Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | コツサイホ（偽） |
|---|---|---|
| Formal name | 骨砕補 | |
| Japanese name | こつさいほ, Kotsusaiho | |
| Vernacular name | Gusuibu | |
| Latin name | Drynariae Rhizoma (Non-JPS), (CP) | |
| English name | Drynaria Rhizome (Non-JPS), Fortune's Drynaria Rhizome (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Davallia formosana Hayata, presumed (Takasagoshinobu) | |
| Family name | Davalliaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Production area information | People's Republic of China, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region | |
| Collection information | Japan, Osaka Pref. , Japan Natural Medicines Association | |
| Collection date | 2022/08/08 | |
| Collector | Katsuko Komatsu | |
| Remarks | Collected in Nov. 2015 | |
| TMPW No. | 31705 | |
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Production area information
People's Republic of China,Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region
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Japan,Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 骨砕補, Gusuibu, Drynariae RhizomaNon-JPS,CP, Drynaria RhizomeNon-JPS, Fortune's Drynaria RhizomeCP | |||||
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| Synonyms | 骨碎補 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Drynaria roosii Nakaike (Drynaria fortunei J. Smith), (Hakamauraboshi) | |||||
| Family name | Polypodiaceae | |||||
| Used part | rhizome | |||||
| Official compendium | Non-JPS (2022), CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as a bone-healing, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and tonic agent for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain in the lower back and knees, pain associated with traumatic injuries such as contusions, pain caused by blood stasis, chronic diarrhea, tinnitus, and toothache. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Replenishing Yang(vital function) drugs | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Liver and kidney meridians. [Actions] To treat injuries and relieve pain , tonify the kidney and strengthen bone. [Indications] Topical application: disperse wind and resolve macule. Falls, twist and contusions, fracture and sinew injury, lumbago caused by kidney deficiency, limp wilting sinew and bone, tinnitus and deafness, loose teeth; topically for alopecia and vitiligo. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Lower back pain, Ear buzzing, Deafness, Toothache, Tooth movement, Chronic diarrhea, Contusion, Incised wound, Fracture, Alopecia areata | |||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula | |||||
| References | Non-JPS：The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022. CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2025 edi. C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 139-140. | |||||
| Remarks | Mostly, Gusuibu (骨砕補) is referred as to the dried rhizome of Drynaria fortunei (Kunze) J. Smith of family Polypodiaceae (Jap. name: Hakamauraboshi) which is called "Bayanjiang", "Diaolan", "Wuyanjiang", "Bamaofeng" and "Shijini" in Sichuan, "Payajiang" in Henan and Guizhou, and "Baryukyō" (Jap. name) in Guangxi. The rhizomes of the following species are also used.: D. sinica Diels which is called "Houjiang" in Sichuan and "Maonijiang" or "Luotuo" in Gansu. D. propinqua (Wall.) J. Smith var. mesosoria Christ which is called "Payanjiang", "Shiyanjiang," or "Gusuibu" in Sichuan.Pseudodrynaria coronans (Wall.) Ching which is called "Gusuibu" in Guangxi. In China, the rhizome without scale is called "Gusuibu", while the one with scale is called "Shenjiang" or "Houjiang". Fang Ding, Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Science, researched original plants of "Gusuibu" in Guangxi and reported the following species in 1962.: Phymatodes lucida (Roxb.) Ching of family Polypodiaceae ("Houzijiang" or "Gusuibu" in Jingxi of Guangxi), Davallia mariesii Moor. (Jap. name: Shinobu), D. austro-sinica Ching, D. formosana Hayata, and Drynaria bonii Christ, Polypodium amoenum Wall., Colysis elliptica (Thunb.) Ching var. pothifolia (Don) Ching (Jap. name: Arisandenda), Leucostegia immersa (Wall.) Presl. ("Gusuibu" in Jingxi of Guangxi, Jap. neme: Arisan'ōrenshida), Davallia bullata Wall. ("Gusuibu" or "Suibu" in Luchuan of Guangxi), Leucostegia perdurans C. Christ ("Gusuibu" in Kunming of Yunnan). | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/28 | |||||
