Centella asiatica – Jin Qian Cao

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[Medicinal use] The whole herb of LysimachiachristinalHance, a herbaceous plant of the Primulaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, light, cold. It enters the liver, gallbladder, kidney, bladder and other meridians.
[Effects] Clears heat, promotes diuresis, relieves dampness and relieves jaundice, and detoxifies.
[Clinical application] 1. Used for hot stranguria and stranguria with stones.
Centella asiatica is sweet and light, promotes diuresis, relieves stranguria and removes stones. It is cold and clears heat. It is an important medicine for clearing heat, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria. It is often used for hot stranguria, especially for the treatment of stranguria with stones. It can be boiled alone and taken as tea, or used with sea sand, chicken gizzard lining, etc.
2. Used for damp-heat jaundice and liver and gallstones.
This product can also clear heat and promote dampness, relieve jaundice and relieve jaundice. It is used for damp-heat jaundice and can be used with Artemisia capillaris and Gardenia jasminoides. In modern treatment of cholelithiasis, Artemisia capillaris, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Aucklandia lappa are used together.
3. Used for sores, swelling and pain, snake and insect bites, burns and other symptoms.
This product can clear away heat and detoxify and relieve swelling and pain. It is used for boils, swelling and poison, snake and insect bites and burns. You can use fresh money grass to make juice and drink it, and apply the residue to the local area.
[Prescription name] Money grass, passerine (raw or fresh)
[General dosage and usage] 5 qian to 1 liang, decoct. Double the fresh ones, decoct or wash and mash juice to drink.
[Attached medicine] Lianqiancao: the whole herb of the herbaceous plant Huoxuedan of the Lamiaceae family. The efficacy, main indications, dosage and usage are the same as money grass.
[Note] 1. Money grass is sweet, light and cool in nature. It has the function of clearing heat and relieving stranguria. It is especially good at dissolving hardness and expelling stones, and can relieve jaundice. It can reduce swelling and treat sores, swelling and pain, and detoxify to heal poisonous snake bites.
2. There are many varieties of Lysimachia christinae Hance, and the varieties used in different parts of the country are quite different. It is generally believed that Lysimachia christinae Hance (also known as Big Lysimachia, which is the anti-seat grass available in Shanghai pharmacies) of the Primulaceae family has the best effect, while the Shanghai area mostly uses Lysimachia christinae, which also has a certain effect.
[Example of prescription] Sanjin Decoction (prescription of Shuguang Hospital, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine): Lysimachia christinae Hance, Lysimachia christinae, Raw Chicken Gizzard, Stone Reed, Dianthus superbus, and Fructus Melanocarpa. Treat urinary tract stones.
This product is the dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae Hance, a plant of the Primulaceae family. It is harvested in summer and autumn, impurities are removed, and it is dried in the sun.
[Properties] This product is often tangled into balls, hairless or covered with sparse soft hairs. The stem is twisted, the surface is brown or dark brown-red, with longitudinal stripes, and sometimes with fibrous roots on the lower stem nodes, and the cross section is solid. The leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled, and broadly ovate or cordate when flattened. They are 1~4cm long and 1~5cm wide, with a slightly concave base and entire margins. The upper surface is gray-green or brown, the lower surface is lighter in color, and the main vein is obviously protruding. After soaking in water, black or brown stripes can be seen when viewed against light. The petiole is 1~4cm long. Some have flowers, which are yellow and solitary in the leaf axils with long stalks. The capsule is spherical. The smell is slight and the taste is light.
[Identificazione]
