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Crude drug name

Market name蓮子心
Formal name蓮子心
Japanese nameれんししん, Renshishin
Vernacular nameLianzixin
Latin nameNelumbinis Plumula (CP)
English nameLotus Plumule (CP)
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification plumule
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Hunan Prov.
Collection informationJapan(ToS), Osaka Pref., Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. [Non-commercial Sample]
Collection date2021/04/01
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.31069

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28.228209
112.93881399999998
Production area information
People's Republic of China,Hunan 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石蓮子, Shilianzi, Nelumbinis Fructus, Lotus Fruit
Synonyms蓮実
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Original plant nameNelumbo nucifera Gaertner, (Hasu)
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Family nameNymphaeaceae
Used partmature fruit
Quality for selectionShilianzi produced in Hunan Prov. is high quality.
Official compendiumCP (2015 ed.)
Clinical applicationShilianzi is applied for a complete lack of appetite due to diarrhea or vomiting. Generally, it is used as Lianzi (Jap. name: 蓮肉-Renniku) after removing its seed coat and kernel.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Astringents and haemostatics
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Neutral; sweet, astringent.
[Meridian Tropism] Spleen, kidney and heart meridians.
[Actions] To tonify spleen to check diarrhea, check vaginal discharge, tonify kidney to astringe essence, nourish the heart to tranquilize the mind.
[Indications] Diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, vaginal discharge, seminal emission, palpitation and insomnia.
Chemical constituentOligosaccharides
(*C1):
Raffinose(種子/seed)

Polysaccharides
(*C1):
澱粉/starch(種子/seed)

Alkaloids
(*C1):
幼芽/plumule: Methylcorypalline, Lotusine chloride, Demethylcoclaurine, Isoliensinine, Liensinine, Neferine, N-Nornuciferine, O-Nornuciferine, (+)-Pronuciferine
花床/blossom end:d-(-)-N-Norarmepavine, Liriodenine, N-Nornuciferine, Nuciferine

Others
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種子の組成/seed composition:蛋白質/protein 16.6%, 脂肪/fat 2.0%, 炭水化物/carbohydrate 62.0%, Ca 0.089%, P 0.285%, Fe 0.0064%


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Pharmacological effectVasodilator activity of coronary artery (methylcorypalline), relaxation of uterus smooth muscle (demethylcoclaurine).
DNA sequenceM77033, M82396, M82397, M82398, M82399, M82400, M82401, M82402
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseBacterial diarrhea, Chronic diarrhea, Vomitting, Anorexia
Formulationrarely used in formula
Related drugsNelumbinis Semen,Nelumbinis Embryo/Nelumbinis Plumula,Nelumbinis Receptaculum, Nelumbinis Stamen,Nelumbinis Folium,Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Nodus
ReferencesC1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 216-217.
RemarksNelumbo nucifera Gaertner (Jap. name: 蓮, Hasu) is used as various medicines depending on its part, as follows.: fruit (the crude drug name: Shilianzi, Jap. name: Sekirenshi ), seed (Renniku), plumule which is in the center core of mature seed (Renshishin), fruit receptacle (Renbō), stamen (Renshu), leaf (Kayō), nodes of rhizome (Gūsetsu), etc. These are listed in the Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China separately.
- "Renshishin" (蓮子心, Nelumbinis Embryo/Nelumbinis Plumula) has effects of clearing the heat of heart, antipyretic, tranquilizer and quenching thirst. It cures vexation, thirst, hematemesis and pollution. The Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China describes "Its action is removing heat from heart and calming the nerves, restoring the coordination between the heart and kidney, checking emission and arresting bleeding. It is applied for penetration of heat into the pericardium, impaired consciousness and delirium, break down of the normal physiological coordination between heart and kidney, insomnia and seminal emission, blood fever and hematemesis."
- "Renbo" (蓮房, Nelumbinis Receptaculum) is used for hemostasis and removing blood stasis. It is applied for metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, hematuria, bleeding hemorrhoid, and hyperemesis after childbirth.
- "Gūsetsu" (藕節, Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Nodus) is used for hemostasis and removing blood stasis. It is applied for hematemesis, hemoptysis, nasal hemorrhage, hematuria, metrorrhagia, and metrostaxis.
- There are two varieties of Shilianzi in Chinese market at present, Tianshilianzi (Jap. name: 甜石蓮, Tensekiren) and Kushilianzi (Jap. name: 苦石蓮, Kusekiren). The former, Tensekiren, the fruit of Hasu, is the real one. The latter is the seed of Caesalpinia minax Hce. of family Leguminosae, which is called "Rouachintou" (老鴉枕頭) and produced in Yunnan and Guangxi. It can not be substituted.
Last renewal date2020/11/26