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Market name拘杞根
Formal name地骨皮
Japanese nameじこっぴ, Jikoppi
Vernacular nameDigupi
Latin nameLycii Cortex (JP), (CP)
English nameLycium Bark (JP), Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark (CP)
Original plant nameLycium chinense Mill., Kuko
Family nameSolanaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root bark
Collection informationTaiwan, Chiayi City, Xin Fu Shan Pharmacy
Collection date1974/12/00
CollectorTsuneo Namba, et al.
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Scientific information data base

Common name地骨皮, Digupi, Lycii Cortex (JP18, CP2020), Lycium Bark (JP18), Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark (CP2020)
Synonyms南骨皮（杜骨皮）, 江北骨皮, 古城骨皮, 津骨皮
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Original plant nameLycium chinense Miller1, Lycium barbarum Linn.2, (Kuko1, Nagabakuko2)
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Family nameSolanaceae
Used partroot bark
Quality for selectionGood Digupi is the vorticose root bark which was made from a thick root. (TN)
Official compendiumJHMC (1989), CP (2020 ed.), JP XVIII
Clinical applicationAs an antifebrile and tonic agent, Digupi is applied for afternoon fever and night sweat in tuberculosis, cough, hematemesis, diabetes, excessive perspiration due to deficiency of yin.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine		Traditional
classification		Drugs for fever of deficiency type
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Cold; sweet.
[Meridian Tropism] Lung, liver and kidney meridians.
[Actions] To cool the blood and relieve steaming, clear the heat and downbear fire.
[Indications] Yin deficiency tidal fever, steaming bone, night sweating, cough caused by lung-heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis, interior heat wasting-thirst.
Chemical constituentAmino acids
(*C1):
Betaine

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Pharmacological effectTransient increase in the blood sugar, antipyretic.
DNA sequenceAB051022, AB036550, AB036579, AB036608, AB036637, AB036543, AB036572, AB036601; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database.
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DiseaseFever, Night sweats, Cough, Rapid breathing, Sputum with blood, Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage
FormulationSeishinrenshiin, Jiinshihoto, Jingyobekkoto, Ekigento, Ogibekkoto, Kagenshahakusan, Shahakusan, Teizento
Related drugsLycium Fruit, Lycium Leaf
ReferencesJP18: 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. II, pp 137-138.
RemarksOn the market, the commodity standards are fixed by the production area.
(1) Nangupi (Dugupi): produced in Suzhou Jiangsu Prov. or Shanghai area, is of high quality.
(2) Jiangbeigupi: produced in the Northern aria of Jiangsu Province, is second-grade.
(3) Guchenggupi: produced in Chuxian Tongling Province, is slightly lower quality.
(4) Jingupi: produced in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan Province. Low quality.
Lycii fructus, the fruit of Lycium chinense or L. barbarum, is the drug for tonifying the kidney. In contrast, Digupi, the bark of the above, is the drug for reducing fever. Their medicinal benefits are different.
Last renewal date2021/09/27
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