菟絲子

 

Class and Class No.          3E (21)

Name:                                Li Chun Ngai

Year:                                   2017-2018

 

 

 

Chinese name: 菟絲子
Family name (科名): 旋花科 Convolvulaceae
Scientific name (學名) Cuscuta chinensis
Common name (俗名) Dodder

豆寄生 無根草 黃絲

 

習性:

菟絲子屬植物是專門寄生在宿主的莖上之全寄生植物,但它選擇宿主通常不具專一性,即可能同種的菟絲子會有不同的宿主。

Growth habit:

Dodder plants are all-parasitic plants that are specifically parasitized on the host’s stem, but it is usually not specific to the host of choice, and may have different hosts for the same species of Dodder.

葉:

無葉或葉退化成膜質鱗片,互生

Leaf:

No leaf or leaf degraded into membranous scales, alternate

花:

花朵細小,數朵密生在莖上,呈總狀花序,近無柄,開細小白色花,萼片 5 裂,稍多肉質,廣橢圓形,鈍頭,花冠黃白色,長為萼片之 2 倍,短鐘形 5 裂,裂片廣橢圓形,圓頭,花筒中具裂成絲狀長短不同之鱗片,雄蕊 5 枚,著生於花冠,與花冠裂片互生,伸出花筒外;子房廣圓形,內含 4 胚珠;花柱 2 枚,細長,柱頭頭狀。夏、秋間為盛花期,並陸續開花結果。

 

Flower:

Small flowers, a few dense in the stem, was raceme, nearly sessile, open small white flowers, sepals 5 crack, slightly succulent, broad oval, blunt, corolla yellow-white, 2 times longer than the sepals, Short bell-shaped 5 crack, lobes wide oval, round head, the length of the fission into filaments with different scales, stamens 5, was born in the corolla, and corolla lobes alternate, extending out of the tube outside; Ovary wide circle , Containing 4 ovules; style 2, slender, stigma capitate. Summer, autumn flowering period, and one after another flowering results.

果:

蒴果,但有時為肉質周裂或為不規則開裂

 

Fruit:

Capsule ,but sometimes succulent periapical or irregularly cracked

 

 

 

 

性味功能:

性溫;味甘;歸肝、脾、腎經,

 

 

 

 

 

Properties

Sweet ,owned by the liver ,spleen ,kidney

主治:

補腎益精,肝明目。 適用於腰膝酸軟骨關節炎,肝腎不足,腿腳乏力,陽痿遺精,語言羞澀,尿頻,尿瀦留,頭暈目眩,耳鳴耳聾及習慣性流產婦女等症

Treats:

Bushenyijing, Liver eyesight. Suitable for lumbar and knee osteoarthritis of the lack of liver and kidney, weak legs and feet, impotence nocturnal emission, shy language, frequent urination, urine leftover, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness and women with habitual abortion embolism

 

知多一點點:

菟絲子有一定的抗癌能力。實驗研究發現,菟絲子具有一定的抑制癌細胞的能力,能降低癌變的發生率。國內研究顯示,菟絲子醇提液10、50、100 mg/L 3 種濃度的培養液均可抑制體外培養的人胃癌細胞的分裂與增殖,其中以 100 mg/L 濃度效果最佳。

 

More to learn:

It has a certain anti-cancer ability. Experimental study found that dodder has a certain ability to inhibit cancer cells, can reduce the incidence of cancer. Domestic studies have shown that 10,50,100 mg / L of dodder alcohol extract liquid culture medium can inhibit in vitro cultured human gastric cancer cell division and proliferation, of which the best concentration of 100 mg / L.

   
     
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Useful links:

  1. https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E8%8F%9F%E7%B5%B2%E5%AD%90%E5%B1%AC
  2. http://yibian.hopto.org/yao/?yno=143
  3. http://www.shen-nong.com/chi/herbal/tusizi.html

Questions:

(Beginner) Dodder can use for anti-cancer .What is the medicinal values of it?
(Elementary)

 

Explain briefly how Dodder get it’s Chinese name ?
(Advanced) What is the another use of Dodder?