Fumitory & Alfalfa

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Hi

 

> Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis (Tzu-hua-ti-ting)

 

(1) Zi-hua-di-ding is not Fumitory; it is Hb Violae yedoensis - Tokyo

/ Phillipine Violet.

 

I can find very few medicinal data on Chinese WWW for Qiu-guo-zi-jin-

shu or Yan-jin-shu [Hb / Cacumen Fumariae officinalis - Fumitory

Flowering Tops; Fumariaceae; fumitory family (Yanhusuoke - related to

Yanhusuo)]. If any of you has Chinese data for Fumitory, please post

to the List

 

(2) Alfalfa is Muxu.

 

My notes on it from WWW (including Chinese data) are:

 

LATIN NAME: Medicago sativa Hb

 

PINYIN NAME: Muxu; Nanmuxu; Muli (NOT Oyster-shell); Fengguangcai;

Zihuamuxu; Zimuxu; Guangfengcao; Lianzhicao; Jinhuacai; Caotou;

Muqitou

 

COMMON NAME: Alfalfa Hb, Purple Alfalfa; Lucerne, California clover,

Jatt, Kaba Yonca, Mielga, Saipilika, Yonja;

 

Part used: aerial parts; Rx used occasionally

 

ACTIONS: Clear Heat (Qingre); Diuretic (Liniao); Dispel Damp

(Chushi); Clear Damp Heat (Chushire); Antioedema; Lessen Swelling

(Xiaozhong); Ease Lin & BL calculi; Tone KI; Relax Sinew (Shujin);

Strengthen Bone & Muscle; Clear SJM-SP-ST Heat (Qing Piwei); Nourish

ST (Jianwei) ; Appetiser; Digestive; Astringe Intestine (Yizhi

Changdao Shousuo); increase blood Growth hormone & Thyroxine; Clear

Toxin, esp in LV & SI; LV Protector; Calm LV; Febrifuge; Expel SJM

EPFs; Laxative~ mild; Release SI-LI; Fibre can aid defecation, Clear

Toxin from SI-LI & Aid Slimming; Release Five Viscera; Aid Skin;

Antifungal; Antibacterial; Aid Sleep; Quicken Xue; Tone HT;

Antistress; Calm Shen; Antiinflammatory; Analgesic; Antiarthritic;

Antiinflammation; Aid Prostate; Tone Reproductive system;

Hypoglycaemic; Antidiabetes; Antioxidant can Aid Memory; High Vit E

helps prevent habitual abortion, infertility, inflammation;

Hypocholesterolaemic; Antiallergic; Lactagogue; Vulnerary; Tone

Uterus; Health-food; nutritional support; Nutritive; Tonic;

Antifatigue; Anticancer;

 

ACTIVE AGENTS: has phytoestrogen, bigh Ca, Vit A, C, E, K & protein;

saponin, phenols; daidzein & citrulline are Diuretic;

 

NATURE: Cold / Cool / Even; Bitter / Bitter~ slightly; Sweet;

Astringent~ slightly

 

CHANNELS: ST; SI;

 

DOSE: As Dec, extracted juice, powder / cooked; Fresh: 60-150g (some

Chinese sources say up to 200g), pulped and crushed to extract juice;

As dried Hb: 5-12g (some sources say up to 30g) TID; For

Hypercholesterolaemia, 40g of Heated seeds, prepared TID & taken by w

food

 

CLINICAL USES: Damp Heat Interior Accumulation (Shire Neiyun) w

urinary impediment (Xiaobian Buli), Stone Lin (Shilin), urinary

obstruction & calculi (Niaolu Jieshi), UTI, cystitis, nephritis; KI

disorders; oliguria; oedema / water retention; Damp Heat Icterus

(Shire Huangdan); Wind Damp Bi pain (Fengshibi Tong); Damp Heat

arthritis, RA, gout, rheumatism; Rickets, muscle pain; Xu; debility;

convalescence; ST-SI-LI tract disorders; ST ulcers; enteritis,

intestinal cramps, appetite~ poor; indigestion; bloating;

nightblindness (Yemang); for fever w vexation & fullness (Rebing

Fanman), Eyes yellow (Muhuang), eyes red (Muchi), urine (dark) yellow

(Xiaobian Huang) & Gravel Lin w urodynia (Shashilin Tong), use Rx,

pulped to extract juice as drink; insomnia & restlessness; anemia,

oestrogen replacement in menopausal S & Ss; ulcers, fevers &

rheumatism; anemia, thrombocytopenic purpurea, bleeding / blood

clotting; boils; inflammation, insect bites, scurvy, skin damage dt

radiation; scleroderma; wounds~ slow to heal; diabetes mellitus;

hypolactia; reproductive organ disorders, prostate disorders;

hypercholesterolaemia w atherosclerosis, esp HT arteries; gum healing

slow after dentistry; Allergies; bronchial diseases, asthma, cough,

hay fever; cancer (breast, cervical);

 

COMBINATIONS: for Damp Heat Urinary Block / Stone Lin / urine red &

interrupted w ache & pain (urodynia): Muxu 15g, Yinchen 15g; as Dec;

for Damp Heat icterus: Muxu 30g, as Dec daily for 1 week; Wind

Damp w Sinew & Bone Pain: Muxuye 60g (minced), Doufu 120g, Zhuyou

2spoons; stew & take continuously;

 

CAUTIONS: L-canavanine in S & sprouts (not Fm) may cause rare lupus-

like Pattern / lupus flares; may cause rare cases of pancytopenia,

dermatitis & ST-SI-LI upset; CAUTION in grass allergies; CAUTION w

blood thinners; AVOID in SJM-SP-ST Xu Cold, faeces loose / emaciation

w inappetance

 

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[Guest guest]

What of course i love about CM views of herbs used by Western herbalists is

that the classification of them actually makes them clinically useful.

Notice that it is not so easy to stick these into one of the categories --

I'd say that's good or at least alright. One of the problems is deciding how

relatively strong an herb like alfalfa is in one of its properties compared

to one in Bensky.

 

Where did you dig out this information?

 

Michael Tierra