Curcuma zedoaria
Contents
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Curcuma zedoaria
Curcuma zedoaria in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
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Chinese Name (pinyin): Yujin
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Curcuma Root
Specific Name : Radix curcumae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in winter when stem and leaves wither, removed from soil and rootlets, steamed or boiled thoroughly and dried.
Description : Wen Yujin: Oblong or ovoid, slightly compressed or curved, the two ends tapering, 3.5 - 7 cm long, 1.2 - 2.5 cm in diameter. Externally pale brown or greyish brown with irregular longitudinal wrinkles, the raised longitudinal wrinkles pale in colour. Texture compact fracture greyish brown and horny. Endodermis ring distinct. Odour slightly aromatic, taste slightly bitter. Huang Si Yujin: Fusiform, sometimes slender at one end. 2.5 - 4.5 cm long, 1 - 1.8 cm in diameter, externally brownish grey or greyish yellow with fine wrinkles. Fracture orange but edges brownish yellow to brownish red. Odour aromatic, taste pungent.Gui Yujin: Long conical or oblong. 2 - 6.5 cm long, 1 - 1.8 cm in diameter. Externally with sparse and shallow wrinkles or relatively coarse reticulate wrinkles. Odour slight, taste slightly pungent and bitter.LüSi Yujin: Long ellipsoid rather stout, 1.5 - 3.5cm long, 1 - 1.2 cm in diameter. Odour slight, taste weak.
Identification : Transverse sectionWen Yujin: Epidermal cells sometimes remaining, the outer walls slightly thickened. Velamen narrow, composed of 4 - 8 layers of cells with slightly sinous and thin walls regularly arranged. Cortex ½ as wide as the diameter of the root, oil cells poorly visible, endodermis distinct. In stele, phloem bundle and xylem bundles 40 - 55 respectively, vessels 2 - 4 in xylem bundle and xylem fibres slightly lignified. Vessels polygonal thin walled, 20 - 90µm in diameter. All starch granules in parenchymatous cells gelatinized.Huang Si Yujin: The walls of the inner most layer of velamen thickened. Sometimes xylem vessels and fibres arranged in a continuous ring, oil cells numerous, pigment cells scattered throughout parenchyma.Gui Yujin: The walls of velamen occasionally thickened, the inner side of velamen showing 1 - 2 rows of sclerenchymatous cells arranged in a ring with distinct striations. Vessels subrounded up to 160µm in diameter.Lü Yujin: The cells of velamen not thickened. At the outside of the stele cortex frequently exhibiting pigment cells. Phloem bundle shriveled, xylem bundles more, 64 - 72 vessels flattened.Water: Carry out the determination of water (Appendix lX H, method 2) not more than 15.0%.Total ash: Not more than 9.0%
Processing : Wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thin slices and dry, or wash clean, dry, and then break to pieces.
Action :
Indication : amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, distending or pricking pain in the chest and abdomen; impairment of consciousness in febrile diseases, epilepsy, mania; jaundice with dark urine
Precautions :
Dosage : 3-10g
Storage :
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Curcuma zedoaria
Curcuma zedoaria in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chuanyujin ´¨Óô½ð
Guangyujin ¹ãÓô½ð
Heiyujin ºÚÓô½ð
Huangyujin »ÆÓô½ð
Chinese Name (pinyin): Yujin
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Curcuma Root
Specific Name : Radix curcumae
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in winter when stem and leaves wither, removed from soil and rootlets, steamed or boiled thoroughly and dried.
