Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 石榴実皮 |
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| Formal name | 石榴果皮 | |
| Japanese name | せきりゅうかひ, Sekiryūkahi | |
| Vernacular name | Shiliupi | |
| Latin name | Granati Pericarpium (CP) | |
| English name | Pomegranate Rind (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Punica granatum L., (Zakuro) | |
| Family name | Punicaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit peal, pericarp |
| Identifier | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| TMPW No. | 1737 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 石榴果皮, Shiliuguopi, Granati Pericarpium (CP2020), Pomegranate Rind (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Punica granatum Linn., (Zakuro) | |||||
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| Family name | Punicaceae | |||||
| Used part | pericarp of mature fruit | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an astringent and antidiarrheal, it is applied to treat chronic diarrhea, hematochezia, prolapse, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia, and metrostaxis. It is also employed as an anthelmintic agent against abdominal pain due to enterositosis. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Astringents and haemostatics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; sour and astringent. [Meridian Tropism] Large intestine meridians. [Actions] Astringe the intestines to check diarrhea, stanch bleeding, expel worms. [Indications] Chronic diarrhea and, chronic dysentery, bloody stool, prolapse of the rectum, flooding and spotting, vaginal discharge, abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Tannins (*C1): タンニン類 / tannnins 28％（加水分解後 /after hydrolyzationafter, ellagic acid を生じる） Others (*C1): 粘液質 / mucilage 34％ | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| DNA sequence | U38311, L10223 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Diarrhea, Melena or hematochezia, Proctoptosis, Leukorrhea, Muddy and watery stool, Roundworm, Enterobiasis, Hypermenorrhea, Irregular vaginal bleeding | |||||
| Formulation | Orento | |||||
| Related drugs | Punica granatum root bark and trunk bark | |||||
| References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 283-284. | |||||
| Remarks | The pericarp of Punica granatum L. (Jap. Name: Zakuro) is used as an astringent and antidiarrheal. The root bark or trunk bark is processed to make vermifuge for pork tapeworm. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/01/31 | |||||
