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    Anti-Malarial, Pus-Drawing & Anti-Snakebite Sovereign (清热解毒 / 利湿消肿散瘀止痛拔毒排脓截疟解蛇毒 — 传统热带拔毒排脓与丛林截疟第一草 / 跌打止痛神草)

    黄花稔 / 拔毒草 / 粘油子 / 扫把草 / 蛇总管 / 狗咬烂 — Sida acuta Burm.f. (syn. Sida carpinifolia)

    Pinyin: Huánghuārěn / Bádúcǎo / Shézǒngguǎn · Malay: Pokok Kelulut / Ketepeng / Sidaguri Jantan / Saput Tangan · Family: Malvaceae (锦葵科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Cold (寒 / 微凉)

    Flavor

    Bitter, acrid, bland, mucilaginous (苦、辛、淡、微寒)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Lung (肺), Large Intestine (大肠), Kidney (肾)

    Traditional Edict

    Common Wireweed (Pokok Kelulut / Ba Du Cao / Huang Hua Ren). Unbreakable wiry stems and yellow flowers. Supreme Poison-Drawing Herb (Ba Du Cao): draws out deep-seated pus cores from blind boils, terminates resistant malaria (Cryptolepine), neutralizes snakebites.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Contains trace sympathomimetic alkaloids. CONTRAINDICATED in active pregnancy for internal ingestion (uterine-stimulating vasicine dynamics). Safe for external boil poultices.

    Clinical Applications

    • Cutaneous boils and furunculosis (pus extraction and wound demarcation), multidrug-resistant malaria (Plasmodium falciparum hemozoin arrest), acute asthmatic bronchospasm, and snakebite puncture wounds.

    Quality Markers

    Cryptolepine (Indoloquinoline alkaloid) >= 0.15%-0.35%, Vasicine & Vasicinone >= 0.80% (HPLC MHM standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Cryptolepine inhibits hemozoin formation in Plasmodium falciparum, inducing parasite autophagic death. 2. Mucilage and tannins draw out inflammatory purulent exudates from boils. 3. Vasicine stimulates b2-bronchodilation.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN POKOK KELULUT PUS-DRAWING BOIL POULTICE: 30 to 50 g fresh leaves pounded with honey and salt into a sticky paste applied over blind boils for 12h (draws out pus cores). Anti-malarial decoction: 15-30 g dried roots/herb in 500 mL water.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Suppurative Furuncle Extraction Synergy with Taraxacum mongolicum (Pu Gong Ying). 2. Rainforest Anti-Malarial Febrifuge Draught with Andrographis paniculata.

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