Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market name荷葉
Formal name荷葉
Japanese nameかよう, Kayō
Vernacular nameHeye
Latin nameNelumbinis Folium (CP)
English nameLotus Leaf (CP)
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification leaf
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Shandong Prov.
Collection informationJapan(ToS), Osaka Pref., Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. [Non-commercial Sample]
Collection date2021/04/01
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.30918

The capital city, provincial capital city or the representative  
location of its administrative area is indicated.  
36.6512
117.12009499999999
Production area information
People's Republic of China,Shandong Prov.
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34.6937249
135.5022535
Collection information
Japan(ToS),Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base

Common name荷葉, Heye, Nelumbinis Folium (CP2020), Lotus Leaf (CP2020)
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Original plant nameNelumbo nucifera Gaertner, (Hasu)
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Family nameNymphaeaceae
Used partleaf
Official compendiumCP (2020 ed.)
Clinical applicationAs an antifebrile, diuretic, hemostatic and removing blood stasis, it is applied in diarrhea, abdominal pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding and edema.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Drugs for eliminating heat from blood
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.
Chemical constituentFlavones & Flavonols
(*C1):
Nelumboside (= Quercetinglucoglucuronide)

Alkaloids
(*C1):
Nuciferine, Roemerine, Nornuciferine, dl-Armepavine, N-Methylcoclaurine, Anonaine, d-Pronuciferine, Liriodenine
(*C2):
Neferine

Chemical structure



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Pharmacological effectNot exactly known.
DNA sequenceM77033, M82396, M82397, M82398, M82399, M82400, M82401, M82402
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseFever, Diarrhea, Abdominal pain, Bleeding, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage, Hematochezia, Dizzy after childbirth, Edema
Formulationrarely used in formula
Related drugsNelumbis Semen, Nelumbinis Fructus (matured), Nelumbinis Plumula, Nelumbinis Receptaculum, Nelumbinis Stamen, Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Nodus
ReferencesCP2020: 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
RemarksIn China, the petiole is called Hegen (荷梗) and is also used as a medicine.
Last renewal date2021/09/28