<h1>Naked Star Worm</h1>
Pinyin Guānɡ Luǒ Xīnɡ Chónɡ
Also known as sandworms, sand intestines, sea intestines, star worms
Source medicinal herb base source: for the whole of the naked checkered starworm of the star worm family.
Latin botanical mineral name: Sipunculus nudus Linnaeus
Harvesting and storage: in summer and autumn, dig up the low-tide line beach, remove the internal organs, wash, add water and fry until the insect body turns from red to white, and then fish it out and dry it.
The original form of the naked checkered starworm, the body is oblong, slightly earthworm-like, the body length is 120-220 mm, and the larger one is about 10 mm wide. The longitudinal muscles of the body wall are bundled, 30-31, staggered with the ring muscles in a checkered cloth pattern, and the vertical and horizontal lines are distinct. The length of the snout is about 1/10 of the body length, there is a ring groove at the base of the snout, there are many tile-like skin small convexities, irregular arrangement; the front part of the snout is smooth, the front end has a circle of tentacles, it is star-shaped when extended, and it is wrinkled when it is contracted, and the mouth is located on the back of the front 1/6 of the body, and there is a transverse fissure protruding. That is, the opening of the anus, there is a kidney hole on each side of the ventral surface of the anus, and the digestive tract is slender, about 2 times the length of the body, twisted into a spiral. The posterior end of the body is blunt. The body is milky white with a slight reddish tinge.
Habitat Division Ecological Environment: Cave dwelling in the coastal intertidal area of the tidal flats, with a large number of low tide lines. Drilling out of the cave at high tide, you can also swim in the water in a snake-like shape, feeding on organic matter.
Resource distribution: China's coastal distribution.
Trait identification, the whole is flattened and cylindrical, the shape is slightly similar to an earthworm, the body length is 12-22 cm, and the surface is grayish white to light brownish yellow. The snout is short, with a ring-like hook at the base and a round tentacle at the front, forming a fold. The torso is covered with longitudinal grooves, forming a plaid pattern, with a total of 29-30 rows of squares around it. The posterior end of the body is blunt, with a transverse fissure of the anus, located on the back nearly 1/6 of the front of the body. The smell is slightly fishy and the taste is salty.
Chemical composition muscle contains octopine dehydrogenase (carnitine), phosphophofructokinase, phosphate (phosphate), fructose 2,6-bisphosphate (fructose2, 6-bisphosphate), adenylic acid (adenylic acid), adenosine triphosphate (adenosine triphosphate Paramyosin (paramyosin).
The epidermis contains collagen, mucopolysaccharides, and subepidermal connective tissue contains green pigments.
The body wall, viscera and body cavity contain cholesterol, β-sitosterol (β-sitosterol).
The whole contains crude aminokine kinmase, cholinesterase, glycogen phosphorylase, succinate dehydrogenase, N-(1-hydroxyethyl)-L-alanine dehydrogenase, N-hydroxymethyl-L-alanine dehydrogenase, N-hydroxymethyl-L-alanine dehydrogenase (strombine dehydrogenase), N-hydroxymethyl-L-propionate, acetate (cetate), plant lectin-induced mucus (lectin-indrced mucus).
Pharmacological effect 1. Effect on the cardiovascular system, anesthetized dog injection star worm decoction alcohol sediment 0.6-1.5g / kg, after a short period of mild blood pressure reduction, blood pressure rises rapidly. Blood pressure is greater than in dogs with hemorrhagic hypotension than in dogs with normal blood pressure. In the analysis of the boost mechanism, starworms can increase the coronary blood flow in the heart of the rabbit in vitro and the heart of the dog in the body. Star worm decoction alcohol sediment 1g/kg intravenous injection, can make the dog heart rate, cardiac output are increased. Starworm also significantly reduces the flow of isolated rabbit ear perfusion, and 1.5g/kg intravenous injection can antagonize the vascular effect of vasopasin 0.3u/kg intravenous injection in dogs. Phentolamine and propranolol can partially cut off the cardiovascular effects of anthra. This suggests that starworms may have an adrenaline-like effect that excites α and β receptors.
2. Enhance hypoxia tolerance 100% star worm decoction 0.2ml/10g column intraperitoneal injection of mice, significantly improving the negative pressure hypoxia tolerance of mice. With the administration of high doses of propranolol in advance, the conservative effect of the starworm is not obvious, which may be blocked because the β effect of the starworm is blocked.
3. Sedation, sedation and excitation smooth muscle effect, 100% star worm decoction alcohol sediment 0.2ml/10g to mice intraperitoneal injection, the mouse spontaneous activity has an inhibitory effect, the tartrate potassium antimony caused by the tortuous reaction has an inhibitory effect. Starworm has a cumulative excitatory effect on the isolated intestinal segment and uterus, so that the spontaneous contraction frequency separation, tension is slightly increased, the intestinal segment of the epinephrine is relaxed, the excitatory effect is more obvious 4. Toxicity, the LD50 injected peritoneally by the starworm decoction alcohol sediment in mice is 224 +/-31.01g/kg. Starworms had no significant effect on rabbit urine output or mice coagulation time.
Sexual taste salty; sexual cold
Functional indications for nourishing yin and lowering fire. Main yin deficiency night sweat bone steaming hot flashes; tuberculosis cough; swollen gums and pain
Dosage for internal use: decoction, 10-20g; or soaked wine.
Excerpt from "Chinese Materia Medica"
