plant is hairless. The stem is erect and branched at the top. Leaves are alternate; petioles are about 12cm long, with narrow sheaths at the base; intercalated leaves are membranous; leaves are three to four times trifoliate; blades are about 15cm long; leaflets are herbaceous, cuneate-shaped, obovate, broadly rhombic or nearly circular, 0.8-2.2cm long, 0.8-3cm wide, with rounded or obtuse apex, broadly cuneate, circular or shallowly cordate base, 3 shallowly or deeply fissured, with coarse teeth on the margins, nearly flat veins on both sides, and unclear reticulate veins. Inflorescence is racemose with slightly dense flowers; flowers are bisexual, with pedicels 1-2mm long; sepals 4, petal-shaped, elliptic, 2.5-3.5mm long, 1-1.5mm wide, white or yellowish green, caducous early; petals absent; stamens 7-10, about 4mm long, filaments narrower than anthers at the top, filamentous at the bottom, anthers elliptic, about 0.7mm long, with a short tip at the apex; carpels 4-8, styles long, fisted, stigma born on the ventral side. Achenes are flat ovoid, about 2.5mm long, with 6-10 longitudinal ribs, sessile or with a short stalk, persistent style 1-2mm long, fist-shaped. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on mountain grass slopes, forest edges or sparse woods at an altitude of 2300-3600m.

[Chemical composition] The rhizome contains hernandezine, cryptopine, coptisoine, isotetrandrine, berberine, magnoflorine and jatrorrhizine.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Meridian】 Liver; Heart; Large Intestine

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; cools the liver; stops dysentery. Mainly used for sores, carbuncle, swelling and poison; damp-heat jaundice; dysentery; conjunctivitis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-10g. For external use: take appropriate amount of fresh product, mash it and apply it on the affected area.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The effects and functions of Tibetan Water Coptis chinensis have been described in detail above, and I believe everyone has a certain understanding of it. However, whether Tibetan Water Coptis chinensis has other therapeutic effects still requires further research.