Celosia cristata
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Celosia cristata
Celosia cristata in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Jiguanhua
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Cockcomb Flower
Specific Name : Flos celosiae cristatae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected on flowering on autumn and dried in the sun.
Description : Spike mostly flat and fleshy, cockcomb shaped, 8-25cm long, 5-20cm wide. The upper margin broad bearing folds and dense linear scales, narrowed towards the base often with remaining flat stem. Externally red or yellowish white, aggregating numerous florets below the middle. Persistent bracts and perianth segment of the florets membranous. Fruit dehiscent by lid, seeds obulate, kidney shaped, black, lustrous, texture light and pliable. Odourless and taste weak.
Identification :
Processing : Flos Celosiae Cristatae, eliminate foreign matter and remains of the stems cut into sections.Carbonized, stir fry the sections as describe under the method for carbonizing by stir frying (Appendix ll D) until it becomes charred black.
Action : To arrest discharge (bleeding leukorrhea and diarrhea) as an astringent.
Indication : hematemesis, abnormal uterine bleeding, hematochezia, hemorrhoidal bleeding, leukorrhea, chronic dysentery with persistent diarrhea
Precautions :
Dosage : 6 to 12 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated dry place.
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Celosia cristata
Celosia cristata in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Qingxiangzi
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Seed of Feather Corkscomb
Specific Name : Semen celosiae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The plant is cut up or the infructescence is picked up in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun and the seed is gathered and removed from foreign matters.
Description : Oblate, a few rounded reniform, 1 - 1.5mm in diameter. Externally black or reddish black, lustrous, somewhat raised in the middle with a hilum on the slightly dented lateral side. Testa thin and brittle, odorless and tasteless.Foreign matter: Not more than 2% (Appendix lX A).
Identification :
Processing :
Action : To remove heat from the liver, and to clear the eye of corneal opacity.
Indication : redness of the eye and dizziness due to excessive heat or fire in the liver; nebula with blurred vision
Precautions :
Dosage : 9 to 15 g.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place.
Synonymns for Celosia cristata
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Celosia cristata
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Celosia cristata in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
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Maciej Jędrejko, Karol Jędrejko, Víctor M Gómez-Renaud, Katarzyna Kała, Bożena Muszyńska
Exploring the Impact of Alternative Sources of Dietary Nitrate Supplementation on Exercise Performance.
Int J Mol Sci: 2024, 25(7);
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Yazi D Ke, Annika van Hummel, Carol Au, Gabriella Chan, Wei Siang Lee, Julia van der Hoven, Magdalena Przybyla, Yuanyuan Deng, Miheer Sabale, Nicolle Morey, Josefine Bertz, Astrid Feiten, Stefania Ippati, Claire H Stevens, Shu Yang, Amadeus Gladbach, Nikolas K Haass, Jillian J Kril, Ian P Blair, Fabien Delerue, Lars M Ittner
Targeting 14-3-3θ-mediated TDP-43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia mice.
Neuron: 2024;
[PubMed:38366598]
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Mazhar Hussain, Arslan Hafeez, Arwa Abdulkreem Al-Huqail, Ibtisam Mohammed Alsudays, Suliman Mohammed Suliman Alghanem, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Rizwan Rasheed, Muhammad Rizwan, Amany H A Abeed
Effect of hesperidin on growth, photosynthesis, antioxidant systems and uptake of cadmium, copper, chromium and zinc by Celosia argentea plants.
Plant Physiol Biochem: 2024, 207;108433
[PubMed:38364631]
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Umer Hussain, Rabia Afza, Iram Gul, Muhammad Anwar Sajad, Ghulam Mujtaba Shah, Zahir Muhammad, Shujaul Mulk Khan
Phytoremediation of heavy metals spiked soil by Celosia argentea L.: effect on plant growth and metal stabilization.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int: 2024, 31(10);15339-15347
[PubMed:38294656]
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Stephanie L Rayner, Alison Hogan, Jennilee M Davidson, Tyler Chapman, Flora Cheng, Luan Luu, Sharlynn Wu, Selina Zhang, Shu Yang, Ian Blair, Marco Morsch, Roger Chung, Albert Lee
Cyclin F can alter the turnover of TDP-43.
Neurobiol Dis: 2024, 192;106421
[PubMed:38286389]
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