Cibotium barometz

Background

Jinmaogouji ½ðë¹·¼¹ Chinese Name (pinyin): Gouji

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Cibot Rhizome

Specific Name  : Rhizoma cibotii

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected in autumn and winter, removed from soil and dried or the drug are removed from hard root, petiole and golden hairs, sliced and dried. It is called "shenggoujipian". And after steaming the drug is partially dried in the sun, cut into thick slices and dried thoroughly "shoujipian".

Description  : Irregularly long lump shape, 10 - 30 cm long, 2 - 20 cm in diameter. Externally brown with remains of golden hairs, upper part exhibiting, several reddish brown woody petioles and lower part showing remains of black fibrous roots. Texture hard, uneasily broken, odourless, taste weak and slightly astringent.Shenggoujipian: Irregularly long lump shape or rounded, 5 - 20 cm long, 2 - 10 cm in diameter, 1.5 - 5 mm thick, transverse cut surface pale brown, relatively smooth, exhibiting a brownish yellow raised ring or stripe of xylem a distance of 1 - 4 mm from edges. Edges irregular with remains of golden hairs occasionally, texture fragile, easily broken, starchy.Shougoujipian, Blackish brown, texture hard

Identification  : Transverse section: Epidermis consisting of 1 layer of cells with remains of golden non glandular hairs. The inner of the epidermis exhibiting 10 or over rows of brownish yellow sclerenchymatous cells, pits distinct. Xylem arranged in rings, composed of the trachieds, both the inner and outer parts exhibiting phloem and endodermis. Cortex and pith composed of parenchymatous cells filling with starch granules, some with yellowish brown contents.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, for the drug not sliced, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.Rhizoma Cibotii (scalding): Scald the slices with sand as described under the method for scalding (Appendix ll D) until inflated, after cooling remove the remainders of hairs.

Action  : To replenish the liver and the kidney , to strengthen on the back, and to relieve rheumatic onditions.

Indication  : weakness and aching of the back and loins, limpness of the legs, rheumatic arthralgia

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 6 to 12 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a ventilated and dry place, protected from moisture.

Evidence or the Use of Cibotium barometz in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Nahla Saeed Al-Wajeeh, Maryam Hajerezaie, Suzita Mohd Noor, Mohammed Farouq Halabi, Nawal Al-Henhena, Ainnul Hamidah Syahadah Azizan, Sareh Kamran, Pouya Hassandarvish, Abdrabuh N Shwter, Hamed Karimian, Hapipah Mohd Ali, Mahmood Ameen Abdulla
Retraction Note: The gastro protective effects of Cibotium barometz hair on ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in sprague-dawley rats.
BMC Vet Res: 2024, 20(1);140
[PubMed:38582835] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Marcela Dvorakova, Petr Soudek, Antonio Pavicic, Lenka Langhansova
The traditional utilization, biological activity and chemical composition of edible fern species.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2024, 324;117818
[PubMed:38296173] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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Drug Des Devel Ther: 2023, 17;3549-3550
[PubMed:38050637] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Na-Hyung Kim, Joo-Yeon Lee, Choon Young Kim
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Int J Mol Sci: 2023, 24(19);
[PubMed:37834245] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Yuanyuan Wang, Liuqing He, Shiyong Dong, Haoyang Fu, Gaofeng Wang, Xiaoliang Liang, Wei Tan, Hongping He, Runliang Zhu, Jianxi Zhu
Accumulation, translocation, and fractionation of rare earth elements (REEs) in fern species of hyperaccumulators and non-hyperaccumulators growing in urban areas.
Sci Total Environ: 2023, 905;167344
[PubMed:37751840] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)