Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 天門冬 |
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| Formal name | 天門冬 | |
| Japanese name | てんもんどう, Temmondō | |
| Latin name | Asparagi Radix (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Asparagus Root (JP), Cochinchinese Asparagus Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr., (Kusasugikazura) | |
| Family name | Liliaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | tuberous root |
| TMPW No. | 184 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 天門冬, Tianmendong, Asparagi Radix (JP), (CP), Asparagus Root (JP), Cochinchinese Asparagus Root (CP) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 天冬 (Tiandong) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Asparagus cochinchinensis Merrill, (Kusasugikazura) | |||||
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| Family name | Liliaceae | |||||
| Used part | tuberous root (without periderm) | |||||
| Quality for selection | Those that are thick-fleshed, dense, and yellowish-white and semi-translucent are considered of good quality. Products from Guizhou Province are regarded as being of superior quality (chuan tian dong) (TN). | |||||
| Official compendium | JHMC (1989), CP (2025 ed.), JP XIX | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as an antitussive, diuretic, mild laxative, nourishing, and tonic agent, and is indicated for cough, hemoptysis, and dry cough in debilitated patients, as well as for constipation due to intestinal dryness. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for replenishing Yin-vital essence | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; bitter and sweet. [Meridian Tropism] Lung and kidney meridians. [Actions] To nourish yin and moisten dryness, clear the heat and engender fluid. [Indications] Dry cough caused by lung dryness, whooping cough , greasy phlegm, limp aching in the lower back and knees, bone-steaming and tidal fever, interior heat wasting thirst, heat disease consuming fluid, dry throat and thirst, constipation caused by intestinal dryness. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Sterols (*C1): beta-Sitosterol Steroid saponins & Sapogenins (*C2): Smilageninをアグリコンとするステロイドサポニン Other aromatic compounds (*C1): 5-Methoxy-methylfurfural Amino acids (*C1): Asparagine Others (*C1): 粘液質 | |||||
| Pharmacological effect | Antibacterial (Gram-positive). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AB029804, AB029849; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Cough, Dry cough, Phlegm-free, Hemoptysis, Dyspnea, Chronic bronchitis, Tuberculosis, Sputum with blood, Night sweats, Thirst, Constipation | |||||
| Formulation | Jiinkokato, Seihaito, Ogibekkoto, Kanroin | |||||
| Related drugs | Ophiopogonis Tuber, Shatamuli (Ayurveda) | |||||
| References | JP: The 19th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2025 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 33-34. C2)Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook，p336. | |||||
| Remarks | In the market, the root of Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (Jap. name: Kusasugikazura) as well as that of A. lucidus Lindl. var. pygmaeus Makino, A. filicinum Ham. (Jap. name: Tachitemmondō) and A. schoberioides Kunth (Jap. name: Kijikakushi) may be distributed. Tianmendong has a strong effect of nourishing the lung and kidney. Maimendong (Ophiopogonis Tuber) has an advantage of clearing away heat and relieving dryness of the lung. Both are applied in the combination for the cough of lung tuberculosis. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/05/21 | |||||
