Abstract
Hehuanpi, Cortex Albiziae, is the dry stem bark of Albizia julibrissin Durazz. (Fabaceae) collected in summer or fall. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia requires for this official herbal medicine a qualitative determination of the saponin content by a foam test and by hemolytic activity on rabbit erythrocytes in physiological saline. The stem bark of A. julibrissin is used as a sedative and for treatment of trauma.
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Tang, W., Eisenbrand, G. (1992). Albizia julibrissin Durazz.. In: Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73739-8_9
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