菟丝子（Dodder）.doc

菟丝子（Dodder） Dodder -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For scammony dodder Cuscuta chinensis Lam. or Cuscuta japonica Choisy dodder seed. The same plant Cuscuta Cuscuta maritima Mak. beach and soybean dodder Seeds of the seeds Cuscuta, australis, R. and Br. are also used as a dodder seed in a few areas. Spicy, sweet and mild. In liver and kidney. Function: tonifying liver and kidney, benefiting essence, fixing essence, reducing urine, improving eyesight, stopping diarrhea. main Cure: waist and knee pain, spermatorrhea, thirst, urine, Yuli head dark, loose stools or diarrhea due to spleen deficiency. Oral administration: decoction, 10 ~ 15g; or into the pill, scattered. For external use: stir fry and apply. [modern research] Ingredient: dodder contains alkaloid, anthraquinone, coumarin, flavone, glycoside, sterol, tannic acid, saccharide and so on. Flavonoid: Quercetin (Quercetin), astragalin, hyperin (Hyperin) sterols are: cholesterol (Cholesterol), canola (Cam-pesterol), beta - glutamyl (beta - -Sitosterol), masterol (Stig-), beta - beta alcohol (beta -) Amyrenol). Also contains trace elements such as strontium, molybdenum, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, and many amino acids (the free amino acids in seeds and the total amino acids after hydrolysis are 5.3%, including the content of essential amino acids 42.8%). Dodder containing glucoside, retinoids, the content of vitamin A was 0.0378% according to the calculation. The soybean dodder contains beta carotene (beta -Carotene), gamma carotene (gamma -Carotene), 5,6-, epoxy alpha carotene (alpha -Carotene-5,6-epoxide), dandelion yellow (Taraxanthin), and Ye Huang Prime (Lutein). Like the Japanese containing resin glycosides in dodder. Pharmacological action: 1. the experiment of impotence showed that Cuscuta chinensis could improve the sexual activity of Drosophila melanogaster, and its mating rate was obviously increased, and its potency was positively c