Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 川骨 |
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| Formal name | 川骨 | |
| Japanese name | せんこつ, Semkotsu | |
| Vernacular name | Ssemkotsu | |
| Latin name | Nupharis Rhizoma (JP) | |
| English name | Nuphar Rhizome (JP) | |
| Original plant name | Nuphar japonicum DC., (Kōhone) | |
| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Production area information | Japan | |
| Collection information | Japan, Osaka Pref. , Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1972/04/13 | |
| TMPW No. | 235 | |
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Collection information
Japan,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 川骨, Semkotsu, Nupharis Rhizoma (JP18), Nuphar Rhizome (JP18) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 萍蓬草 (Pingpengcao) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Nuphar japonica De Candolle1, Nuphar pumila De Candolle2, (Kōhone1, Nemurokōhone2) or their interspecific hybrids | |||||
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| Family name | Nymphaeaceae | |||||
| Used part | rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good one is thick and fresh. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII | |||||
| Clinical application | As hemostatic, diuretic, tonic, and for removing blood stasis, Nupharis Rhizoma is applied to treat gynecologic disease such as before and after childbirth and menstrual irregularity, bruise, edema, exhaustion and gastrointestinal disease. | |||||
| Medical system | Folk medicine | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Tannins (*C2): タンニン類/tannins Alkaloids (*C1): Nupharidine, Deoxynupharidine, Nupharamine, Nuphamine, Anhydronuphamine, Dehydrodeoxynupharidine | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | To smooth muscles of organ (nupharidine: contraction in low dose; suppression in high dose). Sedation (deoxynupharidine). | |||||
| DNA sequence | D85295, AB022734, AF117091, AF117092, AF117093 | |||||
| Disease | Edema, Contusion, Dizzy after childbirth, Irregular menstruation, Perspiration, Malaise, Hysteria | |||||
| Formulation | Anzanto, Jidabokuippo | |||||
| Related drugs | The root of Nuphar pumilum (Timm.) DC. | |||||
| References | (JP18): The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 38-39. C2)Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 301. | |||||
| Remarks | In China, the root of Nuphar pumilum (Timm.) DC. (Jap. name: Nemurokōhone) is called Pingpengcaogen. In Japan Semkotsu (川骨) is blended into medicines such as Jitsubo-san for women's diseases. It is also used as a raw material for domestic medicine. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/12/12 | |||||
