Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 山東沙参 |
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| Formal name | 浜防風（北沙参） | |
| Japanese name | はまぼうふう, Hamabōhū（きたしゃじん, Kitashajin） | |
| Vernacular name | Shandong Shashen | |
| Latin name | Glehniae Radix cum Rhizoma (JP), Glehniae Radix (CP) | |
| English name | Glehnia Root and Rhizome (JP), Coastal Glehnia Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt et Miquel, (Hamabōhū) | |
| Family name | Umbelliferae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root + rhizome |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| TMPW No. | 68 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 浜防風 (北沙参), Hamabōhū (Beishashen), Glehniae Radix cum Rhizoma (JP), Glehniae Radix (CP), Glehnia Root and Rhizome (JP), Coastal Glehnia Root (CP) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 北沙参 (Beishashen) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miquel, (Hamabofu) | |||||
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| Family name | Umbelliferae | |||||
| Used part | root and rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | High-quality material is pale yellowish white and has a characteristic aroma (TN). | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XIX, CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as a diaphoretic, antipyretic, and analgesic agent for the treatment of common cold and related disorders. It is also included in the Kampo formula Tososan. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for replenishing Yin-vital essence | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Mild cold; sweet and mild bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Lung and stomach meridians. [Actions] To nourish yin and clear the heat, boost the stomach and engender fluid. [Indications] Lung heat and dryness cough, phlegm and cough with blood caused by consumptive disease, stomach yin deficiency, heat disease consuming fluid, dry throat and thirst. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Coumarins (*C1): Psoralen, Imperatorin, Bergapten, 8-Geranyloxypsoralen, Osthenol-7-O-beta-gentiobioside | |||||
| Chemical structure | 
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| Pharmacological effect | Antipyretic, mild analgesia (ethanol extract). | |||||
| DNA sequence | D63490, D44568 | |||||
| Disease | Dry cough, Few sputum, Fever, Phlegm-free, Sputum with blood, Heat, Thirst | |||||
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| Related drugs | Saposhnikoviae Radix | |||||
| 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 81-83. | |||||
| Remarks | In Japan, "Hamabōhū" is blended in substitution for "Bohū" (Saposhnikoviae Radix) in Kampo formulation. In China, the barked root of "Hamabōhū" is called "Beishashen" (Jap. name: Hokushajin). Generally, "Beishashen" is called "Shashen" (Jap. name: Shajin), while in Japan, "Nanshajin", the root of genus Adenophora of family Campanulaceae, is called "Shajin". | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/13 | |||||
