Tribulus Fruit
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Market name：蒺藜子 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：16226 |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Tribuli Fructus |
| Botanical source: Family name | Zygophyllaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Tribulus terrestris Linné (IPNI:873489-1) |
| Part used | Fruit |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Unknown |
| Constituents | Lipids: Terpenoids (Essential oils): Triterpenoids: Saponin Alkaloids: |
| Pharmacological effects | Decreasing blood pressure (water leaching, alcohol leaching), mild diuresis (alkaloid fraction). |
| Indications | As a diuretic, antiinflammatory drug and for clearing blood, Jilizi is applied for headache, eye disease, cessation of milk and menstrual irregularity. |
| Diseases | Headache, Vertigo, Pain due to flatulence of hypochondrium, Hypogalactia, Red eye, Rubella, Itching, Amenorrhea, Lower abdominal pain |
| Formulas | senkanmeimokuto , tokiinshi |
| Meridian tropism | Liver |
| Property | Slightly warm |
| Flavor | Acrid/pungent, Bitter |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Superior |
| TCM: Classification | Pacifying liver and anticonvulsant |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To subdue hyperactivity of the liver, to promote blood circulation, to dispel wind, to clear the eye of opacity, and to arrest itching.: For headache and dizziness, distending pain in the chest and costal regions, cessation of milk secretion, mastitis, redness of eye with formation of nebula, and urticaria with itching. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. "Baijili" (Jap. name: Hakushitsuri) which is listed in Materia Medicas is the seed of Astragalus complanatus R. Br. of family Leguminosae. At present, it is called "Shayuanzi" (Jap. name: Saenshi). There is a product named Ruanjili which corresponds to "Yingjili", in an area of Shandong Province of China. It is the fruit of Atriplex sibirica L. of family Chenopodiaceae (allied species of Hamaakaza, Jap. name). In Boxian of Anhui Prov., there are Tonjili (Jap. name: Doshitsuri) and Bojili (Jap. name: Hakushitsuri). These are the seeds of family Leguminosae such as Astragalus complanatus, A. chinensis L. f., Swainsona salsula (Pall) Taub., Crotalaria mucronata Desv., and A. adsurgens Pall. |
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