Crude drug sample data base
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Crude drug name | Market name | 竹節人参 |
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| Formal name | 竹節人参 | |
| Japanese name | ちくせつにんじん, Chikusetsuninjin | |
| Vernacular name | Zhujieshen (竹節参) | |
| Latin name | Panacis Japonici Rhizoma (JP), (CP) | |
| English name | Panax Japonicus Rhizome (JP), Japanese Ginseng (CP) | |
| Original plant name | Panax japonicus C.A. Meyer, (Tochibaninjin) | |
| Family name | Araliaceae | |
| Used part | Classification | Plant origin | Sub classification | rhizome |
| Collector | Tsuneo Namba | |
| TMPW No. | 99 | |
Scientific information data base
| Common name | 竹節人参, Zhujieshen, Panacis Japonici Rhizoma (JP18, CP2020), Panax Japonicus Rhizome (JP18), Japanese Ginseng (CP2020) | |||||
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| Synonyms | 竹参, 竹節参 | |||||
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| Original plant name | Panax japonicus C.A. Meyer, (Tochibaninjin) | |||||
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| Family name | Araliaceae | |||||
| Used part | rhizome | |||||
| Quality for selection | Good Zhujieshen is enlarged. (TN) | |||||
| Official compendium | JP XVIII, CP (2020 ed.) | |||||
| Clinical application | Zhujieshen is used as stomachic, antifebrile and expectorant. Though the invigoration of metabolism is weaker than that of ginseng, it has stronger effects in stomachic, antifebrile and expectorant. | |||||
| Medical system | Kampo med., TCM | |||||
| Drug effect in traditional medicine | Beneficial effect | [Property and Flavor] Warm; sweet and mild bitter. [Meridian Tropism] Liver, spleen and lung. [Actions] To dissipate stasis and stanch bleeding, disperse swelling, relieve pain, dispel phlegm to suppress cough, replenish and strengthen the body after diseases. [Indications] Cough caused by consumptive disease, hemoptysis, traumatic injuries, cough, profuse sputum, and convalescent weakness after illness. | ||||
| Chemical constituent | Triterpenoid saponins (*C1): サポニン配糖体約5% [saponin glycosides approx.5%[ : Chikusetsusaponin I, Chikusetsusaponin Ia, Chikusetsusaponin Ib, Chikusetsusaponin III, Chikusetsusaponin IV, Chikusetsusaponin IV a, Chikusetsusaponin V | |||||
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| Pharmacological effect | Sedative，spasmolytic，antifebrile，antitussive，expectorant，enhanced automovement of intestinal motility，suppression of stress ulcer （chikusetsusaponinⅡ）．Cholinominetic，histamine release action，and suppression of peptic ulcer （non-saponin fraction，chikusetsusaponin Ⅴ）． | |||||
| DNA sequence | 18SrRNA:D84100(*S1), matK:D89058(*S2), ITS:U41701, U41702; Traditioal Medical & Parmaceutical Database. | |||||
| Disease | Dyspepsia, Anorexia, Chronic gastritis, Common cold, Acute Bronchitis, Chronic bronchitis, Cough, Expectoration of sputum | |||||
| Formulation | Jinrento | |||||
| Related drugs | Renshen (Ginseng), Hongshen (Red Ginseng), Sanqirenshen (Panax Notoginseng Root), Guangdongrenshen (American Ginseng) | |||||
| 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 3-4. S1) Biol.Pharm.Bull.,19,1530(1996). S2) Biol.Pharm.Bull.,20,765(1997). | |||||
| Remarks | It was developed as the substitute for Ginseng at an early stage of Edo period (1624-1643). It is blended into "Shosaikoto" and "Hangeshashinto" as a substitute for Ginseng. | |||||
| Last renewal date | 2021/09/27 | |||||
