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People's Republic of China
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Japan(ToS),Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
Common name | 浜防風 (北沙参), Hamabōhū (Beishashen), Glehniae Radix cum Rhizoma (JP18), Glehniae Radix (CP2020), Glehnia Root and Rhizome (JP18), Coastal Glehnia Root (CP2020) | |||||
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Synonyms | 北沙参 (Beishashen) | |||||
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Original plant name | Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miquel, (Hamabofu) | |||||
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Family name | Umbelliferae | |||||
Used part | root and rhizome | |||||
Quality for selection | Good Hamabofu is yellowish-white and has a fragrant odor. (TN) | |||||
Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
Clinical application | As a diaphoretic, antifebrile and painkiller, beishashen is applied for cold and other disease. It is an ingredient of Tososan. | |||||
Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for replenishing Yin-vital essence | ||||
Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Mild cold; sweet and mild bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Lung and stomach meridians. [Actions] To nourish yin and clear the heat, boost the stomach and engender fluid. [Indications] Lung heat and dryness cough, phlegm and cough with blood caused by consumptive disease, stomach yin deficiency, heat disease consuming fluid, dry throat and thirst. | |||||
Chemical constituent | Coumarins (*C1): Psoralen, Imperatorin, Bergapten, 8-Geranyloxypsoralen, Osthenol-7-O-beta-gentiobioside | |||||
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Pharmacological effect | Antipyretic, mild analgesia (ethanol extract). | |||||
DNA sequence | D63490, D44568 | |||||
Disease | Dry cough, Few sputum, Fever, Phlegm-free, Sputum with blood, Heat, Thirst | |||||
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Related drugs | Saposhnikoviae Radix | |||||
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 81-83. | |||||
Remarks | In Japan, "Hamabōhū" is blended in substitution for "Bohū" (Saposhnikoviae Radix) in Kampo formulation. In China, the barked root of "Hamabōhū" is called "Beishashen" (Jap. name: Hokushajin). Generally, "Beishashen" is called "Shashen" (Jap. name: Shajin), while in Japan, "Nanshajin", the root of genus Adenophora of family Campanulaceae, is called "Shajin". | |||||
Last renewal date | 2023/03/23 | |||||