Is vervain poisonous?

Verbena is a perennial erect herb of the Verbena family. It is native to Europe and grows mostly in the wild. It is distributed in East China, South China and most parts of Southwest China. The whole grass is used as medicine. It has the functions of cooling blood, dispersing blood stasis, menstruation, clearing heat, detoxification, anti-itching, insect repellent and swelling. Let's take a look at whether verbena is poisonous or not.

Is vervain poisonous?

Vervain is poisonous. Verbena is a poisonous plant included in the Chinese plant atlas database. Verbena glycosides excite and inhibit sympathetic nerve endings in a small amount, promote milk secretion in mammals, and the preparation can treat malaria, diphtheria, influenza and so on. Some people have reactions such as nausea, dizziness, headache, vomiting and abdominal pain after taking it, but pregnant women are forbidden to take it.

The Medicinal value of Verbena

The taste is bitter, cool and poisonous.

Meridian of liver and spleen.

[efficacy] Clearing away heat, promoting blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, promoting diuresis, promoting diphtheria, removing blood stasis, promoting diphtheria, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, promoting diphtheria, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, promoting diphtheria, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, promoting diphtheria, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, promoting diphtheria, promoting blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, promoting water and heat jaundice, edema, dysentery, dysentery, malaria, diphtheria, throat arthralgia, gonorrhea, amenorrhea, abscess, sore poison, dental chancre.

[taboo] pregnant women should take it carefully.

[usage] for internal use: fried soup, 0.5: 1 / 2 (fresh juice 1 / 2 / 2), or into pills, powder. External use: mash or pan-fry and wash.

Clinical application of vervain

1. Treatment of malaria: take fresh verbena 60,150g (dry product halved), fry it into about 300ml with water, take it 4 hours and 2 hours before the attack, take it for 2 ~ 4 days, and take 15 grams of dried grass every time (reduced by children), 1 dose a day, water frying twice for 6 days. 48 hours after the disappearance of symptoms in 33 patients, the blood test for malaria parasite turned negative, with an effective rate of 92%.

2. Treatment of diphtheria: take 30 grams of dried verbena (whole grass) and fry it into about 300 milliliters. Adults take 150ml twice a day, children aged 8 to 14 years old, lOO milliliters each time, twice a day, 50ml each time under 8 years old, 3 times 4 times a day for 3-5 days. 50 cases of diphtheria were cured, the average antipyretic time was 15.3 hours, the disappearance time of false membrane was 2.2 days, the negative time of pharyngeal swab culture was 2.4 days, and the average hospital stay was 4.6 days.

3. Treatment of infectious hepatitis: take 500 grams of verbena to make 800 ml of decoction, 40-50 ml for adults and 20-30 ml for children, taking 3 times a day for a total of 80 cases. 77 cases were cured, 2 cases were markedly effective and 1 case was ineffective. The average disappearance time of jaundice was 15 days, various digestive system symptoms disappeared from 3 to 12 days, 72 cases of hepatomegaly retracted from 14 to 35 days, liver function and transaminase examination, 79 cases returned to normal within 10-30 days. The average length of hospitalization was 23.6 days.

4. treatment of influenza: 30 grams of verbena, 15 grams of Artemisia annua and 15 grams of Notopterygium. Take one dose daily, twice a day, or add flour to make a tea. 51 cases were followed up after treatment, 46 cases were cured, 3 cases were effective and 2 cases were ineffective.

6. treatment of filariasis: 81 cases of filariasis with positive blood test but no obvious signs were treated with verbena, combined with perilla leaf and Artemisia annua. After one course of treatment, the negative conversion rate of microfilariae was 90%, and the negative conversion rate was 81.4% after 45 days. 30 grams of verbena, 15 grams of perilla leaves, 12 grams of Artemisia annua, boiled with water and concentrated to 50Mel 80ml, 1 dose a day, taken twice in the morning and evening on an empty stomach. The dose of 1-year-old 10-year-old and 11-year-old 15-year-old children is about 1 beat 3 and 2 beat 3 of the total amount of adults, 10 days as a course of treatment. There were no serious side effects after taking the medicine, and only a few patients developed nausea, dizziness, headache, vomiting and abdominal pain, which could recover on their own.

7. Treatment of schistosomiasis: it is reported that verbena powder or pills are used for internal administration, 3 times a day, 1 pill each time (each pill contains 3 grams of verbena), 8 ~ 10 days as a course of treatment, there is a certain curative effect in the treatment of schistosomiasis in the early and middle stages, and stool reexamination in some cases turned negative.