Mountain Goat Does Not Eat, a Chinese herbal medicine. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows to a height of 50-100 centimeters. Its rhizome is thick and yellow on the cross-section. The stem is erect or slightly inclined, and covered with soft hairs. It has 1-3 pinnate compound leaves, which are alternate; the basal leaves have long petioles. It has the functions of clearing heat, relieving pain, and dispelling rheumatism.
Mountain Goat Does Not Eat
【Synonyms of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
Shan Xiang (Chinese Medicinal Plants in Sichuan).
【Origin of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
Mountain Goat Does Not Eat refers to the roots and rhizomes of Eschscholzia californica, a plant in the Papaveraceae family.
【Morphology of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
Mountain Goat Does Not Eat is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows to a height of 50-100 centimeters. Its rhizome is thick and yellow on the cross-section. The stem is erect or slightly inclined, and covered with soft hairs.
It has 1-3 pinnate compound leaves, which are alternate; the basal leaves have long petioles. The leaflets are papery, inverted-ovate or ovate, deeply lobed or pinnately lobed, green on the upper surface, and gray-green or green-white on the lower surface.
The inflorescence is terminal or axillary in the upper leaf axils; the bracts are lanceolate; the sepals are elliptical. After drying, they become purple, with irregular deep fissures in the upper part; the corolla is reddish-purple or blue, with 4 petals, and the base of the upper petals forms a spur;
There are 6 stamens; 1 pistil, with a superior ovary, 1 chamber, a slender style, and a 2-cleft stigma. The fruit is a capsule, elongated elliptical, 2-valved, with the persistent style. The seeds are small, nearly round, black, and glossy. It flowers from May to June and fruits from July to March.
It grows in ditches and moist areas under forests. It is distributed in Sichuan and other places.
【Collection of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
It is harvested and dug in summer and autumn, and then dried.
【Pharmacological Actions of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
Mountain Goat Does Not Eat has analgesic effects. It has been proven through experiments using hot plate, electrical stimulation, chemical stimulation, and photothermal stimulation methods that the alkaloid ethyl from Shan Xiang has analgesic effects on mice, rats, and rabbits. Due to different experimental methods, animal species, and administration routes, its analgesic efficacy varies greatly. For example, in the hot plate method for mice, when administered subcutaneously.
Mountain Goat Does Not Eat
This product has the same effect as the same dose of morphine, but the duration is not as long as morphine. However, when administered intravenously using the chemical stimulation method in mice, the effect of this product is only 1/10 of morphine.
Overall, the analgesic efficacy of this product is not as good as morphine, but it works very quickly and disappears quickly. This may be because this product is easily destroyed in the body. The alkaloids methyl, propyl, butyl, and pentyl from Shan Xiang have no analgesic effects and can easily cause seizures and death in mice.
【Toxicity of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
The LD50 of intravenous injection of ethyl alkaloid from Shan Xiang in mice is 99.12 milligrams/kilogram, and the LD50 of subcutaneous injection is 1200 milligrams/kilogram, with no deaths observed within 3 days. Intraperitoneal injection of 1000 and 1500 milligrams/kilogram caused deep inhibition, disappearance of righting reflex, and deep and slow breathing, but no deaths occurred.
【Properties and Tastes of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
"According to Chinese Medicinal Plants in Sichuan: bitter, slightly cold, and slightly toxic."
【Functions and Indications of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
"According to Chinese Medicinal Plants in Sichuan: clearing heat, relieving pain, and dispelling rheumatism. It is used to treat qi pain in the heart and stomach, as well as heat diseases in the gallbladder meridian."
【Dosage and Administration of Mountain Goat Does Not Eat】
Oral administration: decoction, 1-2 qian (3-6 grams).
