Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 蘇木 |
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| Formal name | 蘇木 | |
| Japanese name | そぼく, Soboku | |
| Vernacular name | Sumu | |
| Latin name | Sappan Lignum (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Sappan Wood (JP), (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Caesalpinia sappan L., (Suo) | |
| Family name | Leguminosae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | heart wood |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1972/12/00 | |
| TMPW No. | 2641 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 蘇木, Sumu, Sappan Lignum (JP18), (CP2020), Sappan Wood (JP18), (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 蘇方木 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Caesalpinia sappan Linn., (Suō) | |||||
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| Family name | Leguminosae | |||||
| Used part | heart wood | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Sumu has white outer surface. The heart wood is deep red preferably. (NI) | |||||
| Official compendium | JHMC (1989), JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As a painkiller, antiinflammatory, for removing blood stasis and stimulating menstrual discharge, Sumu is applied for nausea and vomiting after delivery, amenorrhea, abdominal pain, paramenia, pain due to abscesses, and traumatic injuries. It is used mainly as a dye. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for invigorating blood circulation | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Neutral; sweet and salty. [Meridian Tropism] Heart, liver and spleen meridians. [Actions] To activate blood to eliminate stasis, disperse swelling and relieve pain. [Indications] lnjuries from falls and tights, fracture and sinew injury, stasis and stagnation, swelling and pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis and obstructlon, stabbing pain in the chest and the abdomen, swelling and painful abscesses and cellulitis. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Monoterpenoids (*C1): d-alpha-Phellandrene Neoflavanoids & Homoisoflavonoids (*C1): Brasilin, Brasilein | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Vomiting, cathartic, hypnogenesis (anesthesia in high dose), central inhibition, antibacterial (Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, paratyphoid bacillus, diarrhea due to bacillus, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.). | |||||
| DNA sequence | U74190 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Menorrhalgia, Amenorrhea, Hyperemesis after childbirth, Swelling and pain due to contusion, Urticaria, Itching, Paralysis, Tetanus | |||||
| Formulation | Orenshodokuin, Katsuketsusan'oto, Tsudosan, Tokishusan | |||||
| Related drugs | "Patanga" (Ayurveda), "Brasil Wood" Fernambuci Lignum | |||||
| 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 184-186. | |||||
| Remarks | Sumu was used as a deep red dye in ancient times. Fernambuci Lignum, or Brasil Wood is the heart wood of Caesalpinia echinata Lamarck which grows in South America. It contains yellow dye brasilin, as well as Sumu, which turns to brasilein red after being oxidized. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2024/02/02 | |||||
