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Market name云蓮
Formal name黄連
Japanese nameおうれん, Ōren
Vernacular nameYunlian
Latin nameCoptidis Rhizoma (JP), (CP)
English nameCoptis Rhizome (JP), Golden Thread (CP)
Original plant nameCoptis teeta Wall. subsp. lohitensis Pandit et Babu
Family nameRanunculaceae
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification rhizome
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Yunnan Prov.
Collection informationPeople's Republic of China, Yunnan Prov., Bijiangxian Pharmaceutical Co.
Collection date1986/10/00
CollectorTianzhi Wang
IdentifierKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.7538

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Scientific information data base

Common name黄連, Huanglian, Coptidis Rhizoma (JP18, CP2020), Coptis Rhizome (JP18), Golden Thread (CP2020)
Synonyms丹波黄連, 越前黄連, 因州黄連, 味連, 雅連
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Original plant nameCoptis japonica Makino1, Coptis chinensis Franchet, Coptis deltoidea C.Y. Cheng et Hsiao or Coptis teeta Wallich, (Oren1)
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Family nameRanunculaceae
Used partrhizome without root
Quality for selectionGood Huanglian, which is deep yellow inside, is thick, firm and has a strong bitter taste. "Maohuanglian" has fibrous roots and less bitterness. It is lower quality. (TN)
Official compendiumJP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.)
Clinical applicationAs an antiphlogistic amaroid stomachic and tranquilizer, huanglian is applied for palpitation, mental instability, stuffiness of epigastrium, vomiting, diarrhea, stomachache and bleeding, accompanied with congestion or inflammation.
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
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Traditional
classification
Drugs for elimination heat and dampness
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Cold; bitter.
[Meridian Tropism] Heart, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridians.
[Actions] To clear heat, dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxin.
[Indications] Dampness-heat stuffiness and fullness, vomiting, acid reflux, diarrhea and dysentery, jaundice, high fever with loss of consciousness, intense heart fire, insomnia caused by vexation, palpitations, blood heat with hematemesis, red eyes, toothache, wasting-thirst, swelling abscess, deep-rooted boil and sore;
topically for eczema, dampness sore, purulent discharge from the ear.
Chemical constituentPhenylpropanoids
(*C1):
Ferulic acid

Isoquinoline alkaloids
(*C1):
Berberine, Palmatine, Jateorrhizine, Coptisine, Magnoflorine, Tetrahydropalmatine, Tetrahydroberberine, Worenine

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Pharmacological effectAntibacterial (broad antibacterial spectrum of berberine),constipation (berberine).
DNA sequenceL75838, AF093730; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database.
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseDiarrhea, Full stomach, Vomitting, Feeling of pressure in the chest, Thirst, Oliguria, High fever, Disturbance of consciousness, Hematemesis, Nasal hemorrhage, Fret, Insomnia, Stomatitis, Toothache, Bleeding from root of tooth, Stomachache, Red eye, Swelling and pain of the throat, Pyogenic dermatosis, Tympanitis, Eye pain
FormulationAnzanto, Ireito, Inchinsan, Unseiin, Ogesan, Orento, Oren'akyoto, Orengedokuto, Orengedokuto, Orenshodokuin, Kagenryokakusan, Kakkon'oren'ogonto, Kakkonkokato, Kamisaikakujioto, Kamishimotsuto, Kamishokankyoto, Kankyoto, Kankyooren'ogon'ninjinto, Kanzoshashinto, Kanrento, Kanrendaioto, Kanrendaiokasekkoto, Keigairengyoto, Keigairengyoto, Kowashakuyakuto, Saikanto, Saikoseikansan, San'oshashinto, San'oshashinto (brewing), Jijinmeimokuto (Jinkimeimouto), Shaito, Shakuyakuto, Junkiwachuto, Shokankyoto, Shokanto, Shokyoshashinto, Shosaikotokaorenbukuryo, Shobaishashinto, Shohito, Jinkimeimokuto, Jinrento, Seiishakato, Seiinrikakuto, Seikanto, Seijobofuto, Seishinto, Seichuankaito, Seineitsugeutsuto, Seiryoin, Senkanmeimokuto, Daibyakuchuin, Danrito, Chikujountanto, Jishusabiho, Jizutsuippo, Chushaen, Chuseito, Tokiyoketsuto, Tokirokuoto, Naisoorento, Nyoshinsan, Hakutooto, Hakutookakanzoakyoto, Hangeshashinto, Bukuryhoshinto, Fushinto, Honposhakuyakuto, Meiroin, Ryutan-shakan-to, Rogyokuto, Kaishun'inchinsan
Related drugsMaweilian (see "Remarks")
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. I, pp 154-158.
RemarksChinese "Weilian" is the rhizome of C. chinensis, "Yalian" is that of C. deltoidea C.Y.Cheng et Hsiao, "Emeiyelian" is that of C. omeiensis (Cheng) C.Y.Cheng, "Yunlian" is that of C. teeta Wall. Chinese "Mawielian" is the subterranean part of Thalictrum species of family Ranunculaceae.
Last renewal date2023/07/21