Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 土木香 |
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| Formal name | 土木香 | |
| Japanese name | どもっこう, Domokkō | |
| Latin name | Inulae Radix (CP) | |
| English name | Inula Root (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Inula helenium L., (Ōguruma) | |
| Family name | Compositae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | root |
| TMPW No. | 793 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 土木香, Tumuxiang, Inulae Radix (CP2020), Inula Root (CP2020) | |||||
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| Original plant name | Inula helenium L.1, Inula racemosa Hook. f., (Ōguruma1) | |||||
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| Family name | Compositae | |||||
| Used part | root | |||||
| Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | Acting as a diuretic and diaphoresis, it is used for home remedy and insence making in place of Aucklandiae (Saussureae) Radix. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Carminatives for regulating flow of Qi | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent and bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Liver and spleen meridians. [Actions] To tortify the spleen and harmonize the stomach, move qi and relieve pain, and prevent miscarriage. [Indications] Distending pain in tpe chest, hypochondrium, epigastrium and abdomen; vormtmg, diarrhea and dysentery, chest or hypochondrium injury, pain caused by qi divergeny, threatened abortion. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Sesquiterpenoids I. helenium (*C1-C4): Alantolactone, Isoalantolactone, Dehydroalantolactone, Alloalantolactone, Dihydroisoalantolactone, 1beta-Hydroxyalantolactone, 2-Oxoalantolactone I. racemosa (C4,C6-C9): Alantodiene, Alantolactone, Alloalantolactone, Isoalantodiene, Isoalloalantolactone, Inunal, Isoinunal, Neoalantolactone, Dihydroinunolide Triterpenoids I. helenium (*C5): Dammaradienol | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Anthelmintic | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Full stomach, Abdominal pain, Nausea, Vomitting, Constipation, Diarrhea, Tenesmus | |||||
| Formulation | Ureitsukito, Kagenshosaikoto, Kamikihito, Kikyoto, Kihito, Kyukihochuto, Kumibinroto, Kobokuto, Kowashakuyakuto, Goshitsusan, Sanshoin, Shichimibyakujutsuto, Jippito, Shakuyakuto, Jurokumiryukiin, Shobaito, Jinsoin, Zenshikunshito, Zenshibyakujutsusan, Chuseito, Chokoshiteito, Dosuibukuryoto, Dotaitsukeito, Naisoorento, Nyoshinsan, Haikanpo, Baimoto, Bunshoto, Boisan, Boito, Botanpisan, Honposhakuyakuto, Rogyokuto, Koshayoito | |||||
| Related drugs | Saussureae Radix, Aristolochiae Radix, Vladimiriae Radix | |||||
| References | C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 40-42. C2)J. Am. Chem, Soc., 82, 2224 (1960). C3)Phytochemistry, 17, 1165 (1978). C4)J. Am. Chem. Soc., 79, 5721 (1957). C5)J. Chem. Soc., 2196 (1956). C6)Phytochemistry, 28, 2093 (1989). C7)J. Chem., Sect. B, 22, 286 (1983). C8)Phytochemistry, 24, 2007 (1985). C9)Indian J. Chem., Sect. B., 16, 27 (1978). | |||||
| Remarks | The real Muxiang (木香) is the root of Saussurea lappa Clarke (= Aucklandia lappa Decne.) of family Compositae. Inula helenium L. (Jap. name: Ōguruma) is a native of Europe and the root is applied to treat disease of chest (including chronic bronchitis, etc), alimentary disease and infectious disease (cold and tonsillitis). The root of Inula racemosa Hook. f. is called Cangmuxiang (Jap. name: 蔵木香, Zōmokkō) as well and frequently used in Tibetan Medicine. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/07/09 | |||||
