Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 桔梗根 |
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| Formal name | 桔梗 | |
| Japanese name | ききょう, Kikyō | |
| Vernacular name | Jiegeng | |
| Latin name | Platycodi Radix (JP), Platycodonis Radix (CP) | |
| English name | Platycodon Root (JP), (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacquin) A. DC., (Kikyō), Platycodon | |
| Family name | Campanulaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| TMPW No. | 607 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 桔梗, Jiegeng, Platycodi Radix (JP18), Platycodonis Radix (CP2020), Platycodon Root (JP18, CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 晒桔梗 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Platycodon grandiflorus A. De Candolle, (Kikyō) | |||||
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| Family name | Campanulaceae | |||||
| Used part | root with or without cork bark | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Jiegeng has few branches, and the inside is white. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an expectorant and antitussive, Jiegeng is applied for cough and bronchitis. To discharge pus, it is applied for purulent disease, tonsillitis and sore throat. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Expectorants | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Neutral; bitter and pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Lung meridian. [Actions] To diffuse the lung, soothe the throat, dispel phlegm, expel pus. [Indications] Cough and profuse sputum, oppression and discomfort in the chest, sore throat and hoarseness, lung abscess with pyemesis. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Polysaccharides (*C1): Inulin, Platycodinin Triterpenoids (*C1): Polygalacic acid, Platycodigenin, Platycogenic acid A, Platycogenic acid B, Platycogenic acid C, Platycodogenin Triterpenoid saponins (*C1): Platycodin A, Platycodin C, Platycodin D, Platycodin D2, Polygalacin D, Polygalacin D2 Sterols (*C1): alpha-Spinasterol, delta7-Stigmasterol, alpha-Spinasteryl-beta-D-glucoside, Betulin | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Enhanced secretion of trachea, enhanced secretion of saliva, sedation, analgesia, expectorant, antiinflammatory, antiallergy. Inhibited secretion of gastric juices, antiulcer, peripheral vasodilation. | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF134863; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Cough, Impossible to expectorate sputum, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Swelling and pain of the throat, Common cold, Nasal obstruction, Pituita, Hoarseness, Tonsillitis, Lung suppurations, Pyogenic dermatosis | |||||
| Formulation | En'nenhangeto, Kakkoshokisan, Kikyoto, Kyoseihatekigan, Keigairengyoto, Kyososan, Goshakusan, Saikoseikansan, Jumihaidokuto, Jinsoin, Jinryobyakujutsusan, Seijobofuto, Seihaito, Chikujountanto, Hainoto, Bofutsushosan, Keimeisankabukuryo, Uyakujunkisan, Kagenryokakusan, Kairosan, Keigairengyoto, Keishigomotsuto, Jijinmeimokuto (Jinkimeimouto), Jurokumiryukiin, Senkanmeimokuto, Hainosankyuto, Byakugokokinto, Ryokakusan, Ikeigoshijunto, Ogibekkoto, Orenshodokuin, Kagenshahakusan, Kagenryokakusan'ippo, Kikyogedokuto, Kikyohakusan, Kippihangeto, Keishigomotsuto, Keimeisan, Shionsan, Shijunto, Shosaikotokakikyosekko, Jinkimeimokuto, Seiishakato, Seiinrikakuto, Seiryoin, Chikuyoto, Chimobukuryoto, Tonsonto, Naisoorento, Naitaku-san, Naitaku-san, Ninjin-yoei-to, Haikanpo, Haidokuto, Hainoto, Haiyoto, Hontonto, Meiganippo, Yohaito, Rengyoto, Platycodon Fluidextract, , | |||||
| Related drugs | Seidei (薺尼): the root of Adenophora remotiflora (Sieb. et Zucc.) Miq. or A. tracheloides Maxim., Shashen (沙参, Adenophorae Radix) and Dangshen (党参, Codonopsis Radix) | |||||
| 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 125-127. | |||||
| Remarks | Kawatsukikikyō (Jap. name) is the half-dried product, which has brown bark. Sarashikikyō (Jap. name) is the dried product after being soaked in water. Seidei (Jap. name) is the root of Adenophora remotiflora (Sieb. et Zucc.) Miq., Sobana (Jap. name) of Campanulaceae or A. tracheloides Maxim. Jiegeng has been used for reducing fever, expelling phlegm and as a detoxicant. The roots of Jiegeng, Seidei, Shashen and Renshen resemble each other, which caused confusion in the past. At present, Seidei has no marketability. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
