Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 益智 |
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| Formal name | 益智 | |
| Japanese name | やくち, Yakuchi | |
| Latin name | Alpiniae Fructus (JP), Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (CP) | |
| English name | Bitter Cardamom (JP), Sharpleaf Glangal Fruit (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Alpinia oxyphylla Miq. | |
| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | mature fruit |
| TMPW No. | 8825 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 益智, Yizhi, Alpiniae Fructus (JP18), Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus (CP2020) , Bitter Cardamon (JP18), Sharpleaf Glangal Fruit (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 益智仁（果殻を除く） | |||||
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| Original plant name | Alpinia oxyphylla Miquel | |||||
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| Family name | Zingiberaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature fruit | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Yizhi is large and light yellow or light yellowish-brown. It has a strong odor. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | As an aromatic stomachic and antiflatulent, yizhi is applied for functional decline of digestive system, indigestion, diarrhea due to indigestion, and nervous diarrhea. It is used as well as suosha. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | Replenishing Yang(vital function) drugs | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; pungent. [Meridian Tropism] Spleen and kidney meridians meridians. [Actions] To warm the kidney to secure essence to reduce urination, when the spleen to check diarrhea and constrain spittle. [Indications] Kidney deficiency with enuresis, frequent urination, seminal emission and white turbidity, diarrhea caused by spleen cold, cold pain in the abdomen, dribbling. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Monoterpenoids (*C1): 1,8-Cineole, beta-Pinene, p-Cymene, Terpinen-4-ol (*C2): Camphor Sesquiterpenoids *C1): Zingiberene, beta-Salinene, beta-Caryophyllene, alpha-Humulene, alpha-Copaene, Nootkatone (*C2): Zingiberol Flavonoids (*C3): tectochrysin, chrysin, izalpinin, 3,5-dihydroxy-7, 4'-dimethoxyflavone Diarylheptanoids (*C1, C2): Yakuchinone A(1-(4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyphenyl)-7-phenyl-3-heptanone), Yakuchinone B | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Antiulcer (acetone extract, nootkatone) (P1). | |||||
| DNA sequence | AF254463 | |||||
| Classical reference (Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao") |  ※Click this image to see the actual image | |||||
| Disease | Abdominal pain, Chill, Dyspepsia, Diarrhea, Anorexia, Slaver, Spermatorrhea, Frequent urination | |||||
| Formulation | rarely used in formula, | |||||
| Related drugs | Amomi Semen | |||||
| 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 238-239. C2) Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, p 322. C3) Partner Pharmacognosy, p 355. P1) Chem. Pharm. Bull., 38, 3053(1990) | |||||
| Remarks | The medicinal benefit of Yizhi resembles "Buguzhi" (補骨脂, Psoraleae Semen). However, "Buguzhi" acts mostly on kidney, while Yizhi acts mostly on spleen. Impotence due to insufficiency of kidney, and knee and lumbar pain with cold symptoms are incurable with Yizhi. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
