Jujube
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Market name：大棗 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：10268 |
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Plant name：Ziziphus jujuba var. inermis Photo date：1999 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Ziziphi Fructus |
| Botanical source: Family name | Rhamnaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Ziziphus jujuba var. inermis Rehder |
| Part used | Ripe fruit |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is large-fruit and the external is deep red in color. The seed is small but the flesh is thick. (TN) |
| Constituents | Other aliphatic and related compounds: Malic acid, Tartaric acid Sugar: D-Fructose, D-Glucose Triterpenoids: Oleanonic acid, Oleanolic acid, Maslinic acid and its 3-p-Coumaroylates, Betulonic acid, Betulinic acid, Alphitolic acid and its 2-,3-p-Coumaroylates, Ursolic acid Triterpenoid saponins: Zizyphus saponin I, Zizyphus saponin II, Zizyphus saponin III, Jujuboside A, Jujuboside B Flavones & Flavonols: Rutin Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols: 6,8-Diglucosyl-2 (S et R)-naringenin Coumarins: Scopoletin Other aromatic derivatives: Zizybeoside I, Zizybeoside II, Vomifoliol, Roseoside, Zizyvoside I, Zizyvoside II Purine derivatives: cyclic AMP Other: Mucous substances |
| Pharmacological effects | Suppression of stress-induced ulcer (methanol extract). Antiallergic (alcohol extract). |
| Indications | As an emollient, tonic, diuretic and antispasmodic, it is applied to treat tetanus of muscle, traction pain and hyperesthesia, cough, vexation and restlessness, general pain of body and abdominal pain. |
| Diseases | Malaise, Anorexia, Muddy and watery stool, Anxiety, Insomnia, Scary constitution, Cough, Abdominal pain, Stomatic pain |
| Formulas | ireito , uzukeishito , uyakujunkisan , untanto , eppikajutsuto , eppikajutsubuto , eppikahangeto , eppito , ogikeishigomotsuto , ogikenchuto , ogonkahangeshokyoto , ogonto , orento , kaikyushokushoto , kairosan , kashokuyohito , kakkoshokisan , kakkonkajutsubuto , kakkonkahangeto , kakkonto , kakkontokasenkyushin'i , kamiuntanto , kamikihito , kamiheiisan , karokeishito , kanzoshashinto , kambakutaisoto , kigikenchuto , kippichikujoto , kihito , kyukichoketsuin , kyukichoketsuindaiichikagen , keikyososooshimbuto , keishieppito , keishikaogito , keishikakakkonto , keishikakeito , keishikakobokukyoninto , keishikashakuyakushokyoninjinto , keishikashakuyakudaioto , keishikashakuyakuto , keishikajutsubuto , keishikabushito , keishikaryukotsuboreito , keishikaryojutsubuto , keishikyokeikabukuryobyakujutsuto , keishikyoshakuyakukashokushitsuryukotsuboreito , keishikyoshakuyakuto , keishito , keishinieppiitto , keishinieppiittokajutsubu , keishibushito , keihito , keimakakuhanto , kenchuto , koshaheiisan , koshayoito , kosharikkunshito , kobokushichimotsuto , goshakusan , goshuyuto , saikatsutokasenkyushin'i , saikanto , saikyohangeto , saikokaboshoto , saikokaryukotsuboreito , saikokeishito , saishakurikkunshito , saisoin , saibokuto , saireito , shikunshito , shakanzoto , shokyoshashinto , shokenchuto , shosaikoto , shosaikotokakikyosekko , jiinkokato , jissoto , jinsoin , seihaito , sempukukataishasekito , zenshikunshito , soshikokito , daisaikoto , daisaikotokyodaio , daiseiryuto , daibofuto , chukenchuto , tokikenchuto , tokishigyakukagoshuyushokyoto , tokishigyakuto , dokkatsukakkonto , hainosankyuto , hainoto , hachigesan , hangeshashinto , bakumondoto , byakujutsubushito , fukankinshokisan , bushikobeito , bunshinkiin , heiisan , hochuekkito , hohaito , boiogito , maorenshoshakushozuto , yakanmaoto , rikkunshito , ryokito , ryokeikansoto , reitakutsukito , reitakutsukitokashin'i |
| Meridian tropism | Spleen |
| Property | Warm |
| Flavor | Sweet |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Tonics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To tonify the spleen and replenish qi, to nourish blood, and to ease the mind.: For anorexia, lassitude and loose stools in deficiency syndromes of the spleen, hysteria in women. |
| 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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