Cimicifuga foetida
Contents
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cimicifuga foetida
Cimicifuga foetida in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Lushengma ÂÌÉýÂé
Zhishengma ÖËÉýÂé
Chinese Name (pinyin): Shengma
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Bugbane Rhizome
Specific Name : Rhizoma cimicifugae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in autumn, removed from soil and fibrous roots and dried in the sun.
Description : Irregular long pieces, frequently branched, nodular, 10 - 20 cm in diameter, 10 - 20 cm long, 2 - 4 cm in diameter. Externally blackish brown or brown, rough with remains of many wiry fibrous roots. The upper part sdhowing several round and hollow remains of stem, the inner walls with reticulate furrows and the lower part lumpy with fibrous root scars. Texture light and hard, uneasily broken, fracture uneven, cracked, fibrous, yellowish green or yellowish white. Odour slight, taste slightly bitter and astringent.
Identification : Not more than 8.0%
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, soak briefly, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.
Action : To induce perspiration and promote eruption, to remove toxic heat, and to cure droping and ptosis.
Indication : headache caused by wind-heat, toothache, ulcers in the mouth, sore throat; measles with inadequate eruption and other eruptive febrile diseases; prolapse of the rectum or uterus
Precautions :
Dosage : 3 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated and dry place.
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cimicifuga foetida
Cimicifuga foetida in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Lushengma ÂÌÉýÂé
Zhishengma ÖËÉýÂé
Chinese Name (pinyin): Shengma
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Bugbane Rhizome
Specific Name : Rhizoma cimicifugae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in autumn, removed from soil and fibrous roots and dried in the sun.
Description : Irregular long pieces, frequently branched, nodular, 10 - 20 cm in diameter, 10 - 20 cm long, 2 - 4 cm in diameter. Externally blackish brown or brown, rough with remains of many wiry fibrous roots. The upper part sdhowing several round and hollow remains of stem, the inner walls with reticulate furrows and the lower part lumpy with fibrous root scars. Texture light and hard, uneasily broken, fracture uneven, cracked, fibrous, yellowish green or yellowish white. Odour slight, taste slightly bitter and astringent.
Identification : Not more than 8.0%
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, soak briefly, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.
Action : To induce perspiration and promote eruption, to remove toxic heat, and to cure droping and ptosis.
Indication : headache caused by wind-heat, toothache, ulcers in the mouth, sore throat; measles with inadequate eruption and other eruptive febrile diseases; prolapse of the rectum or uterus
Precautions :
Dosage : 3 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated and dry place.
Synonymns for Cimicifuga foetida
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Cimicifuga foetida
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Cimicifuga foetida 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
Linyang Li, Chengchen Xu, Yinling Guo, Haozhong Wang
Screening potential treatments for mpox from Traditional Chinese Medicine by using a data-driven approach.
Medicine (Baltimore): 2023, 102(37);e35116
[PubMed:37713907]
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Honglin Zhang, Yiyan Chen, Songwen Huang, Wen-Wen Xiao, Ming-Hua Qiu, Li-Dong Shao, Chuan-Huizi Chen, Dashan Li
Development of actein derivatives as potent anti-triple negative breast cancer agents.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett: 2023, 89;129307
[PubMed:37121522]
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Chunyan Chen, Lin Li, Xiaomei Liu, Deqin Zhang, Yang Liu, Yuhong Li
23-O-acetylshengmanol-3-O-α-L-arabinoside alleviates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury through inhibiting IκB/NF-κB and MAPK/AP-1 signaling pathways.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2023, 300;115725
[PubMed:36115602]
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Jih-Jung Chen, Ming-Jen Cheng, Tzong-Huei Lee, Yueh-Hsiung Kuo, Chao-Tsen Lu
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Molecules: 2022, 27(5);
[PubMed:35268758]
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Chenguang Zhao, Zhiling Zhang, Xiaohua Dai, Jinhui Wang, Hao Liu, Hongwei Ma
Actein Antagonizes Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Proliferation through Activating FoxO1.
Pharmacology: 2021, 106(9-10);551-563
[PubMed:34175854]
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