Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 紫菀 |
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| Formal name | 紫菀 | |
| Japanese name | しおん, Shion | |
| Vernacular name | Ziwan | |
| Latin name | Asteris Radix (Non-JPS), Asteris Radix et Rhizoma (CP) | |
| English name | Aster Root (Non-JPS), Tatarian Aster Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Aster tataricus L.f., (Shion) | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root + rhizome |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1974/12/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 1147 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 紫菀, Ziwan, Asteris Radix (Non-JPS2022), Asteris Radix et Rhizoma (CP2020), Aster Root (Non-JPS2022), Tatarian Aster Root (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 軟紫菀 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Aster tataricus L.f., (Shion) | |||||
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| Family name | Compositae | |||||
| Used part | root and rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Ziwan is purple outside and white inside. It has many soft, slender and evenly shaped roots. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | Non-JPS (2022), CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an antitussive and expectorant, ziwan is applied for chronic cough, asthma and hemosputum. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Antitussives and antiasthmatics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent, bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Lung meridian. [Actions] To moisten the lung, direct qi downward, resolve phlegm and suppress cough. [Indications] Profuse sputum, wheezing, acute or chronic cough, cough caused in consumptive disease with hemoptysis. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Triterpenoids (*C1, C2): Shionone, Epifriedelinol, Friedelin Flavones & Flavonols (*C1, C2): Quercetin | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Bacteriostatic （Gram-negative bacteria such as colibacillus，Salmonella typhi，paratyphoid bacillus，Pseudomonas aeruginosae，Vibrio cholerae, etc.） | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF245439; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Cough, Expectoration of sputum, Asthma | |||||
| Formulation | Kyososan, Shionsan, Shijunto, Fuhishomyakusankabyakukyu, Yakammaoto, Ikeigoshijunto | |||||
| Related drugs | Shanziwan (Yingziwan) (see "Remarks") | |||||
| References | Non-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022. CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, P 161-163. C2) Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook，P217. | |||||
| Remarks | There are two commodities in the market now. One is "Ziwan (Ruanziwan)" and the other is "Shanziwan (Yingziwan)". The real "Shanziwan" is the subterranean part of Ligularia fischeri Turcz.(Jap. name: Otakarako) and other species of family Compositae. Though there are other "Ziwans" which originate form family Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Liliaceas, etc., they are fake. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/08/29 | |||||
