Saposhnikovia Root and Rhizome
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Market name：真防風 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：1033 |
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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
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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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