Centella asiatica
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Centella asiatica
Centella asiatica in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Jixuecao
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Asiatic pennywort herb
Specific Name : Herba centellae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in summer and autumn, remove from soil and dried in the sun.
Description : Frequently crumpled into masses, roots cylindrical, 2 - 4cm long, 1 - 1.5mm in diameter, externally pale yellow or greyish yellow. Stems slender and curved, yellowish brown, finely striated longitudinally, frequently with rootlets on the nodes. Leaves mostly crumpled and broken when whole, subrounded or kidney shaped, 1 - 4cm in diameter, greyish green, margin roughly crenate petioles 3 - 6cm long, twisted. Umbels axillary small. Cremocarps oblate with distinctly prominenet, longitudinal ridges and fine reticulate striations, fruit stalk very short, odor slight and taste weak.
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean cut into sections and dry in the sun.
Action : To remove heat and damp, to counteract toxicity, and to cause subsidence of swelling.
Indication : jaundice caused by damp-heat; heat stroke with diarrhea; urolithiasis and hematuria; carbuncles and boils; traumatic injuries
Precautions :
Dosage : 15 to 30 g; or 30 to 60 g of the fresh herb.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place.
Synonymns for Centella asiatica
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Centella asiatica
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Centella asiatica 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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Antioxidative and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Plant-derived Hypoglycemic Medicines: An In vivo/In vitro Systematic Review.
Curr Top Med Chem: 2024;
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Cyriac Abby Philips, Arif Hussain Theruvath
A comprehensive review on the hepatotoxicity of herbs used in the Indian (Ayush) systems of alternative medicine.
Medicine (Baltimore): 2024, 103(16);e37903
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Zaynab Mando, Huda Mando, Adlin Afzan, Khozirah Shaari, Zurina Hassan, Mohamad Nurul Azmi, Fauziahanim Zakaria
Biomarker triterpenoids of Centella asiatica as potential antidepressant agents: Combining in vivo and in silico studies.
Behav Brain Res: 2024;114976
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Alex B Speers, Kirsten M Wright, Mikah S Brandes, Nareg Kedjejian, Donald G Matthews, Maya Caruso, Christopher J Harris, Seiji Koike, Thuan Nguyen, Joseph F Quinn, Amala Soumyanath, Nora E Gray
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Front Neurosci: 2024, 18;1277626
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