Crude drug sample data base
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Production area information
People's Republic of China,Jiangxi Prov.
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34.6937378
135.50216509999996
Collection information
Japan,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
Common name | 車前子, Cheqianzi, Plantaginis Semen (JP18, CP2020), Plantago Seed (JP18), Plantain Seed (CP2020) | |||||
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Original plant name | Plantago asiatica Linn., (Ōbako) | |||||
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Family name | Plantaginaceae | |||||
Used part | seed | |||||
Quality for selection | Good one is shiny blackish color and sinks in water (TN). | |||||
Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
Clinical application | It is mainly used as a decoction for water retention, gonorrhea, antidiarrheal, clear-eyed, expectorant and antitussive. It is used in a few prescriptions for urinary tract diseases. It is also used as a raw material for compound medicine (antitussive expectorant), but it is contraindicated for pregnant women because it is a lubricant and excretory. | |||||
Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Diuretics removing dampness | ||||
Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; sweet. [Meridian Tropism] Liver, kidney, lung and small intestine meridians. [Actions] To clear heat, disinhibit urine and relieve stranguria, drain dampness to check diarrhea, improve vision, and dispel phlegm. [Indications] Heat strangury with slow pain, edema distention and fullness, diarrhea caused by summerheat-dampness, red painful swelling eyes, phlegm-heat cough. | |||||
Chemical constituent | Other aliphatic and related compounds (*C1): Plantenolic acid, Succinic acid Polysaccharides (*C1): Plantasan, Plantagomucilage A Monoterpenoids (*C2): Aucubin, Geniposidic acid Carotenoids & Vitamin A (*C1): Vitamin A Phenylpropanoids (*C2): Acteoside, Syringin Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols (*C1): Plantagoside Simple nitrogen containing compounds (*C1): Adenine, Choline Sulfur containing alkaloids (*C1): Vitamin B1 | |||||
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Pharmacological effect | Diuretic action. Simultaneously increases excretion of urea, sodium chloride, uric acid, etc. in addition to water. | |||||
DNA sequence | L36454, AJ236046; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") | ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
Disease | Oliguria, Urodynia, Dysuria, Vomitting, Diarrhea, Red eye, Decreaced vision, Muscae valitantes, Corneal opacity, Cough, A lot of sputum | |||||
Formulation | Goshajinkigan, Gorinsan, Seishinrenshiin, Ryutan-shakan-to, Meiroin, Ryutan-shakan-to, Meiganippo | |||||
Related drugs | Plantaginis Herba | |||||
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 228-229. C2)Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 224. | |||||
Last renewal date | 2022/01/21 | |||||