Amomum Seed
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TMPW No.：1804 |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Amomi Semen |
| Botanical source: Family name | Zingiberaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Amomum villosum var. xanthioides T.L.Wu et S.J.Chen (IPNI:892796-1) - Amomum villosum var. villosum - Amomum longiligulare T.L.Wu (IPNI:872130-1) |
| Part used | Seed mass |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good oen is a large oval sphere. Without exciple, the exterior is dark brown. There are products coated with white powder. (TN) |
| Constituents | Monoterpenoids: Amomum xanthioides: Essential oil 1.5～3%; d-Borneol, Bornyl acetate, Linalool, d-Camphor, Nerolidol Alpinia japonica: Essential oil 0.4～0.8%: Cineole, β-Pinine Sesquiterpenoids: A. japonica: Sesquiterpene, Sesquiterpene alcohol Flavones & Flavonols: A. japonica: Izalpinin, Alpinone, nor-Alpinone-3,5-dimethyl ester |
| Pharmacological effects | Aromatic stomachic (essential oil). |
| Indications | As an aromatic stomachic and antiflatulent, it is applied to treat weakness of digestive system, gastric stagnation, dyspeptic and nervous diarrhea. |
| Diseases | Full stomach, Abdominal pain, Nausea, Vomitting, Anorexia, Hyperemesis gravidarum, Diarrhea, Muddy and watery stool, Threatened abortion, Threatened abortion |
| Formulas | anchusan , anchusankabukuryo , ireito , kashokuyohito , karokijitsuto , kishukunichinto , kyoseihatekigan , koshaheiisan , koshayoito , kosharikkunshito , shobaito , jinryobyakujutsusan , zenshikunshito , chokoshiteito , bunshoto |
| Meridian tropism | Spleen, Stomach, Kidney |
| Property | Warm |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | |
| TCM: Classification | Dampness-resolving drugs with fragrant odor |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To eliminate damp and improve appetite to warm the spleen and check diarrhea, and to prevent abortion. For accumulation of damp in the spleen and the stomach marked by epigastric stiffness and anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea in deficiency-cold syndrome of the spleen and the stomach, pernicious vomiting of pregnancy, and threatened abortion. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
| References | TN: T. Namba & Y. Tsuda ed., Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, 3rd ed., Nankodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1998. |
