Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 白芨 |
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| Formal name | 白芨 | |
| Japanese name | びゃっきゅう, Byakkyū | |
| Latin name | Bletillae Rhizoma (CP), Bletillae Tuber | |
| English name | Common Bletilla Tuber (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Bletilla striata (Thunb. ex Murray) Reichb. f., (Shiran) | |
| Family name | Orchidaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | tuber |
| TMPW No. | 1083 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 白芨, Baiji, Bletillae RhizomaCP, Common Bletilla TuberCP, Bletilla Tuber | |||||
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| Original plant name | Bletilla striata (Thunb. ex Murray) Reichenbach f., (Shiran) | |||||
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| Family name | Orchidaceae | |||||
| Used part | tuber | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as a hemostatic, pus-discharging, mucilaginous, and demulcent agent to control hematemesis, hemoptysis, and epistaxis. It is applied externally for carbuncles, cuts, burns, and other skin injuries. Nowadays, it is distributed mainly for industrial use as a binder in ceramic manufacturing rather than for medicinal purposes. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Hemostatics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Mild cold; bitter, sweet and astringent. [Meridian Tropism] Lung, liver and stomach meridians. [Actions] To stanch bleeding with astringent, disperse swelling and promote tissue regeneration. [Indications] Hemoptysis, hematemesis, traumatic bleeding, sore and ulcer, swelling and toxin, chapped skin. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Polysaccharides (*C1): Bletilla-glucomannan (D-mannose:D-glucose=3:1), 澱粉/starch Other aromatic compounds B. striata (*C2-C4): Blestrin A, Blestrin B, Blestrianol A, Blestrianol B, Blestrianol C, Blesterin C, Blesterin D | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Suppression of bacteria (Gram-positive, tubercule bacillus, spore) | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF263630, AF074114 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Hematemesis, Hemoptysis, Nasal hemorrhage, Bleeding, Incised wound | |||||
| Formulation | Fuhishomyakusankabyakukyu | |||||
| Related drugs | Salep Tuber: the corm of Orchis morio L. of family Orchidaceae (genus Orchis), Anacamptis pyramidalis Richard and Platanthera bifolia Richard. | |||||
| References | CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2025 edi. C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 52-53. C2) Phytochemistry, 29, 1259 (1990). C3) Phytochemistry, 30, 2733 (1991). C4) Phytochemistry, 31, 3985 (1992). | |||||
| Remarks | Bletilla ochracea Schltr. is used as Baiji in the west and north areas of Sichuan Province. Baiji has been regularly used for curing pulmonary hemorrhage since ancient times. At present, it is used regularly for curing hemoptysis by the doctors of Chinese Traditional Medicine or a folk medicine. In Japan, it was used for mucus production and lenitive as a substitute for an European crude drug, Salep Tuber, however, it is seldom used nowadays. Salep Tuber is the corm of Orchis morio L. of family Orchidaceae (genus Orchis), Anacamptis pyramidalis Richard and Platanthera bifolia Richard. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/22 | |||||
