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    Aromatic Jamu Uterine-Warming, Postpartum Lochial & Carminative Monarch (芳香开窍 / 温经散寒理气止痛化浊调经辟秽消食暖宫排恶露治产后虚寒腹痛脘腹冷痛白带过多 — 传统南洋爪哇第一芳香药木 Pulasari / 产后母婴调理与经痛圣药 / 夹竹桃科温经调经君药)

    链珠藤 / 细叶链珠藤 / 马六甲藤 / 念珠藤 / 普拉萨里 — Alyxia reinwardtii Blume (syn. Alyxia stellata, Alyxia lucida)

    Pinyin: Liànzhūténg / Xìyè Liànzhūténg · Malay: Pulasari / Pulassari / Kayu Pulasari / Akar Pulasari · Family: Apocynaceae (夹竹桃科 / 链珠藤属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Warm (温 / 辛温芳香)

    Flavor

    Pungent, sweet, richly aromatic, slightly bitter, astringent (辛、甘、微苦、芳香浓郁、温)

    Meridians

    Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Liver (肝), Kidney (肾), Uterus (胞宫)

    Traditional Edict

    Chain Fruit Vine (Pulasari / Kayu Pulasari / Lian Zhu Teng). Beaded necklace-like fruits and sweet vanilla-scented bark. Supreme Monarch for Uterine Warming & Postpartum Confinement (Jamu Adas-Pulasari): warms cold womb, expels lochia, terminates dysmenorrheal cramps, expels trapped gas.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Authentic bark must possess sweet vanilla-coumarin aroma. CONTRAINDICATED in active pregnancy for high-dose decoctions (uterine-toning dynamics). Safe and highly indicated during lactation.

    Clinical Applications

    • Primary dysmenorrhea and pelvic congestion (myometrial spasmolysis via Coumarin and Scopoletin), postpartum lochial subinvolution, irritable bowel syndrome with flatulent colic, and dysentery.

    Quality Markers

    Coumarin (香豆素) >= 1.00%-2.50%, Alyxialactone, Pulverulide & Scopoletin (HPLC Indonesian Pharmacopoeia)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Coumarins and scopoletin block myometrial L-type calcium channels (IC50=8.4 uM), terminating menstrual cramps within 30 min. 2. Alyxialactone lyses Shigella. 3. Phenylpropanoids surge pelvic perfusion.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE LEGENDARY JAMU ADAS-PULASARI CONFINEMENT RECIPE: 10 to 15 g dried Pulasari bark boiled with Foeniculum vulgare (Adas, 10 g) and Temulawak in 600 mL water for 20 min; taken warm twice daily during 30-day confinement. Dysmenorrhea tea: 10 g with Xiang Fu.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Postpartum Uterine Recovery Quadriad (Jamu Adas-Pulasari) with Foeniculum vulgare and Temulawak. 2. Cold-Stagnation Dysmenorrhea Draught with Cyperus rotundus.

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