Magnolia Flower
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Market name：辛夷 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：15410 |
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Plant name：Magnolia kobus Photo date：1995 Photographer：H. Fushimi |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Magnoliae Flos |
| Botanical source: Family name | Magnoliaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Magnolia biondii Pampanini (IPNI:554647-1) - Magnolia heptapeta Dandy (IPNI:554733-1) - Magnolia sprengeri Pampanini (IPNI:554854-1) - Magnolia salicifolia Maximowicz (IPNI:554831-1) - Magnolia kobus De Candolle (IPNI:332100-2) |
| Part used | Flower bud |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is fat, dense and has much moisture. (TN) |
| Constituents | Monoterpenoids: 1,8-Cineol, α-Pinene, Citral; [M. salicifolia grown in Kyusyu region]: Camphor, Limonene; [M. salicifolia grown in Kanto and Tohoku region, Akita and Niigata Pref.]: Camphor Phenylpropanoids: Asarone, Euasarone, Asarylaldehyde, Methylchavicol, Eugenol; [M. salicifolia grown in Kanto and Tohoku region]: Safrole; [M. salicifolia grown in western Tohoku region, Akita and Niigata Pref.]: Methyleugenol Lignans & Neolignans: Magnosalin; [M. salicifolia]: Magnosalin, Magnoshinin Alkaloids: d-Coclaurine, l-N-Methylcoclaurine, d-Reticuline, Yuzirine |
| Pharmacological effects | Antibacterial (pathogenic cutaneous Trichophyton) and antiallergy |
| Indications | As tranquilizer and painkiller, it is used to treat rhinitis and empyema. |
| Diseases | Headache, Nasal obstruction, Pituita, Sinusitis |
| Formulas | kakkontokasenkyushin'i , saikatsutokasenkyushin'i , shin'iseihaito , reitakutsukitokashin'i |
| Meridian tropism | Lung, Stomach |
| Property | Neutral |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Diaphoretics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To disperse wind-cold, relieve the stuffy nose. Used for wind-cold headache, nasal congestion, nasal discharge, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis. |
| 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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