Crude drug sample data base
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Production area information
People's Republic of China,Shaanxi Prov.
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34.6937378
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Collection information
Japan,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
Common name | 天麻, Tianma, Gastrodiae Tuber (JP18), Gastrodiae Rhizoma (CP2020), Gastrodia Tuber (JP18), Tall Gastrodia Tuber (CP2020) | |||||
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Original plant name | Gastrodia elata Blume, (Oninoyagara) | |||||
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Family name | Orchidaceae | |||||
Used part | tuber (without cortex) | |||||
Quality for selection | Good Tianma is preferably large and shaped like a gourd or foot. It is yellowish-white and transparent. (NI) | |||||
Official compendium | JHMC (1989), CP (2020 ed.), JP XVIII | |||||
Clinical application | As a tranquilizer and antispasmodic, Tianma is applied for headache, dizziness, hysteria, epilepsy, hemiplegia, convulsion of limbs, general pain and arthralgia due to rheumatism. | |||||
Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Anticonvulsives | ||||
Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Neutral; sweet. [Meridian Tropism] Liver meridian. [Actions] To extinguish wind to arrest convulsions, pacify and repress the liver yang, dispel wind and unblock the collaterals. [Indications] Infantile convulsion, epilepsy, convulsions, tetanus, headache and dizziness, paralyzed limbs, numbness of the limbs, painful impediment caused by wind-dampness. | |||||
Chemical constituent | Vitamin A derivatives (Retinoids) (*C1): Vitamin A様物質/ Vitamin A like substances Phenol derivatives (*C1,C2): Vanillyl alcohol, Vanillin | |||||
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Pharmacological effect | Antispasm. | |||||
DNA sequence | Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") | ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
Disease | Vertigo, Headache, Stagger, Nausea, Vomitting, Convulsion, Swelling and pain of joint, Numbness, Feeling of heavy and dull, Numbness, Conversion | |||||
Formulation | Hangebyakujutsutemmato | |||||
References | C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 15-16. C2)Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 321. | |||||
Remarks | Gastrodia elata Blume (Jap. name: Oninoyagara) grows naturally in Japan. However, it is not produced for commercial purpose. The fake one, which is the dried Solanum tuberosum L. (Jap. name: Jagaimo) is circulated in the market under the name "Yang-Tianma" or "Gui-Tianma". Therefore, care should be taken. | |||||
Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||