Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 延胡索 |
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| Formal name | 延胡索 | |
| Japanese name | えんごさく, Engosaku | |
| Vernacular name | Yanhusuo | |
| Latin name | Corydalis Tuber (JP), Corydalis Rhizoma (CP) | |
| English name | Corydalis Tuber (JP), Yanhusuo (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Corydalis turtschaninovii Besser f. yanhusuo Y.H. Chou et C.C. Hsu | |
| Family name | Papaveraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | tuber |
| Production area information | People's Republic of China | |
| Collection information | Japan, Osaka Pref. , Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1978/04/00 | |
| TMPW No. | 2970 | |
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 延胡索, Yanhusuo, Corydalis Tuber (JP18), Corydalis Rhizoma (CP2020), Corydalis Tuber (JP18), Yanhusuo (CP2020) | ||||||
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| Synonyms | 元胡, 玄胡索 | ||||||
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| Original plant name | Corydalis turtschaninovii Besser forma yanhusuo Y. H. Chou et C. C. Hsu | ||||||
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| Family name | Papaveraceae | ||||||
| Used part | tuber | ||||||
| Quality for selection | The grain of good Yanhusuo is round, big and yellow. (TN) | ||||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | ||||||
| Clinical application | As an antispasmodic, painkiller, peptic ulcer, yanhusuo is applied for headache, heartburn, stomachache, abdominal pain and algomenorrhea. Especially good for hypogastric pain due to paramenia. It is also applied to cure gastric and duodenal ulcer. | ||||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | ||||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for invigorating blood circulation | |||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent and bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Liver and spleen. [Actions] To activate blood, move qi, and relieve pain. [Indications] Pain in the chest, the hypochondrium, epigastrium and abdomen; chest impediment and heart pain, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis and obstruction, swelling and pain caused by traumatic injuries. | ||||||
| Chemical constituent | Isoquinoline alkaloids Corydalis spp. (*C1): dl-Tetrahydropalmatine, l-Tetrahydrocoptisine, d-Corydaline, d-Base II, dl-Base II, l-Canadine, l-Tetrahydrocolumbamine, d-Corybulbine, l-Scoulerine, Coptisine, Dehydrocorydaline, Dehydrothalictrifoline, Berberine, Dehydrocorybulbine, Columbamine, d-Glaucine, d-Isocorydine, Columbamine, d-Norisocorydine, Bulbocapnine, Protopine, alpha-Allocryptopine, Ambiguapine C. decumbens (*C2): Palmatine, Tetrahydropalmatine, Decumbensine, Protopine, Bulbocapnine, Adlumidine | ||||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Analgesic (extract), suppression of central nervous system, analgesic (tetrahydropalmatine), suppression of gastric acid release (dehydrocorydaline)． | ||||||
| DNA sequence | AF093722,AF094544,U86622; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | ||||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | ||||||
| Disease | Menorrhalgia, Amenorrhea, Hyperemesis after childbirth, Chest pain, Upper abdominal pain, Swelling and pain due to contusion, Lower abdominal pain, Gastric ulcer, Duodenal ulcer | ||||||
| Formulation | Anchusan, Ureitsukito, Goshitsusan, Sesshoin, Hachimisenkiho | ||||||
| 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, pp 83-86. C2) Shoyakugaku Zasshi,47,440(1993). | ||||||
| Remarks | Corydalis turtschaninovii forma yanhusuo is cultivated in Zhejiang Prov. and Jiamgsu Prov. in China. Though, the tuber of this species is the genuine one, C. nakaii Ishidoya (Kōraiengosaku) is produced in Inner Mongolia, the provinces of Northeast Part and the Korean Peninsula. | ||||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | ||||||
