Densefruit Pittany Root-bark is the dried root bark of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz:Habitat: grow at hill and woods, main output from hebei,shandong,shanxi,neimeng,and some other provinces.
Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. is a tall herb 50~60cm height. small leaves 9~13 pieces, long 3~9cm, width 1.5~4cm.The roots are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the bark is peeled off, cut into slices and dried in the sun.
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Densefruit Pittany Root-bark is the dried root bark of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz.....
Densefruit Pittany Root-bark is the dried root bark of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz:
Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. is a tall herb 50~60cm height. small leaves 9~13 pieces, long 3~9cm, width 1.5~4cm.
The roots are dug in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the bark is peeled off, cut into slices and dried in the sun.
Habitat: grow at hill and woods, main output from hebei,shandong,shanxi,neimeng,and some other provinces.
Common uses and application of Densefruit Pittany Root-bark:
Action: To remove damp-heat detoxicating and dispel wind.
Indications: Skin inflammation with yellowisb watery discharge, eczema, rubella, tinea, scabies; acute rheumatic arthritis; jaundice with dark urine.
Usage: For external use, appropriate quantity to be decocted for washing or ground into powder for topical application.
Phytochemical and Constituents:dictamine;skimmianine;gamma-fagarine;preskimmianine;limonin;obakunone;fraxinellone
Main Constituents:dictamnine, C12H9NO2, 0.12%;skimmianine, C14H13NO4.
Other phytochemicals:
gamma-fagarine; beta-sitosterol; preskimmianine; isomaculosindine; limonin; obakunone; fraxinellone; sitosterol, trigonelline; rutaevin; dictamnolactone;
obaculactone; campesterol; xanthotoxin; dasycarpamine; choline; obacunnonic acid, etc.
Properties & Taste:
Bitter and cold,Meridians,Spleen and stomach :
Functions:1. To clear heat and release toxins; 2. To remove damp and stop itching
Indications & Combinations:Boils and ulcers or itching of the skin. Dittany bark (Baixianpi) is used with Flavescent sophora root (Kushen), Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) and Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu).
Dosage:6-10 g
Scientific References:
1.Densefruit Pittany Root-bark is the dried root bark of Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz.....
Claims & Warning:
Claims: Information this web site presented is meant for Nutritional Benefit and as an educational starting point only, for use in maintenance and promotion good health in cooperation with a common knowledge base reference...Furthermore,it based solely on the traditional and historic use or legend of a given herb from the garden of Adonis. Although every effort has been made to ensure its accurate, please note that some info may be outdated by more recent scientific developments......
Pharmakon Warning: The order of knowledge is not the transparent order of forms and ideas,as one might be tempted retrospectively to interpret it; it is the antidote....(Dissemination,Plato's Pharmacy,II.The Ingredients:Phantasms,Festivals,and Paints;138cf. Jacques Derrida.).
And as it happens,the technique of imitation,along with the production of the simulacrum,has always been in Plato's eyes manifestly magical,thaumaturgical:......and the same things appear bent and straight to those who view them in water and out,or concave and convex,owing to similar errors of vision about colors, and there is obviously every confusion of this sort in our souls.And so scene painting (skiagraphia) in its exploitation of this weakness of four nature falls nothing short of witchcraft (thaumatopoia), and so do jugglery and many other such contrivances.(Republic X,602c-d;cf.also 607c).