Lycopus lucidus
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Lycopus lucidus
Lycopus lucidus in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Zelanye ÔóÀ¼Ò¶
Chinese Name (pinyin): Zelan
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Bugleweed
Specific Name : Herba lycopi
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in between summer and autumn when the stems and the leaves are growing luxuriantly and dried in the sun.
Description : tems square, infrequently branched, shallowly furrowed longitudinally on four sides, 50 - 100cm long, 2 - 6mm in diameter, externally yellowish green or purplish, nodes apparently purple, white tomentose, texture fragile, fracture yellowish white, pith hollowed. Leaves opposite, short petiole, lamina mostly crumpled when whole, lanceolate or oblong, 5 - 10cm long. The upper surface greyish green and densely glandular-dotted, pubescent on both surfaces, apex acute, margins serrate. Flowers yellowish brown, aggregated leaf axils in venticillate cymes, corolla mostly fallen off, bracts and calyx persistent, odorless and taste weak.
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash briefly, soften thoroughly, cut into sections and dry.
Action : To activate blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis, and to induce diuresis.
Indication : menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis; edema
Precautions :
Dosage : 6 to 12 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated dry place.
Synonymns for Lycopus lucidus
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Lycopus lucidus
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Lycopus lucidus 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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