Sinomenium Stem and Rhizome
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Market name：防已 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：2982A1 |
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Plant name：Sinomenium acutum Photo location：Gifu Pref. Photo date：1995 Photographer：K. Komatsu |
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| Latin name | Sinomeni Caulis et Rhizoma |
| Botanical source: Family name | Menispermaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Sinomenium acutum Rehder et E.H.Wilson (IPNI:581373-1) |
| Part used | Viny stem and rhizome |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | The cross section is brown and has a pattern of chrysanthemum. The real Sinomenium stem and rhizome resembles Akebia stem. (TN) |
| Constituents | Sterols: [S. acutum]: β-Sitosterol, Stigmasterol Isoquinoline alkaloids: [S. acutum]: Sinomenine, Disinomenine, Isosinomenine, Sinactine, Tuduranine, Acutumine, Acutumidine, Sinoacutine, Magnoflorine [C. trilobus]: Trilobine, Isotrilobine, Homotrilobine, Trilobamine, Normenisarine, Cocculolidine, Magnoflorine |
| Pharmacological effects | Antiinflammatory, antiallergic (hot water extract) antiinflammatory, analgesic, and decreases blood pressure (sinomenine). |
| Indications | As an diuretic and painkiller, it is applied to treat nerve pain, rheumatism, arthritis and edema. |
| Diseases | Rheumatism, Arthritis, Arthralgia, Numbness, Thirst, Edema, Pulmonary edema, Ascites, Oliguria, Itching |
| Formulas | karogaihakuto , shozokumeito , sokeikakketsuto , dokkatsuto , boiogito , boibukuryoto , mokuboito |
| Meridian tropism | Urinary bladder, Lung |
| Property | Cold |
| Flavor | Bitter, Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Middle |
| TCM: Classification | Diuretics with removing dampness |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To remove wind and damp, promote the circulation of channels, induce diuresis. Used for wind and damp with numbing, swelling of joints, itching and palsy. |
| 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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