Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 木別子 |
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| Formal name | 木鼈子 | |
| Japanese name | もくべつし, Mokubetsushi | |
| Vernacular name | Mubiezi | |
| Latin name | Momordicae Semen (CP) | |
| English name | Cochinchina Momordica Seed (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Momordica cochinchinensis Spreng., (Mokubetsushi) | |
| Family name | Cucurbitaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1974/12/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 2145 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 木鼈子, Mubiezi, Momordicae Semen (CP2020), Cochinchina Momordica Seed (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Momordica cochinchinensis Sprengel, (Mokubetsushi) | |||||
| Family name | Cucurbitaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature seed | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an anti-inflammatory and antidote, it is employed for the treatment of abscesses, mastitis, sore, hemorrhoids, and scrofula. It is mainly used for external applications. Caution is needed for internal application. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | External drugs | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cool; bitter and mild sweet; toxic. [Meridian Tropism] Liver, spleen and stomach meridians. [Actions] To dissipate binds and disperse swelling, expel toxin and treat sore. [Indications] Sore and ulcer, swelling and toxin, acute mastitis, scrofula, hemorrhoids and fistula, dry ringworm, favus. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Triterpenoids (*C1): Momordic acid（種子, 根茎/seed, rhizome） Triterpenoid saponins (*C1): Momordin（根/root） Sterols (*C1): alpha-Spinasterol（根茎/rhizome） Other nitrogen containing compounds (*C1): Pipecolic acid（種子/seed） | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Decrease in the blood pressure (water leaching, ethanol leaching). | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Cervical lymphadenopathy, Pyogenic dermatosis | |||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula | |||||
| References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 220-221. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/28 | |||||
