Anodonta woodiana

Background

Lianzhufen å¥Öé·Û Zhenzhufen ÕäÖé·Û Chinese Name (pinyin): Zhenzhu

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Pearl

Specific Name  : Margarita

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected from animal, washed and dried.

Description  : subspheroidal, oblong, ovaoid or clavate, 1.5 - 8mm in diameter. Externally almost white, light pink, light yellowish green or light blue, translucent, smooth or slightly uneven with characteristic lustre. Texture hard, laminating veins on broken surface. Odorless and tasteless.

Identification  : 1.Powder: Whitish, irregular pieces translecent, lustrous, granular I surface view, sometimes finely undulated striated. The ground slices marked with concentric striations.2.To the powder, add dilute hydrochloric acid solution, a lot of bubbles are produced, filter, the filtrate yields the identification test calcium salts (Appendix lV)3.Examine the drug under ultra violet light (365nm) pale bluish violet or bright yellowish green fluorescence is shown, usuallt relatively bright in the peripheral zone

Processing  : Wash clean and dry.Powder of Margarita: Take clean margarita, grind and make it into finest powder as described under the method for levigation

Action  : To calm the nerves, to eliminate corneal opacity, to counteract toxicity and to promote the growth of new tissues.

Indication  : palpitation and insomnia; convulsion, epilepsy; nebula; skin ulceration that are difficult to heal

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 0.1 to 0.3 g, mostly used in making pills or powder; appropriate quantity for external use.

Storage  : Preserve in well closed containers.

Evidence or the Use of Anodonta woodiana in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Mingjun Yan, Xiubao Chen, Junren Xue, Hongbo Liu, Tao Jiang, Jian Yang
Copper Stress Causes Shell Morphology Changes in Early Juvenile Anodonta woodiana Based on Geometric-Morphometric Analysis.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol: 2024, 112(2);28
[PubMed:38281213] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Dominik Marchowski, Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Łukasz Ławicki, Jacek Engel, Ewa Drewniak, Karol Ciężak
A dataset on quantifying a mass mortality event in freshwater wildlife within the Lower Odra River.
Data Brief: 2023, 51;109753
[PubMed:38075625] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Agnieszka Szlauer-Łukaszewska, Łukasz Ławicki, Jacek Engel, Ewa Drewniak, Karol Ciężak, Dominik Marchowski
Quantifying a mass mortality event in freshwater wildlife within the Lower Odra River: Insights from a large European river.
Sci Total Environ: 2024, 907;167898
[PubMed:37858826] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Nannan Liu, Jie Zhang, Xudan He, Lin Xu, Yaqi Cai
Occurrence and fate of chlorinated methylsiloxanes in surrounding aqueous systems of Shengli oilfield, China.
J Environ Sci (China): 2023, 125;332-339
[PubMed:36375918] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Fufa Qu, Qing She, Jialing Li, Xuan Zeng, Yumiao Li, Xinyu Liu, Lingxin Ren, Zhenzhen Liu, Chaoran Gao, Xinyu Lu, Mengyao Long, Xinya Li
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Front Immunol: 2022, 13;925168
[PubMed:35757761] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)