Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 茅根 |
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| Formal name | 茅根 | |
| Japanese name | ぼうこん, Bōkon | |
| Vernacular name | Maogen | |
| Latin name | Imperatae Rhizoma (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Imperata Rhizome (JP), Lalang Grass Rhizome (CP) | |
| Other names | 白茅根 (Baimaogen) | |
| Original plant name | Imperata cylindrica P. Beauvios var. major (Ness) C. E. Hubb. | |
| Family name | Gramineae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| TMPW No. | 438 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 茅根, Maogen, Imperatae RhizomaJP,CP, Imperata RhizomeJP, Lalang Grass RhizomeCP | |||||
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| Synonyms | 白茅根 (Baimaogen) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Imperata cylindrica Beauvois1, Imperata cylindrica P. Beauvios var. koenigii Durand et Schinz, Imperata cylindrica var. major C.E. Hubb., (Chigaya1) | |||||
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| Family name | Gramineae | |||||
| Used part | rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | Thick, long, and pale yellowish-white ones are regarded as being of good quality. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XIX, CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as an anti-inflammatory diuretic, antipyretic, blood-purifying, and hemostatic agent for febrile diseases, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, edema, jaundice, dysuria, thirst, cough with dyspnea, and vomiting. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Hemostatics | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Cold; sweet. [Meridian Tropism] Lung; stomach and bladder meridians. [Actions] To cool the blood, stanch bleeding, clear heat, and promote urination. [Indications] Hematemesis, epistaxis and hematuria caused by blood heat, vexation and thirst caused by heat disease, dampness-heat jaundice, edema, small quantity of urination, and heat strangury with slow pain. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Other aliphatic and related compounds (*C1): Citric acid, Malic acid Monosaccharides (*C1): D-Fructose, D-Glucose, D-Xylose Oligosaccharides (*C1): Sucrose Triterpenoids (*C1): Simiarenol, Cylindrin, Arundoin, Fernenol, Isoarborinol Others (*C1): K塩/KCl | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Diuresis (water extract). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF345653, AF092512, AF190764 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage, Hematuria, Thirst, Vomitting, Nausea, Hiccup, Measles, High fever, Cough, Jaundice, Acute nephritis, Urodynia, Dysuria | |||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula | |||||
| References | JP: The 19th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2025 edi. C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 98-99. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/14 | |||||
