Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 烏薬 |
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| Formal name | 烏薬 | |
| Japanese name | うやく, Uyaku | |
| Vernacular name | Wuyao | |
| Latin name | Linderae Radix (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Lindera Root (JP), Combined Spicebush Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Lindera strychnifolia (Sieb. et Zucc.) F. Villars, Tendaiuyaku | |
| Family name | Lauraceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1974/12/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 505 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 烏薬, Wuyao, Linderae Radix (JP18, CP2020), Lindera Root (JP18), Combined Spicebush Root (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Lindera strychnifolia Fernandez-Villar, (Tendaiuyaku) | |||||
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| Family name | Lauraceae | |||||
| Used part | root (tuberous root) | |||||
| Quality for selection | Both ends of good Wuyao are sharp and the central part is swollen. The one which is reddish-brown outside and white inside is called chestnut-like or potato-like. It is said to be excellent quality. (NI) | |||||
| Official compendium | JHMC (1989), JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an aromatic stomachic, antispasmodic, painkiller and tonic, Wuyao is applied for distending pain in the chest and abdomen, abdominal pain of cold type, indigestion and frequent urination due to cold of urinary bladder. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Carminatives for regulating flow of Qi | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Lung, spleen, kidney and bladder meridians. [Actions] To move qi, relieve pain, warm the kidney, and dissipate cold. [Indications] Qi stagnation caused by congealing cold, distention and pain in the chest and the abdomen, qi counterflow, wheezing, deficient cold in bladder, enuresis and frequent urination, pain caused by genital disease, abdominal pain caused by cold meridians. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Other aliphatic and related compounds (*C1): Linderic acid Terpenoids (Essential oils) (*C1,C2): Linderene, Isolinderene, Linderane, Lindenenone, Chamazulene, Linderazulene, Lindestrene, Isogermafurene, l-Borneol Alkaloids (*C2): Laurolitsine | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Hyperperistalsis of intestinal tract. | |||||
| DNA sequence | AJ247169 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Pain due to abdominal coldness, Hernia, Dyspnea, Rapid breathing, Full stomach, Menorrhalgia, Frequent urination, Bed-wetting | |||||
| Formulation | Uyakujunkisan, Ureitsukito, Kyukichoketsuin, Kokikososan, Jurokumiryukiin, Shokitenkoto, Tokishusan, Hachimisenkiho, Mokutsusan | |||||
| 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 127-128. C2)Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 309. | |||||
| Remarks | The origin of Tendaiuyaku is in China. According to a legend, Xufu brought it to Nanki (South part of Kii peninsula), Japan during the Qin dynasty. It grows wild in warm areas of Japan. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
