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Lycium Bark
Lycium Bark
地骨皮
Market name:地骨皮
Photo location:Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med.
TMPW No.:13691
Lycium chinense
Plant name:Lycium chinense
Photo location:Toyama Pref., Japan
Photo date:1994
Photographer:K. Komatsu

Synonym  
Latin name Lycii Cortex
Botanical source: Family name Solanaceae
Botanical source: Plant name - Lycium chinense Miller (IPNI:816389-1)
- Lycium barbarum Linné (IPNI:816356-1)
Part used Root bark
Empirical criteria for quality selection Good one is vorticose root bark which was made from a thick root. (TN)
Constituents Amino acids:
Betaine
Pharmacological effects Transient increase in the blood sugar, antipyretic.
Indications As an antifebrile and tonic, it is applied to treat afternoon fever and night sweat in tuberculosis, cough, hematemesis, diabetes, excessive perspiration due to deficiency of yin.
Diseases Fever, Night sweats, Cough, Rapid breathing, Sputum with blood, Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage
Formulas ogibekkoto , jiinshihoto , jingyobekkoto , seishinrenshiin
Meridian tropism Lung, Kidney
Property Cold
Flavor Sweet, Bland
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" Superior
TCM: Classification Antipyretics
TCM: Medicinal effects To reduce heat in blood, to relieve consumptive fever, and to remove heat from the lung.: Used for afternoon fever and night sweat in consumptive diseases, cough, hemoptysis and epistaxis due to heat in the lung, diabetes caused by internal heat.
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
Gene Region
Nuclear Chloroplast Mitochondria
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
Lycium chinense Miller (IPNI:816389-1)
atpB
 FJ914152
Lycium barbarum Linné (IPNI:816356-1)
atpB
 AM233336
 

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