(1) Cross-section of the stem of this product: The epidermal cells are covered with a cuticle, and glandular hairs can sometimes be seen. The head is single-celled and the petiole has 1~2 cells. “The cortex is broad, ·m Some cells contain reddish brown secretions; secretory ducts are scattered, with 5 to 10 secretory cells around, containing reddish brown blocky secretions; the endodermis is obvious. The fibers of the pericycle are intermittently arranged in a ring, and the wall is slightly lignified. The phloem is narrow. The wood is connected into a ring. The pith is often hollow. The thin-walled cells contain starch grains.
Leaf surface view: Glandular hairs are reddish brown, with a single cell head, sub-circular, 25um in diameter, and a single cell petiole. The secretory ducts are scattered in the mesophyll tissue, with a diameter of 45um, containing reddish brown secretions. The stems and leaves with sparse hairs Non-glandular hairs can be seen on the surface, 1 to 17 cells, straight or curved, some cells are constricted, 59 to 1070um long, 13 to 53um in diameter at the base, fine stripes can be seen on the surface, and the cell cavity contains yellow-brown substances.
(2) Take 1g of the powder of this product, add 50ml of 80% methanol, heat and reflux for 1 hour, cool, filter, evaporate the filtrate, add 10ml of water to the residue to dissolve, shake and extract with ether twice, 10ml each time, discard the ether solution, add 10ml of dilute hydrochloric acid to the water solution, place in a water bath and add Heat for 1 hour, remove, cool rapidly, extract twice with ethyl acetate by shaking, 20 ml each time, combine the ethyl acetate solution, wash with 30 ml of water, discard the water solution, evaporate the ethyl acetate solution to dryness, add 1 ml of methanol to dissolve the residue, and use it as the test solution. Separately take the quercetin reference substance and kaempferol reference substance, add methanol to make a solution containing 0.5 mg per 1 ml, and use it as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography method (General Rule 0502), take 5 l of the test solution and 2 μ of the reference solution, and spot them respectively. On the same Tridacna G thin layer plate, use toluene-ethyl formate-formic acid (10:81) as the developing agent, develop, take out, dry, spray with 3% aluminum chloride ethanol solution, heat at 105 for several minutes, and inspect under ultraviolet light (365nm). In the chromatogram of the test sample, at the corresponding position of the chromatogram of the reference sample, a fluorescent spot of the same color appears.
【Ispezione】
Impurities shall not exceed 8% (General Rule 2301).
Moisture shall not exceed 13.0% (General Rule 0832 Method 2).
Total ash content Not more than 13.0% (General Rule 2302).
Acid insoluble ash Not more than 5.0% (General Rule 2302)
[Extract] Determine by hot leaching method under the alcohol-soluble extract determination method (General Rule 2201), using 75% ethanol as solvent, not less than 8.0%. [Content determination] Determine by high performance liquid chromatography (General Rule 0512).
Chromatographic conditions and system suitability test Octadecylsilane bonded silica gel is used as filler; methanol-0.4% phosphoric acid solution (50:50) is used as mobile phase; detection wavelength is 360nm. The number of theoretical plates calculated based on the quercetin peak should not be less than 2500.
Preparation of reference solution Take appropriate amount of quercetin reference substance and kaempferol reference substance, accurately weigh, add 80% methanol to make a solution containing 4ug of quercetin and 20ug of kaempferol per 1m|, and the test solution is obtained. Take about 1.5g of the powder of this product (passed through No. 3 sieve), weigh accurately, place in a stoppered conical flask, accurately add 50ml of 80% methanol, seal, weigh, heat and reflux for 1 hour, cool, weigh again, make up the lost weight with 80% methanol, shake well, and filter. Accurately measure 25ml of the filtrate, accurately add 5ml of hydrochloric acid, heat and hydrolyze in a 90℃ water bath for 1 hour, take out, cool quickly, transfer to a 50ml volumetric flask, dilute to the scale with 80% methanol, shake, filter, and take the filtrate. Determination method Accurately aspirate 10μ of the reference solution and the test solution respectively, inject into the liquid chromatograph, and determine. Calculated on a dry basis, the total amount of quercetin (C15H1007) and kaempferol (C15H1006) in this product shall not be less than 0.10%.
