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Market name倉耳子
Formal name蒼耳子
Japanese nameそうじし, Sōjishi
Vernacular nameCang'erzi
Latin nameXanthii Fructus (CP)
English nameSiberian Cocklebur Fruit (CP)
Original plant nameXanthium strumarium L., (Onamomi)
Family nameCompositae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification mature fruit
Collection informationTaiwan, Chun Yuan Hang
Collection date1966/10/4
TMPW No.3767

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Common name蒼耳子, Cang'erzi, Xanthii Fructus (Non-JPS2022, CP2020), Cocklebur Fruit (Non-JPS2022), Siberian Cocklebur Fruit (CP2020)
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Original plant nameXanthium strumarium Linn. subsp. sibiricum Greuter1 (Xanthium sibiricum Patrin ex Widder), Xanthium strumarium Linn.2, Xanthium orientale Linn.3, Xanthium orientale Linn. subsp. italicum Greuter4, (Onamomi1, Marubaonamomi2, Ōonamomi3, Igaonamomi4, or their interspecific hybrids)
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Family nameCompositae
Used partmature fruit
Official compendiumCP (2020 ed.)
Clinical applicationAs an antifebrile, sudorific, and antispasmodic, it is applied to treat headache by wind-cold, rhinitis, empyema, rheumatism, acrocontracture, etc. The pressed oil is used for sweet itch like scabies.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Diaphoretics
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent and btter; toxic.
[Meridian Tropism] Lung meridian.
[Actions] To disperse wind-cold, relieve the stuffy nose, dispel wind-dampness.
[Indications] Wind-cold headache, nasal congestion, nasal discharge, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, itching caused by rubella, spasm caused by fixed impediment.
Chemical constituentSesquiterpenoids
X. pensylvanicum (*C1):
xanthinin

Others
X. strumarium (*C1):
サポニン,アルカロイドを含むといわれるが,詳細不明
Saponins and alkaloids are said to be contained, but not specified.

Pharmacological effectNot exactly known.
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseHeadache, Empyema, Chronic sinusitis, Nasal obstruction, Pituita, Arthralgia, Rheumatism, Cramp, Itching, Rubella, Scabies
Formulationrarely used in formula
ReferencesNon-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022.
CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 250-252.
RemarksThe Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China defines Xanthium sibiricum Patr. ( X. sibiricum Patrin ex Widder, by rights) as Cang'erzi (蒼耳子). The Flora of Japan, by Jisaburo Ohwi, treats it as a synonym of X. strumarium L. (Jap. name: Onamomi). Fruits of X. canadense Mill. (= X. occidentale Bertol.), Jap. name: Ōnamomi, are included in Japanese Cang'erzis. They are a naturalized plant from North America and distributed widely in western Japan recently. Though they substitute the existing Cang'erzi (Jap. name: Sōjishi), the quality is inferior.
Last renewal date2022/10/25