Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 菱の実 |
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| Formal name | 菱の実 | |
| Japanese name | ひしのみ, Hishinomi | |
| Vernacular name | Hishinomi | |
| Latin name | Trapae Fructus (Non-JPS) | |
| English name | Water Chestnut (Non-JPS) | |
| Original plant name | Trapa japonica Flerow1, Trapa incisa Sieb. et Zucc.2, (Trapa natans L. var. japonica Nakai3), (Hishi1, Himebishi2) [Onibishi3] | |
| Family name | Trapaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | mature fruit |
| TMPW No. | 10422 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 菱の実, Lingshi, Trapae Fructus (Non-JPS2022), Water Chestnut (Non-JPS2022) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 菱実 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Trapa japonica Flerow1，Trapa incisa Siebold et Zuccarini2 or Trapa japonica Flerow var. rubeola Ohwi3, (Hishi1, Himebishi2, Mebishi3) | |||||
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| Family name | Trapaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature fruit | |||||
| Official compendium | Non-JPS (2022) | |||||
| Clinical application | Antipyretic, stomachic and revitalizing remedy. It is used as a folk medicine as it is digestive, anthelmintic, antidote and anticancer. | |||||
| Medical system | Folk medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Japan | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Sterols (*C1): 4,6,8,(14), 22-Ergostatetraen-3-one, 22-Dihydrostigmast-4-ene-3,6-dione, beta-sitosterol | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. | |||||
| DNA sequence | L10226 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Dyspepsia, Heat exhaustion, Diarrhea, Fever | |||||
| Formulation | not used in formula | |||||
| Related drugs | Frutis of Trapa bispinosa Roxb. and Trapa maximowiczii Korsch. | |||||
| References | Non-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 252-253. | |||||
| Remarks | In China, the fruit of Trapa bispinosa Roxb. (Jap. name: Tōbishi) or Trapa maximowiczii Korsch is called Lingjiao (Jap. name: Ryōkaku). It is a raw material for crude drug formulation. The starch of the fruit is used for food and brewing wine. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/21 | |||||
