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Crude drug name	Market name	亭藶子
	Formal name	蒂藶子
	Japanese name	ていれきし, Teirekishi
	Vernacular name	Tinglizi
	Latin name	Descurainiae Semen, Lepidii Semen (CP)
	English name	Tansymustard Seed, Pepperweed Seed (CP)
Original plant name		Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl¹, Lepidium apetalum Willd.², (Kujiragusa¹, Himegunbainazuna²), etc
Family name		Brassicaceae
Used part	Classification	Plant origin
Used part	Sub classification	seed
Collection information		People's Republic of China, Changchun, Chongqing Street Stall
Collection date		1985/07/29
Collector		Tsuneo Namba, et al.
TMPW No.		5020

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Collection information

People's Republic of China,Changchun

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Scientific information data base

Common name

蒂藶子, Tinglizi, Descurainiae Semen, Lepidii Semen (CP2020), Pepperweed Seed, Tansymustard Seed (CP2020)

Synonyms

北蒂藶子，南蒂藶子

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Original plant name

Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl¹, Lepidium apetalum Willd.², (Kujiragusa¹，CN products: Himegumbainazuna²)

Family name

Brassicaceae

Official compendium

CP (2020 ed.)

Clinical application

As a laxative and diuretic, Tinglizi is applied for various kinds of edemas. As an antitussive, it is applied for dyspnea with wheezing, dropsy with excess syndrome and asthma.

Medical system

Traditional Chinese medicine

Drug effect in
traditional medicine

Traditional
classification

Antitussives and antiasthmatics

Beneficial effect

[Property and Flavor] Highly cold; pungent, bitter.
[Meridian Tropism] Lung and bladder meridians.
[Actions] To purge the lung and relieve panting, move water and disperse swelling.
[Indications] Excessive phlegm and slobber obstructing the lung, panting and cough with profuse sputum, distention and fullness in the chest and the hypochondrium, hard to lie down, hydrothorax and ascites, inhibited urination.

Chemical constituent

Fatty acids
Descurainia sophia (*C2):
Linolenic acid, Linoleic acid, Oleic acid, Erucic acid, Palmitic acid, Stearic acid

Steroids
D. sophia (*C2):
Sitosterol

Sulfur containing compounds
D. sophia (*C2):
Benzyl isothiocyanate, Allyl isothiocyanate, Allyl disulfide

Sulfur containing alkaloids
D. sophia (*C1):
Sinapin iodide

Chemical structure

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Pharmacological effect

Cardiotonic (alcohol extract).

DNA sequence

AF128109, AF283496, AF283497, D88906, AF118860, AF205587

Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")

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Disease

Cough, Dyspnea, Feeling of pressure in the chest, Sputum, Full stomach, Pleural effusion, Edema, Oliguria

Formulation

rarely used in formula

References

CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 317-318.
C2) Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook，p 294.

Remarks

Currently Tinglizi available in the Japanese market is all from China, but it has some botanical sources.
Himegunbainazuna in Japanese name, Lepidium apetalum Willd. listed in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia as "Bei Tinglizi", is found in Noatheast China.
Kujiragusa in JP, Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb. ex Prantl is also listed in the Chinese Pharamcopoeia as "Nan Tinglizi" and found in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xian, Jilin, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other Provinces.
Additionally, the seeds of Lepidium virginicum L. (found in Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei and other Prov.; Mamegunbainazuna in JP), Rorippa montana (Wall.) Small (Anhui and Jiangxi Porv.), Rorippa indica (L.) Hochr. (Inugarashi in JP) are also used.

Last renewal date

2021/09/27

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