The efficacy and function of Pinus rapa

As a very common Chinese medicinal material in daily life, broadleaf pine has high medicinal and nutritional value to the human body, and it is not too difficult to purchase. Let’s analyze several aspects of the broadleaf pine.

【Other name】 Limonium

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Limonium macrophylla of the Plumeria family.

[Original form] Large-leaf Limonium, perennial herb, 20-70cm tall. All parts except the calyx are glabrous. Roots stout, few branches. The leaves are borne in a rosette shape; the leaves are oblong-obovate, oblong to ovate, 5-30cm long, 3-8cm wide, light green or gray-green, usually obtuse or rounded at the tip, gradually narrowing to a wide petiole at the base; the stem leaves degenerate into scales, brown in color, with white membranous edges. The inflorescence is large corymbose or conical, with multiple branches on the upper part of the rachis; the flowers are gathered into short and dense spikelets, which are clustered at the top of the rachis branches, and the spikelets usually have 2-3 flowers; the outer bracts are 1-1.5mm long, broadly ovate, and the first inner bract is 2-2.5mm long; the calyx tube is funnel-shaped, 5-loculed, superior, with 5 styles and filiform stigmas. Capsule, obovate, yellowish brown. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from September to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on salinized wasteland and saline soil.

[Chemical composition] The root contains various flavonoids, including myricetrin, rutin, myricetin rhamnoglucoside, myricetin, isorhamnetin, quercetin, myricetin monomethyl ether, and tetrahydroxyflavone. It also contains anthocyanidin condensed tannins, including cyanidol, cyanidol rhamnoside, delphinidol, and pseudocyanidol rhamnoside.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; neutral

【Functions and indications】Disperses blood stasis and stops bleeding. Mainly for blood stasis, metrorrhagia, cervical cancer

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Bigleaf pine is a medicinal material that has existed for a long time. It is recorded in many Chinese medicine books, which shows that bigleaf pine does have good medicinal value.