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| Common name | 荷葉, Heye, Nelumbinis Folium (CP2020), Lotus Leaf (CP2020) |
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| Original plant name | Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner, (Hasu) |
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| Family name | Nymphaeaceae |
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| Used part | leaf |
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| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) |
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| Clinical application | As an antifebrile, diuretic, hemostatic and removing blood stasis, it is applied in diarrhea, abdominal pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding and edema. |
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| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine |
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Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for eliminating heat from blood |
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| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Neutral; bitter. .
[Meridian Tropism] Liver, spleen and stomach meridians.
[Actions] To clear summerheat and resolve dampness, upraise the clear yang, cool the blood to stanch bleeding.
[Indications] Vexation and thirst caused by summer-heat, diarrhea caused by summerheat-dampness, diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, blood heat with hematemesis, bloody stool, flooding and spotting. |
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| Chemical constituent | Flavones & Flavonols (*C1):
Nelumboside (= Quercetinglucoglucuronide)
Alkaloids (*C1):
Nuciferine, Roemerine, Nornuciferine, dl-Armepavine, N-Methylcoclaurine, Anonaine, d-Pronuciferine, Liriodenine
(*C2):
Neferine
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| Chemical structure | |
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| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. |
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| DNA sequence | M77033, M82396, M82397, M82398, M82399, M82400, M82401, M82402 |
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Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") | ※Click this image to see the actual image |
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| Disease | Fever, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Bleeding, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage, Hematochezia, Dizzy after childbirth, Edema |
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| Formulation | rarely used in formula |
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| Related drugs | Nelumbis Semen, Nelumbinis Fructus (matured), Nelumbinis Plumula, Nelumbinis Receptaculum, Nelumbinis Stamen, Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Nodus
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| References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. Ⅱ, pp 91-92.
C2)Yakugaku Zasshi, p 85, 335, 1965 |
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| Remarks | In China, the petiole is called Hegen (荷梗) and is also used as a medicine. |
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| Last renewal date | 2021/09/28 |
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