Chinese herbal medicine: efficacy and function of sisal.

(Selected Prescriptions of Wuzhou Materia Medica and Common Diseases)

Don't call it pineapple hemp.

It comes from the leaves of agave plant sisal.

Plant morphology sisal hemp

Semi-woody stout perennial. The fibrous root system is developed, and the underground stems are white, knobby and soft. The stem is short. The leaves are thick, fleshy and sword-shaped, with a length of 100 ~ 150 cm and a width of 8 ~ 13 cm, with reddish-brown thorns at the top and short thorns at the edge of 2 ~ 3 cm. The flower stem is 5 ~ 10 m high. Panicle terminal, perianth tubular funnel-shaped, apex dehiscent, yellowish white; Stamens 6; The position of ovary is low, and the base of calyx gradually expands after flowering, forming clusters of beads, which usually do not bear fruit. Capsule oblong. Seeds black and flat. It blooms in autumn after growing for 6 ~ 9 years or 10 ~ 15 years. When the flowers mature, the plants will die.

Born on a high slope with high temperature and humidity and uniform rainfall. It is cultivated in the south and southwest of China.

This series can be collected all year round.

Chemical composition leaves contain many kinds of steroidal saponins, and many kinds of steroidal saponins are obtained from the hydrolysate, such as neophytogenin, Haike sapogenin, sisal sapogenin, violet sapogenin, rococoside, 12- epirococoside and so on. And β-sitosterol, 5α- pregnane -3α, 20β- diol.

Indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials and discharging pus. Tamping fresh leaves to treat carbuncle, swelling, sores and ulcers.

Remind you: this Chinese herbal medicine sisal comes from the internet, please follow the doctor's advice before using it.