Inula britannica var. chinensis
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Inula britannica var. chinensis
Inula britannica var. chinensis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Xuanfuhua
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Inula Flower
Specific Name : Flos inulae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in summer and autumn at flowering, remove foreign matter and dried in the sun or in the shade.
Description : Oblate subspherical, 1 - 2cm in diameter, involucre consisting of numerous bracts, imbricated, bracts lanceolate or strip-shaped, greyish yellow, 4 - 11mm long. Sometimes pedicels remaining at the base of involucre, surfaces of the bracts and pedicels covered with white hairs. Ligulate florets 1 row, yellow about 1cm long , mostly rolled, often fallen, with 3 terminal teeth, tubular florets numerous, brownish-yellow, about 5mm long with 5 terminal teeth, numerous white pappi occurring in the apex of ovary, 5 - 6mm long. Small elliptical schene sometimes visible, texture light, easily broken and separated, odour slight, taste slightly bitter.
Identification : Surface view of various parts, non-glandular hairs of bracts 1-8 celled, base of the multicellular ones large and the apical cells especially long, the inner rows of bracts bearing 2 - 3 celled seriate non-glandular hairs. Pappus consisting of multiseriate non-glandular hairs, margin cells slightly convex. Epidermal cells of ovary containing cylindrical crystals of calcium oxalate up to 48µm long, 2 - 5µm in diameter, non-glandular hairs of ovary biseriated. 90 - 220µm long. Glandular hairs of the bracts and corolla clavate with multi-cellular head, mostly biseriate, covered with cuticle sac, stalk multicellular, biseriate, pollen grains subspherical, 22 - 23µm in diameter, exine spiny about 3µm long with three germinal pores.
Processing : Eliminate pedicels, leaves and foreign matter.Processed with honey: Stir fry (cleaned) as describe under the method for stir frying with honey (Appendix ll D) until it is no longer sticky to the fingers.
Action : To relieve cough, eliminate phlegm, promote diuresis, and arrest vomiting.
Indication : cough in common cold; cough with dyspnea and copious expectoration due to accumulation of phlegm; belching nausea and vomiting with stuffiness sensation in the epigastric region
Precautions :
Dosage : 3 to 9 g, to be wrapped in making decoction.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place, protected from moisture.
Synonymns for Inula britannica var. chinensis
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Inula britannica var. chinensis
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Inula britannica var. chinensis in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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Jin Young Hong, Hyunseong Kim, Junseon Lee, Wan-Jin Jeon, Seung Ho Baek, In-Hyuk Ha
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