Crude drug sample data base
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Scientific information data base
Common name | 補骨脂, Buguzhi, Psoraleae Fructus (CP2020), Malaytea Scurfpea Fruit (CP2020) | |||||
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Synonyms | 破故紙 はこし, Hakoshi | |||||
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Original plant name | Psoralea corylifolia L., (Orandabiyu) | |||||
Family name | Leguminosae | |||||
Used part | mature seed | |||||
Quality for selection | The good one is more blackish in color and more aromatic is superior (TN). | |||||
Official compendium | CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
Clinical application | As a tonic and aphrodisiac, it is employed for the treatment of impotence, diarrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, and pain of the waist and knees from the cold. | |||||
Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Replenishing Yang(vital function) drugs | ||||
Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent and bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Kidney and spleen meridians. [Actions] To warm the kidney and assist yang, absorb qi to relieve panting, warm the spleen to check diarrhea; topically to disperse wind and resolve macule. [Indications] Deficiency of kidney yang, impotence and seminal emission, enuresis and frequent urination, cold pain in the lower back and knees, panting caused by kidney deficiency, diarrhea before dawn; vitiligo and alopecia topically. | |||||
Chemical constituent | Flavanones & Dihydroflavonols (*C1): Bavachin, Bavachinin, Isobavachin Chalcones, Dihydrochalcones & Aurones (*C1): Isobavachalcone Coumarins (*C1): Psoralen, Angelicin, Psoralidin(果皮/pericarp) Other aromatic compounds (*C1): Bakuchiol Others (*C1): 樹脂,精油/essential oil | |||||
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Pharmacological effect | Unknown, but good for night blindness (powdery ethanol extract) and vitiligo | |||||
Disease | Impotence, Spermatorrhea, Frequent urination, Lower back pain, Chill, Diarrhea | |||||
Formulation | rarely used in formula | |||||
References | CP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi. C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, p 222. | |||||
Last renewal date | 2022/01/19 | |||||