Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 陽春砂 |
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| Formal name | 陽春砂 | |
| Japanese name | ようしゅんしゃ, Yōshunsha | |
| Vernacular name | Yangchunsha | |
| Latin name | Amomi Fructus (CP) | |
| English name | Villous Amomum Fruit (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Amomum villosum Lour. | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | mature fruit |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Traditional Chinese Medicine Exhibition | |
| Collection date | 1966/06/00 | |
| TMPW No. | 1748 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 陽春砂, Yangchunsha, Amomi Fructus (CP2020), Villous Amomum Fruit (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 砂仁, 春砂, 春砂仁 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Amomum villosum Loureiro | |||||
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| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature fruit | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an aromatic stomachic and antiflatulent, Yangchunsha is applied for weakness of digestive system, gastric stagnation, dyspeptic and nervous diarrhea. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Aromatic drugs for resolving dampness | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Spleen, stomach and kidney meridians. [Actions] To resolve dampness to increase the appetite, warm the spleen to check diarrhea, regulate qi to prevent miscarriage. [Indications] Dampness-turbidity obstruction in the middle, epigastric stuffiness, spleen-stomach deficiency cold, vomiting, diarrhea, morning sickness, threatened abortion. | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF090712, AF090713 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Full stomach, Abdominal pain, Nausea, Vomitting, Anorexia, Hyperemesis gravidarum, Diarrhea, Muddy and watery stool, Threatened abortion, Threatened abortion | |||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula | |||||
| Related drugs | Suosha (Amomum Seed) | |||||
| References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 242-244. | |||||
| Remarks | The name Yangchunsha (陽春砂) comes from the main production area Yangchun of Guangdong Prov. In addition, it is cultivated in other areas in Guangdong Prov., Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and southern Yunnan Province. - Hainanqiaosha (海南殻砂): The fruit of Amomum longiligulare T.L. Wu. - Hainantusha (海南土砂): The fruit of Amomum chinense Rosc. The Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China defines the mature fruits of Amomum villosum Lour. (Yangchunsha), Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides T.L. Wu et Senjen (= A. xanthioides Wall.) and A. longiligulare T.L. Wu as Sharen (砂仁). | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
