Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 和羌活 |
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| Formal name | 和羌活 | |
| Japanese name | わ（の）きょうかつ, Wa(no)kyokatsu | |
| Vernacular name | wa(no)kyokatsu | |
| Latin name | Araliae Cordatae Radix (Non-JPS) | |
| English name | Aralia Root (Non-JPS) | |
| Original plant name | Aralia cordata Thunb., (Udo) | |
| Family name | Araliaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Production area information | Japan, Gunma Pref. | |
| Collection information | Japan, Niigata Pref. , Uchida Wakanyaku Co., Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1985/02/15 | |
| Collector | Masayuki Mikage | |
| TMPW No. | 5040 | |
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Production area information
Japan,Gunma Pref.
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Collection information
Japan,Niigata Pref.
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Scientific information data base
| Common name | 和羌活, Wa(no)kyōkatsu, Araliae Cordatae Radix (Non-JPS2022), Aralia Root (Non-JPS2022) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Aralia cordata Thunberg, (Udo) | |||||
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| Family name | Araliaceae | |||||
| Used part | root | |||||
| Official compendium | Non-JPS (2022) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an analgesic, antispasmodic and metabolic enhancer, it is applied to treat headache, arthralgia, rheumatism, partial paralysis and general pain. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Terpenoids (Essential oils) Aralia cordata (*C1): 精油/essential oil Triterpenoid saponins Aralia cordata (*C1): Triterpenoid saponin Coumarins Angelica pubescens (*C1): Osthol, Glabra-lactone (= Angelicone), Angelol, Bergapten | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. | |||||
| DNA sequence | U66922, AF263372, U66923, D44555 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Common cold, Fever, Headache, Swelling and pain of joint, Rheumatism | |||||
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| Related drugs | Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma), Duhuo (Araliae Cordatae Rhizoma) | |||||
| References | Non-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 89-91, 115-116. | |||||
| Remarks | In Japan, the slender roots of Aralia cordata Thunb. of family Araliaceae are called Wakyokatsu. They are used together with Duhuo (Araliae Cordatae Rhizoma, Jap. name: Dokukatsu). Japanese Duhuo and Wadokukatsu, Korean Duhuo, Chinese Kyugan-Dokukatsu (Jap. name) are all, as a rule, the rhizomes of Udo (Aralia cordata Thunb.) and listed in the Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs (1989). Chokyokatsu as well as Kenkyokatsu, both Japanese products, are the roots and rhizomes of Shishiudo, Angelica pubescens Maxim. of family Umbelliferae. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2022/07/20 | |||||
