The volatile oil from the whole plant contains many components: nepetallic acid, nepetalactone, β-caryophyllene, nepetalic anhydride, 9- epinepetalactone, dihydronepetalactone, isonepetalactone, eugenol, 5,9-dehydropseudonepetalactone (5,9-dehydronepetalactone), 4α s, 7S. 4r, 4α r, 7s, 7α r- octahydro-4,7-dimethyl-1- oxypropylene [c] pyran -3- yl) nepeta] and pseudocatechuic acid glycoside (nepetalactone).

The leaves contain caffeoyl tartaric acid, nepetalin, actinidine and 1, 5,9-epi-deoxyloganine.

efficacy

Dispelling wind and clearing heat; Activating blood circulation to stop bleeding

Classification of families and genera

labiatae

therapy

Exogenous wind and heat; Headache and sore throat; Measles does not spread well; Hematemesis; Bleeding; Traumatic bleeding; Trauma and swelling; Sore and carbuncle swelling and pain; venomous snake bite

ecological environment

Born in houses or bushes below 2500 meters above sea level, it is also cultivated.

Harvest and storage

Cut off the aboveground parts from July to September, dry in the shade or rarely used.

Allocation of resources

Distributed in the southwest and Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Tibet and other places.

Animal and plant morphology

Schizonepeta tenuifolia, a perennial herb, is 40- 150cm high. The stems are erect, quadrangular, woody at the base and white pubescent. Leaves opposite; The petiole is 0.7-3 cm long; Leaf blade ovate or triangular heart-shaped, 2.5-7 cm long and 2. 1-4.7 cm wide, with blunt or acute tip, heart-shaped or truncated base, coarsely crenate edges and pubescent on both sides. Cymes bifurcate; Bracteoles are shorter than calyx tube, about 6mm long, covered by short white hairs, with 5 calyx teeth and longer posterior teeth, and the calyx increases when the fruit is produced; Corolla white, purple spots on the lower lip, about 7.5mm long, white fur outside, short upper lip, shallow concave apex, 3-lobed lower lip, nearly round middle lobe, rough teeth on the edge, and round side lobes; Stamens 4, posterior labellum pair longer, including; Ovary 4-lobed, glabrous, stigma 2-lobed; Disk cupular, 4-lobed. Nutlets are ovoid, grayish brown, bloom from July to September, and bear fruit from August to 65438+1October.

Efficacy classification

Drugs for expelling wind and clearing heat; Blood-activating hemostatic

Sexual taste

Pungent; Sexual apathy

Source of medicinal materials

It is the whole grass of the heart leaf of Schizonepeta tenuifolia in Labiatae.

dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 9- 15g. External use: appropriate amount, fresh mashed.

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