Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 茴香 |
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| Formal name | 茴香 | |
| Japanese name | ういきょう, Uikyō | |
| Latin name | Foeniculi Fructus (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Fennel (JP), (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Foeniculum vulgare Mill., (Uikyō), Fennel | |
| Family name | Umbelliferae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | mature fruit |
| TMPW No. | 7482 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 茴香, Huixiang, 小茴香, Xiaohuixiang, Foeniculi Fructus (JP18, CP2020), Fennel (JP18, CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Foeniculum vulgare Miller, (Uikyō) | |||||
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| Family name | Umbelliferae | |||||
| Used part | mature fruit | |||||
| Quality for selection | The outside of good Huixiang is ash-yellow-green or ash-yellow. The dark one is not good. It has a strong aroma and sweetish taste when it is chewed. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII，CP (2020 ed) | |||||
| Clinical application | Aromatic stomachic, carminative, expectorant and spice. In Chinese traditional medicine, Huixiang is applied, as painkiller, for lower abdominal pain and colic of cold and yin type. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Drugs for dispelling internal cold | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Liver, kidney, spleen and stomach meridians. [Actions] To dissipate cold and relieve pain, and regulate qi to harmonize the stomach. [Indications] Abdominal pain caused by cold abdominal colic, hydrocele of the tunica vaginalis, dysmenorrhea, cold pain in the lower abdomen, distending pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, reduced food intake with vomiting and diarrhea. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Lipids (*C1): 脂肪油/fatty oil Monoterpenoids (*C1): d-Limonene, l-Limonene, d-Fenchone, d-Pinene, Dipentene, beta-Pinene, Camphene, gamma-Terpinene, p-Cymene, Camphor Phenylpropanoids (*C1): Anethole, Estragole Other aromatic derivatives (*C1): Anisaldehyde | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Hyperperistalsis of intestinal tract (Fennel Oil). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF044586, D44567, U58563, U78385, U78445 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Coldness of limbs, Lower abdominal pain, Pain of testis, Scrotal hydrocele, Upper abdominal pain, Vomitting, Anorexia | |||||
| Formulation | Anchusan, Kagenshosaikoto, Chokoshiteito, Hointo | |||||
| Related drugs | Illicium verum Hook.f., Star Anise | |||||
| 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 209-210. | |||||
| Remarks | Dahuixiang (Jap. name: Daiuikyō) is the fruit of Illicium verum Hook. fil. of family Illiciaceae. On the other hand, the fruit of F. vulgare is called Xiaohuixiang (Jap. name: Kouikyō). | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
