Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 小白豆 |
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| Formal name | 白豆蔲; 豆蔲 | |
| Japanese name | びゃくずく, Byakuzuku (白豆蔲); ずく, Zuku (豆蔲) | |
| Latin name | Amomi Fructus Rotundus (CP) | |
| English name | Round Cardamon Fruit (CP) | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | fruit |
| Production area information | Republic of Indonesia | |
| Collection information | Japan（ToS）, Osaka Pref. , Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. [Non-commercial Sample] | |
| Collection date | 2021/10/11 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| TMPW No. | 31298 | |
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Production area information
Republic of Indonesia
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Collection information
Japan（ToS）,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 白豆蔲, Baidoukou, Amomi Fructus Rotundus (CP), Round Cardamon Fruit (CP) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 豆蔲（doukou） | |||||
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| Original plant name | Amomum kravanh Pierre ex Gagnep. | |||||
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature fruit | |||||
| Quality for selection | Round, well-developed, and pale-colored specimens are considered superior, whereas those with dark discoloration or fractured pericarps are considered inferior (TN). | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as an aromatic stomachic and carminative for the treatment of gastric pain, abdominal distension, and eructation. It also possesses antiemetic activity and is used to treat dyspepsia and vomiting. In addition, it is used as a spice. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Aromatic drugs for resolving dampness | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Lung, spleen and stomach meridians. [Actions] To resolve dampness and move qi, warm the middle energizer to check vomiting, increase the appetite and promote digestion. [Indications] Dampness-turbidity obstruction in the middle, no desire for food and drink, beginning of dampness-warmth, oppression in the chest with poor appetite, cold-dampness vomiting and retching, distention and pain in the chest and the abdomen, food accumulation. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Monoterpenoids 精油約2.5% / essential ail about 2.5% (*C1): d-Borneol, d-Camphor | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Enhanced gastric juices secretion, intestinal hyperperistalsis, inhibition of intestinal abnormal fermentation, relieving vomiting, antibacterial (dysentery bacillus). | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Stomachache, Anorexia, Dyspepsia, Vomitting, Hangover | |||||
| Formulation | Koshayoito | |||||
| Related drugs | Cardamomi Fructus | |||||
| References | CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 240-241. | |||||
| Remarks | - "Jawabyakuzuku", produced in Indonesia, is the mature fruit of Amomum compactum Soland. ex Maton. "Dobyakuzuku", produced in Guangxi Prov., is the fruit of Alpinia sp. - In case of "Baidoukou" (Jap. name: Byakuzuku), the seeds, pericarps (Zukukaku) as well as flowers (Zukuka) are also used in similar ways. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/14 | |||||
