Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 常山片 |
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| Formal name | 常山 | |
| Japanese name | じょうざん, Jōzan | |
| Vernacular name | Changshan pian | |
| Latin name | Dichroae Radix (CP) | |
| English name | Antifeverile Dichroa Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Dichroa febrifuga Lour., (Jōzan'ajisai) | |
| Family name | Saxifragaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1972/12/00 | |
| TMPW No. | 4365 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 常山, Changshan, Dichroae Radix (CP2020), Antifeverile Dichroa Root (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Dichroa febrifuga Loureiro, (Jōzan'ajisai) | |||||
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| Family name | Saxifragaceae | |||||
| Used part | root | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Changshan is the root of Kokusagi (Jap. name), a small tree and tinged with yellow.(NI) | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | Changshan is an important drug for malaria. As an antifebrile and phlegm-raising, it is applied for various malarial related diseases, hypochondriac distention, and accumulation of persistent phlegm. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for vomit | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; bitter, pungent; toxic. [Meridian Tropism] Lung, liver and heart meridians. [Actions] To induce vomiting of phlegm and slobber, and interrupt malaria. [Indications] Phlegm-fluid retention, stuffiness in the chest and the diaphragm, and malaria. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Coumarins (*C1): Umbelliferone Alkaloids アルカロイド約 / alkaloids about 0.1% (*C1): alpha-Dichroine, beta-Dichroine, gamma-Dichroine, Dichroidine, Febrifugine, Isofebrifugine Other nitrogen compounds (*C1): 4-Quinazolone | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Antimalaria (water leaching, beta-dichroine, gamma-dichroine). Cardiotonic and antipyretic (decoction). | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Feeling of pressure in the chest, Impossible to expectorate sputum, Alternating cold and fever | |||||
| Formulation | Kyugyakuto, Keishikyoshakuyakukashokushitsuryukotsuboreikyugyakuto, Jobinto, Boreito | |||||
| Related drugs | (see "Remarks") | |||||
| References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 146-149. | |||||
| Remarks | There are many different plants under the name of Changshan. - Japanese Changshan and Syūjōzan: The root of Orixa japonica Thunb. of family Rutaceae (Jap. name: Kokusagi). - Hakujōzan: The root of family Rubiaceae, Mussaenda parviflora Miq. or M. divaricata Hutch. - Kaishūjōzan: The root of Clerodendron trichotomum Thunb. of family Verbenaceae (Jap. name: Kusagi). - Dojōzan: The root of Hydrangea aspera Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don or H. strigosa Rehd. of family Saxifragaceae and other congeners. Dojōzan also includes the roots of Symplocos chinensis Druce of family Symplocaceae (Jap. name: Taiwansawahutagi), Vitex negundo L. and V. cannabifolia Sieb. et Zucc. (Jap. name: Ninjinboku) of family Verbenaceae. - Sanjōzan: The root of Berberis sibirica Pallas of family Berberidaceae and other Berberis species. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
