Aesculus chinensis

From Epilepsy Naturapedia
Revision as of 20:10, 3 April 2013 by Media wiki admin (Talk | contribs) (Other Names:)

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
P385 2.jpg
P386 1.jpg
P386 2.jpg

Nomenclature

Other Names:

Historical Use of Aesculus chinensis

Aesculus chinensis in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Suolouzi

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Buckeye Seed

Specific Name  : Semen aseculi

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected in autumn when ripe, removed from pericarp, dried in the sun or at a lower temperature.

Description  : Oblate or subspherical, resembling chestnut, 1.5 - 4 cm in diameter. Externally brown or dark brown, frequently shrunken, somewhat lustrous, hilum light in color, subrounded, occupying ½-1/4 in area of the seed with stripe of projecting raphe on one side, sometimes indistinct. Testa hard and fragile, cotyledons 2, thick and hard, resembling the kernel of chestnut, yellowish white or pale brown and starchy. Odorless and taste bitter then sweet.

Identification  :

Processing  : Remove the outer coat and foreign matters, break into pieces before use.

Action  : To regulate the flow of qi, normalize the stomach function nd relieve pain.

Indication  :

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 3 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a dry place, protected from mould nd moth.

Synonymns for Aesculus chinensis

Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Aesculus chinensis

Pharmaceutical Information

Chemical Constituents

Evidence or the Use of Aesculus chinensis in the Treatment of Epilepesy

Basic Science

Animal Studies

Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials

Randomized Controlled Trials

Meta-Analysis

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Gui Mei, Jing Xu, Chumao Wen, Yitong Li, Su Chen, Xiaofei Yang, Jun Li, Yu Chen, Guangzhong Yang
Antihyperglycemic effects of triterpenoid saponins from the seeds of Aesculus chinensis Bge.
Phytochemistry: 2024;114049
[PubMed:38462214] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Wei Sun, Qinggang Yin, Huihua Wan, Ranran Gao, Chao Xiong, Chong Xie, Xiangxiao Meng, Yaolei Mi, Xiaotong Wang, Caixia Wang, Weiqiang Chen, Ziyan Xie, Zheyong Xue, Hui Yao, Peng Sun, Xuehua Xie, Zhigang Hu, David R Nelson, Zhichao Xu, Xinxiao Sun, Shilin Chen
Characterization of the horse chestnut genome reveals the evolution of aescin and aesculin biosynthesis.
Nat Commun: 2023, 14(1);6470
[PubMed:37833361] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Minmin Liu, Genzhong Liu, Guodong Wang, Shiyan Song, Peng Zhang, Xiaofang Liu, Yuling Li, Xiuhong Mao, Zhilong Bao, Fangfang Ma
Identification and functional characterization of AcMYB113 in anthocyanin metabolism of Aesculus chinensis Bunge var. chinensis leaves.
Plant Physiol Biochem: 2023, 199;107709
[PubMed:37094493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hao Yu, Siru Yan, Meiyu Jin, Yunfei Wei, Lilei Zhao, Jiaqi Cheng, Lu Ding, Haihua Feng
Aescin can alleviate NAFLD through Keap1-Nrf2 by activating antioxidant and autophagy.
Phytomedicine: 2023, 113;154746
[PubMed:36905866] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Wei-Wei Wang, Zi-Wei Liu, Ya-Zhe Sun, Li-Fang Liu
Comparison of Semen Aesculi species from different geographical origins and horse chestnut based on metabolomics and chemometrics analysis.
Phytochem Anal: 2023, 34(7);830-841
[PubMed:36843182] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Safety

Allergies

Side Effect and Warnings

Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Adverse Effects