Pezzi di decotto
[In elaborazione]
Remove impurities, wash with water, cut into sections, and dry.
[Proprietà]
This product is an irregular section. The stem is brown or dark brown-red, with longitudinal stripes, solid. The leaves are opposite, and when flattened, they are broadly ovate or heart-shaped, with gray-green or brown on the upper surface, lighter on the lower surface, and the main vein is clearly prominent. After soaking in water, black or brown stripes can be seen when viewed against light. Occasionally, yellow flowers are seen, solitary in the leaf axils. Slight odor, light taste
[Identificazione][Ispezione]
(Water, total ash, acid-insoluble ash)
[Estratto][Determinazione del contenuto]
Lo stesso vale per i materiali medicinali.
[Natura e sapore e meridiani)
Sweet, salty, slightly cold. It enters the liver, gallbladder, kidney, and bladder meridians.
【Functions and Indications】
It can remove dampness and jaundice, promote diuresis and relieve stranguria, and detoxify and reduce swelling. It is used for damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and flank pain, stranguria with stones, stranguria with heat, painful urination, carbuncle and sore treatment, snake and insect bites. 【Usage and Dosage】
15~60g.
【Storage
Place in a dry place.
Where is the main origin of Centella asiatica?
It is mainly produced in Sichuan.
Where is the main medicinal part of Centella asiatica?
The medicinal part of Centella asiatica:
The dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae Hance, a plant of the Primulaceae family.
The characteristics of the medicinal part of Centella asiatica:
This product is often tangled into a ball, hairless or covered with sparse soft hairs. The stem is twisted, the surface is brown or dark brown-red, with longitudinal stripes, and sometimes with fibrous roots on the lower stem nodes, and the cross section is solid.
The leaves are opposite, mostly wrinkled, and are broadly ovate or heart-shaped when flattened. They are 1~4cm long and 1~5cm wide, with a slightly concave base and entire margins. The upper surface is gray-green or brown, the lower surface is lighter in color, and the main vein is obviously protruding. After soaking in water, black or brown stripes can be seen when looking through the light; the petiole is 1~4cm long. Some have yellow flowers, solitary in the axils of leaves, with long stalks. The fruit is spherical. The smell is slight and the taste is light.
How are the ancient books about money grass recorded?
“Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It tastes slightly sweet, is slightly cold in nature, dispels wind, and treats dampness and heat.
“Records of Collecting Medicinal Materials”: “It dispels head wind evil. It treats brain leakage, leukorrhea and hot stranguria, and swelling and pain of the jade penis. It can be eaten with raw wine after being mashed into juice.
“Anhui Medicinal Materials”: “Treat bladder stones.
Effetti
Moneygrass has the effects of removing dampness and jaundice, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, detoxifying and reducing swelling.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Moneygrass?
Moneygrass is used for damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and flank pain, stone stranguria, hot stranguria, painful urination, carbuncle, furuncle, snake and insect bites.
Damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and flank pain
Treat damp-heat jaundice, often used with Artemisia capillaris, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. Treat liver and gallstones, gallbladder For bloating and pain in the ribs, it can be used alone or with Artemisia capillaris, Rhubarb, Curcuma zedoaria, etc. Stone stranguria, hot stranguria
Can be used alone in large doses as a tea, or with amber, sea gold sand, chicken gizzard lining, etc.
Carbuncle, furuncle, snake bite
Use fresh product to make juice for oral administration, mash it for external application, or use it with dandelion, wild chrysanthemum, Viola yedoensis, etc.
What are the compound preparations containing Centella asiatica?
Centella asiatica tablets
Clear heat and dampness, diuresis and stranguria. Used for damp-heat in the lower part Frequent, short and astringent urination, painful urination, reddish-yellow urine, waist and abdominal pain, and even sand and stone in the urine caused by damp-heat.

