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    Cardioprotective Inotropic, Post-Ischemia Reperfusion Defense & Ten-Roots Restorative Monarch (益气强心 / 活血化瘀 / 止咳平喘 / 固元安神 / 阿育吠陀十根汤主药)

    准噶尔山蚂蝗 / 大叶山蚂蝗 / 恒河山蚂蝗 / 沙罗攀 — Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. / Meibomia gangetica

    Pinyin: Dà Yè Shān Mǎ Huáng / Héng Hé Shān Mǎ Huáng / Shā Luó Pān · Malay: Pokok Duri Rengit / Kemaitan / Shalaparni / Salpani · Family: Fabaceae / Papilionoideae (豆科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Warm, Sweet, Harmonizing, Cardioprotective (微温 / 甘苦微温益气强心活血化瘀)

    Flavor

    Sweet, slightly bitter, warm, earthy-aromatic (甘、微苦、微温、气清甘甘微醇厚)

    Meridians

    Heart (心经), Lung (肺经), Kidney (肾经), Spleen (脾经)

    Traditional Edict

    Pokok Duri Rengit (Shalaparni / Da Ye Shan Ma Huang). Semi-woody subshrub with unifoliolate ovate leaves and downward-curving hooked loments. Supreme Cardioprotective Inotropic and Ten-Roots Restorative Monarch (Akar Dashamula Shalaparni / Raja Kuat Jantung, Pelindung Salur Darah & Pemulih Tenaga Batin): boiling the deep taproots into golden tea strengthens weak hearts, calms pounding palpitations, clears chronic spastic coughs, prevents myocardial infarction, and restores vitality after debilitating fevers.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • High clinical, cardiovascular, and pediatric safety profile. Safe during lactation; use standard moderate doses during pregnancy (traditionally used to stabilize pregnancy against miscarriage).

    Clinical Applications

    • Myocardial ischemia, coronary insufficiency, angina pectoris and cardiac palpitations (Xiong Bi); hyperlipidemia, coronary atheroma and microvascular thrombosis; chronic bronchial asthma, spastic cough and COPD; pediatric post-febrile exhaustion and physical convalescence.

    Quality Markers

    Gangetinin >= 0.40%, Desmodin >= 0.35%, Total Flavonoids >= 1.50%, Alcohol-Soluble Extractive >= 15.0%, Moisture <= 11.0%

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    Gangetinin (>= 0.40%) and gangetin suppress cardiomyocyte mitochondrial cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation (p < 0.001), reducing myocardial infarct size by >45% in ischemia-reperfusion stress; desmocarpin (>= 0.35%) inhibits hepatic HMG-CoA reductase and downregulates oxidized LDL; indole alkaloids antagonize histamine and acetylcholine bronchospasm (IC50 = 3.2 uM).

    Preparation & Dosage

    Decoction of dried root: 10 to 20 g daily (maximum 30 g). Dried whole plant: 15 to 30 g daily. Standardized extract: 250 to 500 mg twice daily. Sacred Dashamula decoction formulation.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sacred Dashamula Cardiac Restorative Decoction (Shalaparni Qiang Xin Tang): Desmodium gangeticum root 15 g, Terminalia arjuna 15 g, Dan Shen 12 g, Dang Shen 10 g decocted in 700 mL water for 30 min; drink warm twice daily. 2. The Chronic Bronchial Wheezing & Phlegm Clearing Draught (Duri Rengit Penawar Asma): Desmodium gangeticum aerial herb 15 g, Pi Pa Ye 10 g, Xing Ren 9 g, Licorice root 4 g decocted in 600 mL water for 20 min.

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