Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 塊花 |
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| Formal name | 槐花 | |
| Japanese name | かいか, Kaika | |
| Vernacular name | Huaihua | |
| Latin name | Sophorae Flos (Non-JPS), (CP) | |
| English name | Sophora Japonica Flower (Non-JPS), Pagodatree Flower (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Sophora japonica L., (Enju) | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | flos |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1972/12/00 | |
| TMPW No. | 2288 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 槐花, Huaihua, Sophorae Flos (Non-JPS2022, CP2020), Sophora Japonica Flower (Non-JPS2022), Pagodatree Flower (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 槐米, 槐花米 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Sophora japonica Linn., (Enju) | |||||
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| Family name | Leguminosae | |||||
| Used part | flos | |||||
| Official compendium | Non-JPS (2022), CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As a reinforcement of blood vessel, huaihua is applied to prevent hypertension. It is also used as hemostatic for purpura, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, hematemesis, epistaxis and metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Hemostatics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; mild bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Liver and large intestine meridians. [Actions] To cool the blood and arrest bleeding, clear the liver and purge fire. [Indications] Bloody stool, hemorrhoid bleeding, blood dysentery, flooding and spotting, hematemesis, epistaxis, red eyes caused by liver-heat, headache and dizziness. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Triterpenoids (*C1): Betulin, Sophoradiol Flavones & Flavonols (*C1): Rutin, Kaempferol, Sophoroside (*C2): Quercetin Other nitrogen containing compounds (*C1): Genistein配糖体 | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Contraction of vascular smooth-muscle (rutin). | |||||
| DNA sequence | U74230 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Hematochezia, Bleeding hemorrhoids, Nasal hemorrhage, Hematemesis, Red eye, Headache, Restlessness | |||||
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| Related drugs | Sophora Japonica Fruits. | |||||
| 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. II, pp 110-112. C2) Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 287. | |||||
| Remarks | The extract of Huaihua is a raw material for rutin. The mature fruit of Huaihua is called Huaijiao (槐角) or Huaishi (槐実). It is also used as a remedy for hemostatic and hypotensive. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/19 | |||||
