Stemona Root
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Stemonae Radix |
| Botanical source: Family name | Stemonaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Stemona sessilifolia Miquel (IPNI:77176996-1) - Stemona japonica Miquel (IPNI:77177376-1) - Stemona tuberosa Loureiro (IPNI:742815-1) |
| Part used | Tuberous root |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Unknown |
| Constituents | Alkaloids: S. japonica: Stemonine, Stemonidine, Isostemonidine, Protostemonine S. sessilifolia: Hodorine, Sessilistemonine, Tuberostemonine S. tuberosa: Hypotuberostemonine, Oxotuberostemonine, Tuberostemonine, Isotuberostemonine, Stenine Chinese unidentified species: Sinostemonine, Paipunine |
| Pharmacological effects | |
| Indications | Being antitussive and insecticide, it is applid to treat cough of cold nature such as pulmonary tuberculosis or pertussis, kill roundworm and thread worm. It is also administered topically to itch and lice. |
| Diseases | Cough, Sputum with blood, Pertussis, Scabies, Trichomoniasis, Lice, Roundworm, Enterobiasis |
| Formulas | |
| Meridian tropism | Lung |
| Property | Slightly warm |
| Flavor | Sweet, Bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | |
| TCM: Classification | Expectrants and antiasthmatics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To moisten the lung direct qi downward to suppress cough, kill worms and lice. For acute and chronic cough, lung consumption with cough, whooping cough; Topically, head lice, body lice, enterobiasis, pudendal itching. |
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