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Market nameインヨウカク
Formal name淫羊藿
Japanese nameいんようかく, In'yokaku
Latin nameEpimedii Herba (JP), Epimedii Folium (CP)
English nameEpimedium Herb (JP), Epimedium Leaf (CP)
Original plant nameEpimedium sp.
Family nameBerberidaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification leaf
Collection informationJapan, Osaka Pref., Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd.
Collection date2007/5/15
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.25371

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Scientific information data base

Common name淫羊藿, Yinyanghuo, Epimedii Herba (JP18), Epimedii Folium (CP2020), Epimedium Herb (JP18), Epimedium Leaf (CP2020)
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Original plant nameEpimedium koreanum Nakai1, Epimedium grandiflorum Morren var. thunbergianum Nakai2, Epimedium pubescens Maximowicz, Epimedium brevicornu Maximowicz, Epimedium wushanense T.S. Ying, Epimedium sagittatum Maximowicz3 or Epimedium sempervirens Nakai4, (Kibanaikarisō1, Ikarisō2, Hozakiikarisō3, Tokiwaikarisō4)
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Family nameBerberidaceae
Used partwhole plant or leaf
Quality for selectionThe one with fresh bluish leaves is of good quality (NI). The leaves with petioles and rhizomes isthe second class (TN).
Official compendiumJP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.)
Clinical applicationIt is used as an aphrodisiac and tonic to treat impotence, weakness of the waist and knees, partial paralysis, and rheumatism. Generally, it is taken by soaking in liquor "Xian ling pi jiu".
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Replenishing Yang(vital function) drugs
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent, sweet.
[Meridian Tropism] Liver and kidney meridians.
[Actions] To tonify the kidney yang, strengthen sinew and bone, dispel wind-dampness.
[Indications] Debilitation of kidney yang, impotence and seminal emission, limp wilting sinew and bone, painful impediment caused by wind-dampness, numbness, spasm and climacteric hypertension.
Chemical constituentLignans & Neolignans
(*C1):
葉/ leaf: (-)-Olivil, Icariresinol

Flavones & Flavonols
(*C1):
茎,葉/ stem, leaf: Icariin
根/ root: Des-O-methylicariin
茎,葉/ stem, leaf: Epimedine A,C

Alkaloids
(*C1):
根/ root: Magnoflorine

Chemical structure


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DNA sequenceL75869, L75875, AF328970
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseImpotence, Infertility, Partial paralysis, Rheumatism, Paralysis,
Formulation,
Related drugsEpimedii Radix
ReferencesJP18: The 18th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia.
CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
B1) Nat.Med.,48(2),141-154;48,(4),253-263(1994).
B2) Shoyakugaku Zasshi,45(2),109-118(1991).
C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. Ⅱ, pp 48-50.
RemarksThe Chinese pharmacopoeia (2020 ed.) defines the aerial part of Epimedium brevicornum Maxim., E. sagittatum Maxim., E. pubescense Maxim. and E. koreanum Nakai as "Yinyanghuo" (淫羊藿).
The ones produced in Sichuan Prov. are mainly E. Pubescens, E. acuminatum Franch., E. wushanense, E. sutchuenense Franch. and E. davidii Franch.
The ones from northeastern China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula are thought to be E. koreanum Nakai, and E. cremeum Nakai (Jap. name: Kibanaikarinsō).
Japanese ones are the dried aerial part or the leaves of E. grandiflorum Morr. var. thunbergianum Nakai (Jap. name: Ikarisō, from Nagano Pref.) and E. sempervirens Nakai var. hypoglaucum Ohwi (Jap. name: Urajiroikarisō, from Niigata Pref.). In Japan, the underground part is called "Ikarisō kon" and is sold separately. (B2)
Last renewal date2022/07/29