Description : Wen Yujin: Oblong or ovoid, slightly compressed or curved, the two ends tapering, 3.5 - 7 cm long, 1.2 - 2.5 cm in diameter. Externally pale brown or greyish brown with irregular longitudinal wrinkles, the raised longitudinal wrinkles pale in colour. Texture compact fracture greyish brown and horny. Endodermis ring distinct. Odour slightly aromatic, taste slightly bitter. Huang Si Yujin: Fusiform, sometimes slender at one end. 2.5 - 4.5 cm long, 1 - 1.8 cm in diameter, externally brownish grey or greyish yellow with fine wrinkles. Fracture orange but edges brownish yellow to brownish red. Odour aromatic, taste pungent.Gui Yujin: Long conical or oblong. 2 - 6.5 cm long, 1 - 1.8 cm in diameter. Externally with sparse and shallow wrinkles or relatively coarse reticulate wrinkles. Odour slight, taste slightly pungent and bitter.LüSi Yujin: Long ellipsoid rather stout, 1.5 - 3.5cm long, 1 - 1.2 cm in diameter. Odour slight, taste weak.
Identification : Transverse sectionWen Yujin: Epidermal cells sometimes remaining, the outer walls slightly thickened. Velamen narrow, composed of 4 - 8 layers of cells with slightly sinous and thin walls regularly arranged. Cortex ½ as wide as the diameter of the root, oil cells poorly visible, endodermis distinct. In stele, phloem bundle and xylem bundles 40 - 55 respectively, vessels 2 - 4 in xylem bundle and xylem fibres slightly lignified. Vessels polygonal thin walled, 20 - 90µm in diameter. All starch granules in parenchymatous cells gelatinized.Huang Si Yujin: The walls of the inner most layer of velamen thickened. Sometimes xylem vessels and fibres arranged in a continuous ring, oil cells numerous, pigment cells scattered throughout parenchyma.Gui Yujin: The walls of velamen occasionally thickened, the inner side of velamen showing 1 - 2 rows of sclerenchymatous cells arranged in a ring with distinct striations. Vessels subrounded up to 160µm in diameter.Lü Yujin: The cells of velamen not thickened. At the outside of the stele cortex frequently exhibiting pigment cells. Phloem bundle shriveled, xylem bundles more, 64 - 72 vessels flattened.Water: Carry out the determination of water (Appendix lX H, method 2) not more than 15.0%.Total ash: Not more than 9.0%
Processing : Wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thin slices and dry, or wash clean, dry, and then break to pieces.
Action :
Indication : amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, distending or pricking pain in the chest and abdomen; impairment of consciousness in febrile diseases, epilepsy, mania; jaundice with dark urine
Precautions :
Dosage : 3-10g
Storage :
Synonymns for Curcuma zedoaria
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Curcuma zedoaria
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Curcuma zedoaria 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
Nur Shahirah Mohd Hisam, Kah Hui Wong
Oxidative Stress in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3 and Its Attenuation by Herbal Remedies in Traditional Chinese Medicine: A Systematic Review.
Antioxidants (Basel): 2024, 13(3);
[PubMed:38539908]
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Caroline Bertoncini-Silva, Adelina Vlad, Roberta Ricciarelli, Priscila Giacomo Fassini, Vivian Marques Miguel Suen, Jean-Marc Zingg
Enhancing the Bioavailability and Bioactivity of Curcumin for Disease Prevention and Treatment.
Antioxidants (Basel): 2024, 13(3);
[PubMed:38539864]
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Aqsa, Shaukat Ali, Muhammad Summer, Saima Yousaf, Laiba Nazakat, Shehzeen Noor
Pharmacological and immunomodulatory modes of action of medically important phytochemicals against arthritis: A molecular insight.
Mol Biol Rep: 2024, 51(1);448
[PubMed:38536526]
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[DOI]
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Ling Lin, Zhigang Hao, Liying Zhou, Wenyi Liu, Nian Liu, Kebao Wang, Ruizong Jia
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Mitochondrial DNA B Resour: 2024, 9(3);371-375
[PubMed:38529111]
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Samiksha Rele, Chanchal Kiran Thakur, Fatima Khan, Budhadev Baral, Vaishali Saini, Chandrabose Karthikeyan, N S Hari Narayana Moorthy, Hem Chandra Jha
Curcumin coating: a novel solution to mitigate inherent carbon nanotube toxicity.
J Mater Sci Mater Med: 2024, 35(1);24
[PubMed:38526738]
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