Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 苧麻根 |
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| Formal name | 苧麻根 | |
| Japanese name | ちょまこん, Chomakon | |
| Vernacular name | Zhumagen | |
| Latin name | Boehmeriae Radix | |
| English name | Boehmeria Root | |
| Original plant name | Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud, (Nambankaramushi) | |
| Family name | Urticaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1974/12/25 | |
| TMPW No. | 762 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 苧麻根, Zhumagen, Boehmeriae Radix , Boehmeria Root | ||||
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| Synonyms | 苧麻 | ||||
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| Original plant name | Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaudichaud, (Nambankaramushi) | ||||
| Family name | Urticaceae | ||||
| Used part | root | ||||
| Clinical application | As an antifebrile, diuretic, antidote and for preventing miscarriage, it is applied for oliguria, threatened abortion, hematochezia and abnormal uterine bleeding in pregnancy, sores, gonorrhea, hematuria, and erysipelas. | ||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | ||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Hemostatics | |||
| Beneficial effect | To arrest bleeding by dispelling heat in blood, to clear the heat and prevent miscarriage, to promote diuresis, to clear away toxic material.: For hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, abnormal uterine bleeding, threatened abortion, hematochezia and abnormal uterine bleeding in pregnancy, dark urine, gonorrhea, oliguria, toxic heat and sores, insect or snake bite. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Phenylpropanoids (*C1): Chlorogenic acid（葉/leaves ） Anthraquinones (*C1): Emodin, Physcion-8-beta-glucoside（以上根/roots） Flavones & Flavonols (*C1): Rhoifolin, Apigenin-rhamnoglucoside（以上葉/leaves） | ||||
| Pharmacological effect | Not exactly known. | ||||
| DNA sequence | AF062005, AF206870, AJ235801 | ||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | ||||
| Disease | Hemoptysis, Hematemesis, Hematuria, Irregular vaginal bleeding, Internal bleeding, Bleeding from trauma, Lower abdominal pain during pregnancy, Threatened abortion, Melena or hematochezia, Oliguria, Gonorrhea, Urodynia, Pyogenic dermatosis, Hemorrhoid, Snake bite, Urodynia | ||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula | ||||
| References | C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 105-106. | ||||
| Remarks | It is cultivated more commonly as a fiber plant than a medicine. | ||||
| Last renewal date | 2020/11/20 | ||||
