Mosla chinensis
Maxim.
Lamiaceae
Calamintha clipeata Vaniot
Mosla angustifolia (Makino) Makino
Mosla chinensis kiangsiensis G.P.Zhu & J.L.Shi
Mosla coreana H.Lév.
Mosla fordii Maxim.
Mosla japonica angustifolia Makino
Orthodon angustifolius (Makino) Masam.
Orthodon chinensis (Maxim.) Kudô
Orthodon coreanus (H.Lév.) Honda
Orthodon fordii (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz.
Orthodon japonicus angustifolius (Makino) Kudô
Common Name:
General Information
Mosla chinensis is an erect, annual plant that can be either unbranched or much branched from the base; it can grow around 9 - 40cm tall[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
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- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine..
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
E. Asia - eastern China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam
Habitat
Virgin wilds and roadsides[
147- Title
- A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Running Press; Philadelphica.
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0-914294-92-X
- Description
- A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
]. Grassy slopes and forests; at elevations from sea level to 1,400 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Habit | Annual |
| Height | 0.40 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Mosla chinensis is found mainly in warm temperate to subtropical regions.
An aromatic plant[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Edible Uses
The aerial parts of the plant are added to soups and porridges, though more for their medicinal virtues than for their food value[
2191- Title
- Dietary Chinese Herbs; Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence
- Publication
-
- Author
- Yanze Liu, Zhimin Wang & Junzeng Zhang (Editors)
- Website
- http://10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 978-3-211-99447-4
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
The whole plant is anodyne. It also breaks up clots and resolves gonorrhoeal discharges. A decoction is used in the treatment of traumatic bruises and pain, poisonous snake bites, heat-stroke fever and itching from oozing rash[
147- Title
- A Barefoot Doctors Manual.
- Publication
-
- Author
- ?
- Publisher
- Running Press; Philadelphica.
- Year
- 1977
- ISBN
- 0-914294-92-X
- Description
- A very readable herbal from China, combining some modern methods with traditional chinese methods.
].
The plant is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of the common cold, fever, headache, bellyache and oedema[
2191- Title
- Dietary Chinese Herbs; Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence
- Publication
-
- Author
- Yanze Liu, Zhimin Wang & Junzeng Zhang (Editors)
- Website
- http://10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 978-3-211-99447-4
- Description
-
].
The dried plant is used to induce diaphoresis, to regulate the function of the spleen and the stomach and to remove dampp through diuresis[
2192- Title
- A Coloured Atlas of the Chinese Materia Medica Specified in Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (1995 Ed
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Guangdong Science and Technology Press
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 7-5359-1541-8
- Description
- Mainly written in Chines with brief details in English, it contains photographs and details on over 500 plants and other materials used medicinally in China.
].
Indications Attack of summer heat and damp manifested by chills and fever, headache, abdominal pain vomiting, diarrhoea, oliguria and no sweating[
2192- Title
- A Coloured Atlas of the Chinese Materia Medica Specified in Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China (1995 Ed
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Publisher
- Guangdong Science and Technology Press
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN
- 7-5359-1541-8
- Description
- Mainly written in Chines with brief details in English, it contains photographs and details on over 500 plants and other materials used medicinally in China.
].
The fresh aerial parts of the plant contain around 0.26 - 0.59% essential oil (0.8 - 2.0% dry weight). The main components in the essential oil are carvacrol (about 58.33%), thymol (about 22.54%), p-cymene and humulene. The oil has been shown to be antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiinflammatort and anti-allergic inflammation[
2191- Title
- Dietary Chinese Herbs; Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence
- Publication
-
- Author
- Yanze Liu, Zhimin Wang & Junzeng Zhang (Editors)
- Website
- http://10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 978-3-211-99447-4
- Description
-
]. In particular, it has shown an inhibitory effect on various strains of influenza virus[
2191- Title
- Dietary Chinese Herbs; Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence
- Publication
-
- Author
- Yanze Liu, Zhimin Wang & Junzeng Zhang (Editors)
- Website
- http://10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2015
- ISBN
- 978-3-211-99447-4
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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