Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 馬銭子 |
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| Formal name | ホミカ | |
| Japanese name | まちんし, Machinshi; ほみか, Homika | |
| Vernacular name | Maqianzi | |
| Latin name | Strychni Semen (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Nux Vomica (JP), (CP) | |
| Other names | 番木鼈 | |
| Original plant name | Strychnos nux-vomica Linn., Machin (Sutorikinīnenoki) | |
| Family name | Loganiaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | seed |
| Collection information | Hong Kong, Wing Tai Hong Medicine Co.,Ltd. | |
| Collection date | 1976/11/00 | |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| TMPW No. | 9006 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | ホミカ（馬銭子）, Maqianzi, Strychni SemenJP,CP, Nux VomicaJP,CP | |||||
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| Original plant name | Strychnos nux-vomica Linn. | |||||
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| Family name | Loganiaceae | |||||
| Used part | mature seed | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XIX, CP (2025 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | It is used as a bitter stomachic and analgesic agent, in the form of an extract or tincture, for gastrointestinal atony and dyspepsia. | |||||
| Medical system | Traditional Chinese medicine | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Traditional classification | External drugs | ||||
| Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; bitter; highly toxic. [Meridian Tropism] Lung and spleen meridians. [Actions] To unblock the collaterals to relieve pain, dissipate bmds and disperse swelling. [Indications] Injuries from falls and fights, swelling and pain caused by fracture, wind-dampness stubborn impediment, numbness, paralysis, abscesses and cellulitis, sore and toxin, swelling and sore of throat. | |||||
| Chemical constituent | Lipids (*C1): 脂肪油/fat oil Monoterpenoids (*C1): Loganin Tannins (*C1): Caffeetannin Indole alkaloids (*C1): Strychnine, Brucine, Vomicine, alpha-Colubrine, beta-Colubrine, Pseudostrychnine, Pseudobrucine, Struxine | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Central excitation (strychnine). | |||||
| DNA sequence | L14410 | |||||
| Disease | Swelling and pain of joint, Cramp, Numbness, Swelling and pain due to contusion, Swelling and pain of the throat, Pyogenic dermatosis | |||||
| Formulation | Nux Vomica Extract, Nux Vomica Extract Powder, Nux Vomica Tincture, Compound Nux Vomica Extract and Diastase | |||||
| References | JP: The 19th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. CP: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2025 edi. C1) The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 331-333. | |||||
| Remarks | It is used as a raw material for the production of strychnine nitrate (a central nervous system stimulant). | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2026/07/14 | |||||
