Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 苦参 |
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| Formal name | 苦参 | |
| Japanese name | くじん, Kujin | |
| Vernacular name | Kushen | |
| Latin name | Sophorae Radix (JP), Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (CP) | |
| English name | Sophora Root (JP), Lightyellow Sophora Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Sophora flavescens Aiton, (Kurara) | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Production area information | People's Republic of China, Shaanxi Prov. | |
| Collection information | Japan, Osaka Pref. , Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 2008/9/27 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| TMPW No. | 25890 | |
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Production area information
People's Republic of China,Shaanxi Prov.
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Japan,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 苦参, Kushen, Sophorae Radix (JP18), Sophorae Flavescentis Radix (CP2020), Sophora Root (JP18), Lightyellow Sophora Root (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Sophora flavescens Aiton, (Kurara) | |||||
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| Family name | Leguminosae | |||||
| Used part | root (often without periderm) | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Kushen is long and has less twists and turns. The inside is yellow. It has a strong bitter taste. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an amaroid stomachic, antifebrile, diuretic, antiinflammatory drug, antidiarrheal, for normalizing function of the gall bladder, Kushen is applied for skin disease due to blood heat in limbs, stomatitis, bacterial diarrhea, inflammation of the intestines and oliguria. It is used for eczema and parasitic skin disease externally. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for elimination heat and dampness | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Heart, stomach, large intestine and bladder meridians. [Actions] To clear heat and dry dampness, kill worms, disinhibit urine. [Indications] Heat dysentery, bloody stool, jaundice with annuria, red or white vaginal discharge, pudendal swelling and itch, eczema, dampness sore, itching of skin, scabies and tinea leprosy; Topical application, trichomonas vaginitis. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Sterols (*C1): beta-Sitosterol, Stigmasterol, Campesterol Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols (*C2): Kurarinol, Kurarinone, Kuraridinol, Norkurarinol Isoflavones (*C1): Trifolirhizin Alkaloids (*C1): Matrine, Oxymatrine, Sophoranol, Anagyrine, Methylcytisine, Baptifoline, Sophocarpine, Isomatrine | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Suppression of the stress ulcer (matrine fraction, oxymatrine fraction). Autokinetic disorder, suppression of the vasomotor center (matrine). Antifungal (decoction: various type of cutaneous Trichophyton). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF123452; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Diarrhea, Hematochezia, Bleeding hemorrhoids, Jaundice, Itching, Leukorrhea, Oliguria | |||||
| Formulation | Sammotsuogonto, Shofusan, Tokinentsuto, Tokibaimokujingan | |||||
| 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. I, p 106. C2) Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 287. | |||||
| Remarks | It is used as an ingredient for domestic medicine. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2023/11/24 | |||||
