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Chong Wei Zi - Leonurus heterophyllus
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 Pin Yin
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Chong Wei Zi
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Fructus Leonuri
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| Introduction |
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Fructus Leonuri is the dried ripe fruit of Leonurus heterophyllus Sweet (Fam. Labiatae). The aerial part of the plant is cut down in autumn when the fruit is ripe, and dried. The fruit is tapped out, and removed from foreign matter.
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| Western medical |
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The herb is mainly indicated in the treatment of menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, hysmenorrhea, inflammation of the eye with formation of corneal opacity, dizziness and headache.
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| Eastern medical |
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- Pattern: Activates Blood, removes stagnated Blood, cools the Liver, brightens the Eye, induces diuresis to treat edema, clears Heat and removes Toxin..
- Properties: Sweet, pungent, cool.
- Channels entered: Pericardium and Liver.
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| Chemical constituents |
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The herb contains leonurinine, fatty oil and rutin, etc..
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| Pharmacological actions |
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| Blood pressure lowering effect |
Intravenous injection of water or ethanol-water immersion to anaesthetized animals could lower blood pressure. |
| Toxicity |
Oral administration of 30g stir-fried chong wei zi at one time could induce poisoning symptoms such as stuffy chest, general weakness and aches, and inability to move the lower limbs, etc in 4~6 hours.
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| Clinical Studies |
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| Hypertension |
chong wei zi, sang zhi and sang ye, 10~15g each. The herbs were decocted into 1500ml juice for 30 minutes' foot soaking. The method could effectively lower the blood pressure. |
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| References |
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Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998 |
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