Echinops grijisii

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Yuzhou Loulu

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Broadleaf Globethistle Root

Specific Name  : Radix echinopsis

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected in spring or autumn, removed from rootlets and dried.

Description  : Subcylindrical, slightly tortous, 10 - 25 cm long. 0.5 - 1.5cm in diameter. Externally greyish yellow or greyish-brown, wrinkled longitudinally, top brown fibrous rigid hairy. Texture hard, uneasily broken, fracture bark brown, wood showing radial striations, coloured in yellow alternating with black. Odour slight, taste slightly astringent.

Identification  : Powder: Brownish yellow, phloem fibres in bundles, 20 - 42 µm in diameter with thickened walls, the interspaces of cells containing brown resinous substance. Xylem fibres slender, acuminate at two ends, 12 - 30 µm in diameter, walls relatively thick. Bordered pitted vessels and reticulated vessels more frequent, 20 - 120µm in diameter. Stone cells less frequent, subrounded, rectangular or square. 35 - 150 µm in diameter, markedly striated and pitted canalled. The interspaces of stone cells containing brown resinous substance. Inulin visible.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.

Action  : To remove heat and counteract toxicity, drainage of pus, stanch bleeding, to cure sores and carbuncles, increase the secretion of milk.

Indication  : carbuncle; mastitis with swelling and pain; galactostasis; scrofula and ulcers; ascariasis

Precautions  : Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Dosage  : 4.5 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a ventilated dry place.

Evidence or the Use of Echinops grijisii in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Endalkachew Seraw, Yirgalem Melkamu, Getinet Masresha
Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed: 2024, 20(1);43
[PubMed:38632559] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

N A A Noorazlan, S N Camalxaman, E Mohamed, N Haron, A S Rambely, N C Dom, S Ramli
Larvicidal potential of plant-based extracts against dengue vector: A short review.
Med J Malaysia: 2024, 79(Suppl 1);203-208
[PubMed:38555906] [WorldCat.org] (I p)

Sisay Awoke Endalew, Minbale Gashu Taddese, Meseret Muhammed
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Health Sci Rep: 2024, 7(3);e1990
[PubMed:38515542] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Sintayehu Tamene, Mesele Negash, Fortunatus Bulabo Makonda, Linley Chiwona-Karltun
Influence of socio-demographic factors on medicinal plant knowledge among three selected ethnic groups in south-central Ethiopia.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed: 2024, 20(1);29
[PubMed:38419117] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Andrew Owens, Teng Zhang, Philmo Gu, Jeremy Hart, Jarvis Stobbs, Mikolaj Cieslak, Paula Elomaa, Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz
The hidden diversity of vascular patterns in flower heads.
New Phytol: 2024;
[PubMed:38361330] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)