Gastrodia Tuber
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Market name：天麻 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：770 |
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Plant name：Gastrodia elata Photo location：Nanjin, Jiangsu Prov., China Photo date：2004 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
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| Latin name | Gastrodiae Tuber |
| Botanical source: Family name | Orchidaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Gastrodia elata Blume (IPNI:635522-1) |
| Part used | Tuber |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is preferably larger and shaped like a gourd or foot. It is yellowish-white and transparent. (NI) |
| Constituents | Vitamin A derivatives (Retinoids): Vitamin A-like substances Phenol derivatives: Vanillyl alcohol, Vanillinllin |
| Pharmacological effects | Antispasm. |
| Indications | As a tranquilizer and antispasmodic, it is applied to treat headache, dizziness, hysteria, epilepsy, hemiplegia, convulsion of limbs, general pain and arthralgia due to rheumatism. |
| Diseases | Vertigo, Headache, Stagger, Nausea, Vomitting, Convulsion, Swelling and pain of joint, Numbness, Feeling of heavy and dull, Numbness, Conversion |
| Formulas | hangebyakujutsutemmato |
| Meridian tropism | Liver |
| Property | Slightly warm |
| Flavor | Sweet |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Anticonvulsants |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To subdue the liver-wind and arrest convulsions. Used for headache, dizziness and numbness of the limbs, infantile convulsion, epilepsy, and tetanus. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
| References | NI: N. Isshiki, Methods of Quality Evaluation and Preparation of Wakan-yaku, Tohodo Shoten, Tokyo, 1987. |
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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