Burdock Fruit
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Market name：牛傍子 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：10435 |
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Plant name：Arctium lappa Photo location：Yunnan Prov., China Photo date：1999 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Arctii Fructus |
| Botanical source: Family name | Asteraceae (=Compositae) |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Arctium lappa Linné (IPNI:178385-1) |
| Part used | Ripe fruit |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is larger in size and sinks in water. (TN) |
| Constituents | Lipids: Fatty oil 25%～30% Lignans & Neolignans: Arctiinn |
| Pharmacological effects | Uterine contraction (extract), induction of tonic convulsion, suppression of cardiokinesis, vasodilation, transient decrease in the blood pressure (arctiin). |
| Indications | As an antifebrile, antidote, expectorant and antiinflammatory drug, it is applied to treat cold, cough, sore throat, persisting sputum, measles, carbuncles and sores. |
| Diseases | Common cold, Chill, Sore throat, Swelling and pain of the throat, Sore throat, Upper respiratory inflammation, Cough, Expectoration of sputum, A lot of sputum, Measles, Urticaria, Pyogenic dermatosis, Mumps |
| Formulas | kufugedokusan , saikoseikanto , shofusan |
| Meridian tropism | Lung, Stomach |
| Property | Cold |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent, Bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | |
| TCM: Classification | Diaphoretics with pungent and cold properties |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To disperse wind-heat, diffuse the lung to promote eruption, remove toxin and soothe the throat. Used for common cold caused by wind-heat, cough, profuse sputum, measles, rubella, swelling and sore of throat, mumps, erysipelas, swelling abscess, sore and toxin. |
| 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. |
DNA sequences of medicinal plants
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| Botanical source: Plant name | 5Ss | 18S | ITS1 | 5.8S | ITS2 | 26S | others | trnH-psbA | matK | trnK | trnK-rps16 | trnT-L | trnL | trnL-F | rbcL | rpoC1 | ndhF | others | |
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