Compound Centella asiatica Granules

Clears heat and dampness, relieves stranguria and removes stones. Used for hot stranguria and stranguria caused by damp-heat, with symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, pain, and back pain; urinary stones and urinary tract infections with the above symptoms.

Lidan Paishi Tablets

Clears heat and dampness, relieves gallbladder and removes stones. Used for hypochondriac pain and gallbladder distension caused by damp-heat toxicity and obstruction of intestinal qi , symptoms include flank pain, fever, yellow urine, constipation; patients with cholecystitis and cholelithiasis with the above symptoms.
Golden Dan Capsule
Soothes the liver and promotes gallbladder function, clears away heat and detoxifies. Used for patients with acute and chronic cholecystitis with liver and gallbladder damp-heat syndrome. Dan Tablets
Soothes the liver and relieves pain, clears heat and promotes dampness. Used for flank pain caused by liver and gallbladder damp-heat, symptoms include flank and stomach pain, severe pain when pressed, constipation, short and dark urine, fever and headache, vomiting and loss of appetite; biliary diseases See the above symptoms
Amber Stone-clearing Granules
It has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, relieving stranguria and eliminating stones. It is used for stranguria with stones and blood, and can also be used for patients with urinary stones with damp-heat and blood stasis syndrome.
Modern research progress on Centella asiatica
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as anti-urinary stones, promoting bile secretion, expelling stones, dissolving stones, diuresis, antibacterial, immunosuppression, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant.
Utilizzo
Centella asiatica has the effects of removing dampness and jaundice, diuresis and stranguria, detoxification and swelling, and can be taken orally or externally. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
How to use Centella asiatica correctly?
When decoction of Centella asiatica is taken orally, the usual dosage is 15~60g; if fresh products are used, the dosage should be doubled. When Centella asiatica is used externally, an appropriate amount can be mashed and applied externally to treat heat toxic carbuncle or snake and insect bites. Centella asiatica is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and powders or pills can also be taken. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be Treatment should be based on syndrome differentiation and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it should not be believed in Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
How to prepare Centella asiatica?
Cleaning: remove impurities and wash lightly.
Cutting: wash lightly, cut into sections, and dry in the sun.
What drugs should be used with Centella asiatica at the same time and require special attention?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and clinical individualized treatment.
Se si stanno assumendo altri farmaci, consultare un medico prima di assumere il medicinale e informarlo di tutte le malattie confermate e dei piani di trattamento a cui si sta prendendo parte.
Istruzioni per i farmaci
Centella asiatica is slightly cold, so people with spleen and stomach deficiency should take it with caution.
What precautions should be taken when using Centella asiatica?
There are reports of contact dermatitis caused by external fumigation and washing of fresh products.
· It is not suitable to take a single medicine for a long time in large quantities for symptoms such as external wind-cold, internal injury, cold, spleen and stomach deficiency, and kidney yang deficiency.
· Avoid eating fatty, sweet, greasy, spicy and irritating things.
· Children’s medication must be carried out under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
·Si prega di conservare correttamente i materiali medicinali e di non darli ad altri.
How to identify and use money grass?
Money grass
·This product is the dried whole herb of Lysimachia christinae Hance, a plant of the Primulaceae family. It is mainly produced in Sichuan. ·The medicinal properties are sweet, salty, and slightly cold. It enters the liver, gallbladder, kidney, and bladder meridians. It has the functions of removing dampness and jaundice, promoting diuresis and relieving stranguria, and detoxifying and reducing swelling. ·It is used for damp-heat jaundice, gallbladder distension and flank pain, stone stranguria, hot stranguria, painful urination, carbuncle, ulcer, and insect bites.
Lianqiancao
·This product is the dried above-ground part of G1echomalongituba (Nakai) Kupr., a plant of the Labiatae family. The medicinal material is also called Jiangsu money grass and is commonly used in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
·It is pungent, slightly bitter, and slightly cold in nature; it enters the liver, kidney, and bladder meridians. It has the functions of removing dampness and relieving stranguria, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and dispersing blood stasis and reducing swelling.
· Suitable for hot stranguria, stranguria with stones, damp-heat jaundice, sores, carbuncle, swelling and pain, and injuries from falls. Decoction 15~30g. Appropriate amount for external use, decoction for washing.

Desmodium styracifo1ium(Osb.)Merr., a plant of the Leguminosae family, is the dried aerial part of Desmodium styracifo1ium(Osb.)Merr., and is used in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Sweet, light, and cool in nature; it enters the liver, kidney, and bladder meridians. Functions: diuresis and jaundice, and diuresis.

·Suitable for jaundice, red urine, hot stranguria, stranguria with stones, painful urination, edema, and oliguria. Decoction 15~30g.

Desmodium sibthorpiodes Lam.var.batrachium(Hance)Hand. Mazz., a plant of the Apiaceae family.

Dried aerial part, commonly used in Jiangxi.

Sweet, light, slightly spicy, and cool in nature; it enters the liver, gallbladder, and kidney meridians. Function: clearing heat and removing dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling.
Suitable for damp-heat jaundice, dysentery, stranguria, edema. Decoction 10~15g.
Small money grass
· This product is the dried aerial part of Dichondra repens Forst., a plant of the Convolvulaceae family, and is commonly used in some areas of Sichuan. · Nature and flavor are bitter, pungent, and cool; it enters the lung, liver, and gallbladder meridians. Function: clearing heat and removing dampness, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, promoting blood circulation and detoxifying
. Suitable for damp-heat jaundice, damp-heat dysentery, hot stranguria, edema, dysuria, furunculosis, swelling, and traumatic injuries. Decoction 10~30g.