Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 地骨皮 |
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| Formal name | 地骨皮 | |
| Japanese name | じこっぴ, Jikoppi | |
| Vernacular name | Digupi | |
| Latin name | Lycii Cortex (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Lycium Bark (JP), Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Lycium chinense Mill., Kuko | |
| Family name | Solanaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root bark |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1974/12/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 2441 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 地骨皮, Digupi, Lycii Cortex (JP18, CP2020), Lycium Bark (JP18), Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 南骨皮（杜骨皮）, 江北骨皮, 古城骨皮, 津骨皮 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Lycium chinense Miller1, Lycium barbarum Linn.2, (Kuko1, Nagabakuko2) | |||||
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| Family name | Solanaceae | |||||
| Used part | root bark | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Digupi is the vorticose root bark which was made from a thick root. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JHMC (1989), CP (2020 ed.), JP XVIII | |||||
| Clinical application | As an antifebrile and tonic agent, Digupi is applied for afternoon fever and night sweat in tuberculosis, cough, hematemesis, diabetes, excessive perspiration due to deficiency of yin. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for fever of deficiency type | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; sweet. [Meridian Tropism] Lung, liver and kidney meridians. [Actions] To cool the blood and relieve steaming, clear the heat and downbear fire. [Indications] Yin deficiency tidal fever, steaming bone, night sweating, cough caused by lung-heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis, interior heat wasting-thirst. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Amino acids (*C1): Betaine | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Transient increase in the blood sugar, antipyretic. | |||||
| DNA sequence | AB051022, AB036550, AB036579, AB036608, AB036637, AB036543, AB036572, AB036601; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Fever, Night sweats, Cough, Rapid breathing, Sputum with blood, Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage | |||||
| Formulation | Seishinrenshiin, Jiinshihoto, Jingyobekkoto, Ekigento, Ogibekkoto, Kagenshahakusan, Shahakusan, Teizento | |||||
| Related drugs | Lycium Fruit, Lycium Leaf | |||||
| References | JP18: The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. II, pp 137-138. | |||||
| Remarks | On the market, the commodity standards are fixed by the production area. (1) Nangupi (Dugupi): produced in Suzhou Jiangsu Prov. or Shanghai area, is of high quality. (2) Jiangbeigupi: produced in the Northern aria of Jiangsu Province, is second-grade. (3) Guchenggupi: produced in Chuxian Tongling Province, is slightly lower quality. (4) Jingupi: produced in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan Province. Low quality. Lycii fructus, the fruit of Lycium chinense or L. barbarum, is the drug for tonifying the kidney. In contrast, Digupi, the bark of the above, is the drug for reducing fever. Their medicinal benefits are different. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
