What are the effects and functions of Teucrium viscidum
Teucrium viscidum, also known as Shan Huoxiang, Xue Furong, Bu Dijin, etc., is the whole plant of the perennial herb Teucrium viscidum of the Lamiaceae family, genus Teucrium. Used as medicine, it has the effects of stopping bleeding and activating blood circulation, and has therapeutic effects on irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematuria, sores, carbuncles and swellings, and other conditions. Now let us take a look at the effects and functions of Teucrium viscidum!
The medicinal effects of Teucrium viscidum
[Nature and flavor] Sweet in flavor, neutral in nature.
[Meridian tropism] Heart, lung, large intestine and small intestine meridians.
[Effects] Stopping bleeding and activating blood circulation; mainly treats irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematuria, sores, carbuncles and swellings.
The pharmacological effects of Teucrium viscidum
1. Antibacterial effect: The ketone body of Shan Huoxiang has an obvious inhibitory effect on fungi such as Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans and Rhizopus nigricans, and also has a certain inhibitory effect on bacteria such as alpha-hemolytic streptococcus. The fresh juice of Shan Huoxiang leaves also has a certain inhibitory effect on the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus and Bacillus subtilis.
2. Anti-inflammatory effect: The total saponins of Shan Huoxiang can inhibit carrageenan-induced paw swelling in rats, counteract histamine-induced increase in skin capillary permeability in mice, and excite adrenal cortical function. The warm infusion has a bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella in test tubes.
3. Hemostatic effect: Applying 1 g or 0.5 g of Shan Huoxiang pollen to the incisions of the carotid artery and femoral artery, liver, and skin and muscle cut surfaces of the hind limbs of rabbits significantly shortens the bleeding time, with an effect stronger than Yunnan Baiyao. Administering the alcohol extract at 5.4 g/kg to mice by gavage once daily for 5 consecutive days significantly shortens the tail-bleeding time and capillary coagulation time and reduces the amount of bleeding.
4. Antagonistic effect: The water extract of Shan Huoxiang significantly inhibits high-potassium-induced contraction of isolated guinea pig taenia coli, indicating that it has a calcium antagonistic effect. At 3×10-4 g/ml, the inhibition rate is 17%, and at 30×10-4 g/ml, the inhibition rate reaches 91%. The active ingredient is Shan Huoxiang alcohol, whose antagonistic parameter value for calcium antagonism is 5.95, and IC50 is 4.7×10-5 mol/L.
The medicinal combinations of Teucrium viscidum
1. For the symptoms of dampness obstructing the middle jiao and stuffiness in the epigastrium with poor appetite, it is often used clinically together with Eupatorium fortunei, etc. For the early stage of damp-warm disease, it can be used together with mint, Artemisia capillaris, Scutellaria baicalensis, etc.
2. For the symptoms of contracting foul turbidity with vomiting and diarrhea, it can be used together with perilla leaf, Pinellia ternata, Magnolia officinalis, dried tangerine peel, etc.
3. For vomiting due to stomach cold, it can be used together with Pinellia ternata; if due to damp-heat, it can be used together with Coptis chinensis and bamboo shavings.
4. For those with weak spleen and stomach, it can be used together with Codonopsis pilosula and licorice; for vomiting during pregnancy, it can be used together with Amomum villosum.
5. For treating summerheat-dampness symptoms, whether tending toward cold or toward heat, it can be applied, and clinically it is often used in combination with Eupatorium fortunei.
6. For the symptoms of exogenous wind-cold combined with dampness obstructing the middle jiao, it is often used in combination with perilla and dried tangerine peel, etc.
Medicinal prescriptions of Teucrium viscidum
1. To treat traumatic injury: Shan Huoxiang, Ocimum basilicum, Transparent Leaf Elsholtzia, and Black Heart Ginger, decocted and taken.
2. To treat swelling and pain of the testicles: one to two qian of Shan Huoxiang leaves, ground into powder, mixed with wine and taken.
3. To treat rheumatic joint pain and erysipelas-like redness (lymphangitis caused by filariasis): decoct Shan Huoxiang in water, first fumigate and then wash.
4. To treat lung abscess, coughing blood, vomiting blood, and epistaxis: one to two liang of Shan Huoxiang (fresh product), one liang of rock sugar, decocted in water and taken.
5. To treat cold with fever and cough: one to one liang and five qian of Shan Huoxiang (fresh product), decocted in water and taken.
6. To treat rabies bite: one jin of Shan Huoxiang (fresh product), add a little boiling water, pound into a paste and squeeze out the juice, and stew it and take it at one time.