Notopterygium
Market name:蚕羌 Photo location:Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.:13110 |
Plant name:Notopterygium incisum Photo location:Sichuan Prov., China Photo date:2000 Photographer:K. Komatsu |
Synonym | |
Latin name | Notopterygii Rhizoma |
Botanical source: Family name | Umbelliferae |
Botanical source: Plant name | - Notopterygium incisum K.C.Ting ex H.T.Chang (IPNI:845199-1) - Notopterygium forbesii H.Boissieu (IPNI:845196-1) |
Part used | Rhizome |
Empirical criteria for quality selection | The best one is CANQIANG in CN (SANKYO in JP) which has rhizomes that resemble silkworms in shape. It is produced in Sichuan Province. |
Constituents | Other aliphatic and related compounds: Falcarindiol Steroid saponins & Sapogenins: Pregnenolone Phenylpropanoids: trans-Ferulic acid Coumarins: Isoimperatorin, Bergapten, Cnidilin, p-Hydroxyphenethyl anisate, Notopterol, Notoptol, Bergaptol, Nodakenetin, Nodakenin, Decuroside V, Bergamottin, 6'-O-(trans-feruloyl)-Nodakenin, Bergaptol-O-β-glucopyranoside, Demethylfuropinnarin N. incisum: Angelical N. forbesii: Bergaptol-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, 6'-O-trans-Feruloylnodakenin Stilbenes: 4'-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxystilbene |
Pharmacological effects | Unknown |
Indications | As a painkiller, antispasmodic and metabolic promoter, it is applied to treat headache, arthralgia, rheumatism, partial paralysis and general pain. |
Diseases | Common cold, Chill, Fever, Headache, Swelling and pain of joint, Rheumatism |
Formulas | kufugedokusan , keibohaidokusan , jingyokyokatsuto , seishitsuketanto , seijokentsuto , senkanmeimokuto , senkyuchachosan , sokeikakketsuto , daibofuto , dokkatsuto , nijutsuto , bunshinkiin , reitakutsukito , reitakutsukitokashin'i |
Meridian tropism | Urinary bladder, Kidney |
Property | Warm |
Flavor | Acrid/pungent, Bitter |
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
TCM: Classification | Diaphoretics (Diaphoretics with warm property) |
TCM: Medicinal effects | To relieve pain and rheumatic conditions. Used for headache in common cold, rheumatic arthralgia and aching of the back and shoulders. |
Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
References |
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 | |