Euodia Fruit
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Market name：呉茱萸 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：1778 |
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Plant name：Euodia rutaecarpa Photo location：Kyoto Pref., Japan Photo date：1993 Photographer：H. Fujino |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Euodiae Fructus |
| Botanical source: Family name | Rutaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Euodia officinalis Dode (IPNI:773085-1) - Euodia bodinieri Dode (IPNI:772935-1) - Euodia rutaecarpa Hooker filius et Thomson (IPNI:773127-1) |
| Part used | Ripe fruit |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is black in color and has strong pungency and bitterness. (TN) |
| Constituents | Other aliphatic and related compounds: Goshuyic acid Monoterpenoids: Ocimene Triterpenoids: Limonin (=Evodin), Rutaevin, Evodol Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols: E. rutaecarpa: Evodioside B (leaf) Alkaloids: Evodiamine, Rutaecarpine, Hydroxyevodiamine (=Rhetsinine), Evocarpine, N,N-Dimethyl-5-methoxytryptamine, NMethylanthranylamide, Synephrine, Higenamine Purine derivatives: Cyclic GMP Other: E. rutaecarpa: 6α-Acetoxy-5-epilimonin, 6β-Acetoxy-5-epilimonin |
| Pharmacological effects | Increase in the blood pressure, accelerated respiration, increase in the blood flow (fraction of alcohol extraction), analgesia, rising temperature (evodiamine, rutaecarpine), inducing labor pains, hemostasis, central excitation (β-indolethyl-amine), hallucination (N,N-dimethyl-5-methoxytryptamine), adrenergic action, cardiotonic action (synephrine, hygenamine). |
| Indications | As a stomachic with warm nature, painkiller, diuretic, for relieving vomiting, it is applied to treat headache due to rising of noxious fluid, nausea, a feeling of stuffiness in the chest, abdominal pain due to cold of deficiency type, poor circulation and chilblains. It is used as insecticide and bath agent. |
| Diseases | Headache, Nausea, Vomitting, Upper abdominal pain, Coldness of limbs, Lower abdominal pain, Menorrhalgia, Extension of menstrual cycle, Full stomach, Diarrhea, Cold-natured, Chilblain, Stomatitis |
| Formulas | unkeito , en'nenhangeto , kyutsugan , keimeisankabukuryo , goshuyuto , teikiin , tokishigyakukagoshuyushokyoto , henseishinkiin , hontonto (chugoho) |
| Meridian tropism | Liver, Stomach, Spleen, Kidney |
| Property | Extremely hot |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent, Bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Middle |
| TCM: Classification | Drugs for dispelling internal cold |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To dissipate cold and relieve pain, downbear counterflow to check vomiting, assist yang to check diarrhea. Used for reverting yin headache, abdominal pain caused by cold abdominal colic, cold-dampness tinea pedis, menstruation with abdominal pain, distending pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, vomiting, acid regurgitation, diarrhea before dawn. |
| 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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DQ225821
DQ225822 DQ225823 DQ225824 DQ225831 DQ225832 DQ225854 DQ499601 EF432809 EF432810 EF432811 EF432812 EF432813 EF432814 EF432815 EF432816 EF432817 EF432818 EU592038 EU663533 EU663534 EU663535 EU663536 EU663537 EU663538 EU663539 EU663540 EU663541 EU663542 EU663543 EU663544 EU663545 EU663546 AB699582 |
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