Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. |
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Botanical Name |
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Dictamnus dasycarpus Turcz. |
English
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Dense-fruit dittany, Dittany, Fraxinella, Gas plant, Burning bush |
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Rutaceae |
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General Info
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A tall herb 50~60cm height; small leaves 9~13 pieces, long 3~9cm, width 1.5~4cm. Flowers about 2 cmslong, 2.5 cm across, light red, in terminal racemes, irregular; pedicel O.5-2 cm, glandular hairs; sepals and petals 5; stamens 1O, curved upward. Fruit a deeply 5-1obed capsule. |
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Antieczematic, antimutagenic, antifungal and vasorelaxant |
Pharmacology
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A decoction of dried root bark is used for treating various kinds of skin inflammation with yellowish watery discharge, carbuncles, eczema, rubella, tinea, scabies and jaundice. |
| Reference |
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 Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 262, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.
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