Gentiana Macrophylla Root
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix |
| Botanical source: Family name | Gentianaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Gentiana macrophylla Pallas (IPNI:368470-1) - Gentiana straminea Maximowicz (IPNI:368966-1) - Gentiana crassicaulis Duthie ex Burkill (IPNI:368034-1) - Gentiana dahurica Fischer (IPNI:368057-1) |
| Part used | Root |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Unknown |
| Constituents | Other alkaloids: G. macrophylla: Gentianine A, Gentianine B, Gentianine C |
| Pharmacological effects | Antipyretic (decoction, alcohol leaching). Decrease in the blood pressure (water leaching). Antibacterial (alcohol leaching: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, cutaneous fungus). |
| Indications | As antifebrile, painkiller and diuretic, it is applied to treat rheumatism, jaundice, feverisn diarrhea and hemorrhoids. |
| Diseases | Swelling and pain of joint, Twitch of the muscles, Heat, Lienteric fever |
| Formulas | ogibekkoto , jingyokyokatsuto , jingyobekkoto , jingyobofuto |
| Meridian tropism | Stomach, Liver, Gall bladder |
| Property | Neutral |
| Flavor | Bitter, Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Middle |
| TCM: Classification | Antirheumatics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To dispel wind-dampness, clear dampness-heat, relieve impediment pain, relieve deficiency heat. For painful impediment caused by wind-dampness, hemiplegia caused by wind-stroke, hypertonicity of the sinews and vessels, sore pain in joint and bone, dampness-heat jaundice, bone-steaming and tidal fever, infantile malnutrition with accumulation and fever. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese standards for non-pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2018. |
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