Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 檳榔子 |
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| Formal name | 檳榔子 | |
| Japanese name | びんろうじ, Binrōji | |
| Vernacular name | Binglangzi | |
| Latin name | Arecae Semen (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Areca (JP), Areca Seed (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Areca catechu L., (Binrō) | |
| Family name | Arecaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Collection information | Taiwan, Chun Yuan Hang | |
| Collection date | 1966/10/4 | |
| TMPW No. | 3782 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 檳榔子, Binglangzi, Arecae Semen (JP18, CP2020), Areca (JP18), Areca Seed (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Areca catechu Linn., (Binrō (Binrōju)) | |||||
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| Family name | Arecaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature seed | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Binglang has no insect damages and has no hole at the hilum. The internal cross section is white and the shape is oblate. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an astringent and stomachic, binglang is applied for beriberi, abdominal distention, abdominal pain and indigestion. It is also used as an anthelmintic for tapeworm, glaucoma and ointment base. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Anthelmintics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; bittrer, pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Stomach and large intestine meridians. [Actions] To kill worms, eliminate accumulation, move qi, induce diuresis, and interrupt malaria. [Indications] Taeniasis, ascariasis, fasciolopsiasis, abdominal pain caused by accumulation, accumulation and stagnation, diarrhea and dysentery, tetesmus, edematinea pedis and malaria. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Fatty acids (*C1): Lauric acid, Myristic acid, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Stearic acid, Capric acid Tannins (*C1): アレカタンニン類 / Arecatannins Alkaloids (*C1): Arecoline, Arecaidine, Guvacoline, Guvacine, Isoguvacine | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Excitation of parasympathetic nerve, central excitation, smooth muscle contraction, stimulation of mucus secretory gland, decrease in blood pressure (arecoline), anthelmintic (alcohol extract/earthworm, tapeworm). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AY012383, AY012497, AJ404819, AY012383; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Full stomach, Abdominal pain, Constipation, Tenesmus, Beriberi edema, Roundworm, Malaria | |||||
| Formulation | Anzanto, Ureitsukito, En'nenhangeto, Kagen'ireito, Katsuketsusan'oto, Kabinto, Kumibinroto, Keimeisan, Keimeisankabukuryo, Kowashakuyakuto, Saikokobokuto, Saikobekkoto, Shakuyakuto, Shakuyakutokadaio, Jurokumiryukiin, Shobaito, Jobinto, Daibyakuchuin, Tojichuippo, Dosuibukuryoto, Naisoorento, Nyoshinsan, Henseishinkiin, Haikanpo, Binrojunkito, Honposhakuyakuto | |||||
| Related drugs | Arecae Pericarpium | |||||
| 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 300-301. | |||||
| Remarks | In the countries of Southeast Asia, there is a custom of chewing Binglang with a leaf of Piper betle L. (Jap. name: Kimma) and lime, known as betel chewing. The pericarp is called Daifukuhi and it is used as a medicine. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
