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Saposhnikovia Root and Rhizome
Saposhnikovia Root and Rhizome
真防風
Market name:真防風
Photo location:Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med.
TMPW No.:1033
Saposhnikovia divaricata
Plant name:Saposhnikovia divaricata
Photo location:Mongolia
Photo date:2004
Photographer:K. Komatsu

Synonym  
Latin name Saposhnikoviae Radix
Botanical source: Family name Umbelliferae
Botanical source: Plant name Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischkin (IPNI:847902-1)
Part used Root
Empirical criteria for quality selection Good one is thick and long. The exterior is light yellow and the interior is dense. Generally, there are dark brown fibrous remains of leaf bases at the top of the root. (TN)
Constituents Monosaccharides:
D-Mannitol

Terpenoids (Essential oils):
Essential oil

Chromones:
5-O-Methyl visamminol, Cimifugin, Hamaudol, and its glucoside

Coumarins:
Deltoinin
Pharmacological effects Antipyretic (decoction).
Indications As a diaphoretic, carminative, antifebrile and painkiller, it is applied to relieve cold, headache, fever without sweat, arthralgia, convulsion of limbs and tetanus.
Diseases Common cold, Fever, Chill, Headache, Somatic pain, Swelling and pain of joint, Twitch of the muscles, Convulsion, Itching, Tetanus
Formulas kufugedokusan , keigairengyoto , keishishakuyakuchimoto , keibohaidokusan , shozokumeito , shofusan , jumihaidokuto , jurokumiryukiin , jingyokyokatsuto , jingyobofuto , seijokentsuto , seijobofuto , senkanmeimokuto , senkyuchachosan , senkin'naitakusan , sokeikakketsuto , daibofuto , chotosan , jizusoippo , jizusoippokyodaio , tokiinshi , dokkatsuto , bofutsushosan , rikkosan , reitakutsukito , reitakutsukitokashin'i
Meridian tropism Urinary bladder, Liver, Spleen
Property Slightly warm
Flavor Acrid/pungent, Sweet
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" Superior
TCM: Classification Diaphoretics
TCM: Medicinal effects To induce perspiration, to dispel wind, to alleviate rheumatic conditions, and to relieve spasm.
Used for headache in colds, urticaria, rheumatic arthralgia, and tetanus.
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
Saposhnikovia divaricata Schischkin (IPNI:847902-1)
 

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