Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

489T3912 Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae); JIN YIN HUA; JapaneseHoneysuckle. Equivalent plant: Lonicera confusa, Lonicerahypoglauca, Lonicera fulvotomentosa, Lonicera macranthoides,Lonicera bournei, Lonicera similis. Used part: flower bud. TCMEffects: To clear heat and resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Infection ofupper respiratory tract, tonsillitis, acute laryngitis, skin suppurations,welling abscess, viral conjunctivitis, influenza, pneumonia, mastitis,acute appendicitis, warm disease fever, heat toxin blood dysentery,swollen welling abscess and clove sores, throat impediment. Isolatedcompounds: 878, 879, 1511, 2275, 2280, 2284, 2353, 2887, 3231,3551, 3602, 3768, 7469, 7521, 7734, 8312, 8701, 9260, 9520, 10735,11083, 11084, 11085, 11121, 11327, 11328, 12849, 12853, 12949,12950, 12985, 12986, 12987, 12989, 13137, 13298, 13299, 13302,13303, 14162, 14554, 14557, 14664, 15520, 17094, 17376, 19983,19987, 20369, 20995.T3913 Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae); REN DONG TENG; JapaneseHoneysuckle Vine. Used part: stem-branch. TCM Effects: To clearheat and resolve toxin, free network vessels. TCM Indications: Warmdisease fever, swelling toxin of sore and welling abscess, heat toxinblood dysentery, wind-damp-heat impediment. Isolated compounds:1577, 3342, 3551, 9262, 9263, 9268, 9269, 9270, 9271, 9272, 9276,12987, 13140, 16049, 16053, 16054, 19624, 19636, 22606.T3914 Lonicera macranthoides (Caprifoliaceae); HUI ZHAN MAO RENDONG; Largeflower-like Honeysuckle. Used part: flower bud. TCMEffects: See Lonicera japonica. TCM Indications: See Lonicerajaponica. Isolated compounds: 13298, 13299, 13300, 13301.T3915 Lonicera morrowii (Caprifoliaceae); MO LUO SHI REN DONG;Morrow Honeysuckle. Isolated compounds: 12229, 14982.T3916 Lonicera nigra (Caprifoliaceae); HEI REN DONG; BlackHoneysuckle. Isolated compounds: 2973, 16050.T3917 Lonicera quinquelocularis (Caprifoliaceae); WU SHI REN DONG;Five-room Honeysuckle*. Isolated compounds: 1517, 12950, 20503.T3918 Lonicera similis (Caprifoliaceae); XI ZHAN MAO REN DONG;Shortbraet Honeysuckle. Used part: flower bud. TCM Effects: SeeLonicera japonica. TCM Indications: See Lonicera japonica. Isolatedcompounds: 2887, 3551, 11328.T3919 Lonicera sp. (Caprifoliaceae). Isolated compounds: 3981.T3920 Lophatherum gracile (Poaceae); DAN ZHU YE; CommonLophatherum. Used part: aerial parts. TCM Effects: To clear heat andeliminate vexation, disinhibit urine. TCM Indications: Febrile diseaseswith vexation and thirst, inhibited voidings of reddish urine, dribblingpain of urination, mouth sore, tongue sores. Isolated compounds: 1823,4546.T3921 Lophatherum gracile (Poaceae); DAN ZHU YE GEN; CommonLophatherum Root. Used part: rhizome and root. TCM Effects: Toclear heat and disinhibit urine. TCM Indications: Fever, thirst,vexation, inhibited urination. Isolated compounds: 1823, 4546.T3922 Lophopetalum wallichii (Celastraceae); WO LI HE GUAN BAN;Wallich Crestpetal-tree. Isolated compounds: 15919.T3923 Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae); AN LU LONG SHE LAN; Peyote.Isolated compounds: 6559, 13001, 13795, 14583, 22158.T3924 Lophytum sp. Isolated compounds: 21820.Loranthus chinenis = Loranthus parasiticusT3925 Loranthus parasiticus [Syn. Loranthus chinenis; Taxillus chinensis](Loranthaceae); SANG JI SHENG; Parasite Scurrula. Used part: stemand branch-leaf. TCM Effects: To dispel wind-damp, strengthensinews and bones, quicken blood and resolve toxin. TCM Indications:Angina pectoris, arrhythmia, hypertension, wind-damp impedimentpain, aching in lumbus and knees, stomachache, scant breast milk,knocks and falls, toxin swelling of sores, frostbite. Isolated compounds:1113, 2039, 13098, 16050, 18317, 18411.T3926 Loropetalum chinense (Hamamelidaceae); JI MU; ChineseLoropetalum. Used part: leaf or stem. TCM Effects: To clear heat andrelieve cough, promote contraction and stanch bleeding. TCMIndications: Angina pectoris, senile bronchitis, indigestion, duodenalbleeding, uterine bleeding, lung heat cough, hemoptysis, spontaneousexternal bleeding, hematochezia, dysentery, diarrhea, flooding andspotting, infection of skin. Isolated compounds: 3551, 8095, 8971.T3927 Lotus australis (Fabaceae); AO ZHOU BAI MAI GEN; Austral Bird’sFoot Trefoil. Isolated compounds: 13003.T3928 Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae); DI YANG QUE; Birdsfoot Trefoil.Used part: aerial parts. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolve toxin,relieve cough and calm asthma, disinhibit damp and disperse glomus.TCM Indications: Wind-heat cough, swelling pain in throat, glomusfullness, clove sore, innominate toxin swelling, eczema, dysentery,hematochezia from hemorrhoids. Isolated compounds: 3059, 8779,8782, 8964, 18309, 21127.T3929 Lotus helleri (Fabaceae). Isolated compounds: 9596.T3930 Lotus pedunculatus (Fabaceae); HUA XU GENG BAI MAI GEN;Greater Bird’s-foot-trefoil. Isolated compounds: 19394.T3931 Lotus polyphyllos (Fabaceae); DUO YE BAI MAI GEN; LeafyTrefoil*. Isolated compounds: 11653, 12031, 18334.T3932 Ludwigia octovalvis (Onagraceae); MAO CAO LONG; WaterSeedbox*. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clear heat anddisinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling. TCM Indications:Common cold with fever, child gan fever, swelling pain in throat,mough and tongue sores, hypertension, edema, damp-heat diarrheadysentery, strangury with pain, white turbidity, vaginal discharge,mammary welling abscess, swelling toxin of clove sore, hemorrhoids,burns and scalds, poisonous snake bites. Isolated compounds: 4164,4165, 4166, 16050, 16845, 22270.T3933 Luffa acutangula (Cucurbitaceae); YUE SI GUA; SingkwaTowelgourd. Used part: dried vascular bundles of ripe fruit. TCMEffects: See Luffa cylindrica. TCM Indications: See Luffa cylindrica.Isolated compounds: 9717.T3934 Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae); SI GUA; Suakwa Vegetablesponge.Equivalent plant: Luffa acutangula. Used part: dried vascular bundlesof ripe fruit. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolve phlegm, coolblood and resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Febrile diseases withvexation and thirst, cough of phlegm asthma, intestinal wind bleeding,bleeding from hemorrhoids, blood strangury, flooding and spotting,sores with welling abscess and flat abscess, galactostasis, innominatetoxin swelling, edema. Isolated compounds: 2687, 3774, 4317, 13061,13062, 13063, 13064, 13288, 20168, 20237.T3935 Luffa cylindrica (Cucurbitaceae); SI GUA ZI; SuakwaVegetablesponge Seed. Used part: seed. TCM Effects: To clear heat,