Panax Notoginseng Root
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TMPW No.：83 |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Panacis Notoginseng Radix |
| Botanical source: Family name | Araliaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Panax notoginseng F.H.Chen ex C.Y.Wu et K.M.Feng (IPNI:91521-1) |
| Part used | Root |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Chunqi (collected from Aug. to Sep.) has higher quality than Donqi (collected in Nov.). Good one has a bigger taproot. |
| Constituents | Other aliphatic and related compounds: Panaxynol Triterpenoid saponins: Saponin glycosides 3～8%: Ginsenoside Rb1, Ginsenoside Rg1, Ginsenoside Rg2, Ginsenoside Ra, Ginsenoside Rb2, Ginsenoside Rd, Ginsenoside Re, (Ginsenoside Ro) Sterols: β-Sitosterol Amino acids: Dencichine (β-N-oxalo-L-α-β-diaminopropionic acid) |
| Pharmacological effects | Hemostatic, cardiotonic, analgesic, sedative, antiinflammatory, immunomodulatory etc．The powder of Notoginseng increases the blood flow of animal coronary arteries and reduces the oxygen consumption of cardiac muscle. Therefore reduces the stress on the heart, in addition, decreases the blood lipid and cholesterol. |
| Indications | To stop bleeding, relieve swelling, alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, relieve fatigue, and as cardiant: For bruise, various kinds of bleeding such as swelling with pain, hematemesis. epistaxis, metrorrhagia, tumid bleeding, hematemesis, epistaxis, women's metrorrhagia and merostaxis, hyperemesis and stomachache of after childbirth, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, hypertension, liver disorder and all. |
| Diseases | Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage, Hematochezia, Irregular vaginal bleeding, Bleeding, Myocardial infarction, Angina pectoris, Hypertension, Chronic hepatitis, Acute hepatitis, Contusion |
| Formulas | |
| Meridian tropism | Liver, Stomach |
| Property | Warm |
| Flavor | Sweet, Slightly bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | |
| TCM: Classification | Hemostatics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To eliminate blood stasis, arrest bleeding, cause subsidence of swelling and alleviate pain.: For hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding, traumatic bleeding, pricking pain in the chest and abdomen, traumatic swelling and pain. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese standards for non-pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2018. |
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