Cynanchum atratum
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cynanchum atratum
Cynanchum atratum in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Xianbaiwei ÏÊ°×Þ±
Chinese Name (pinyin): Baiwei
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Swallowwort Root
Specific Name : Radix cynanchi atrati
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in spring and autumn, washed clean and dried.
Description : Rhizomes thick and short, knotty, mostly tortuous. Some rounded stem scars occurring at the upper part and numerous slender roots fascicled bilaterally at the lower part. Roots 10 - 25 cm long, 1 - 2 mm in diameter. Externally brownish yellow. Texture fragile, easily broken, fracture yellowish white in bark and yellow in wood. Odour slight and taste slightly bitter.
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into sections and dry.
Action : To remove heat from blood, to relieve dysuria, and to counteract toxicity and cure sores.
Indication : febrile diseases with invasion of the pathogenic factors into the blood; fever due to deficiency of yin, in phthisis, or due to deficiency of blood after delivery; acute urinary tract infection, dysuria with hematuria; carbuncles and other subcutaneous pyogenic infections
Precautions :
Dosage : 4.5 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated dry place.
Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cynanchum atratum
Cynanchum atratum in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Xianbaiwei ÏÊ°×Þ±
Chinese Name (pinyin): Baiwei
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Swallowwort Root
Specific Name : Radix cynanchi atrati
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in spring and autumn, washed clean and dried.
Description : Rhizomes thick and short, knotty, mostly tortuous. Some rounded stem scars occurring at the upper part and numerous slender roots fascicled bilaterally at the lower part. Roots 10 - 25 cm long, 1 - 2 mm in diameter. Externally brownish yellow. Texture fragile, easily broken, fracture yellowish white in bark and yellow in wood. Odour slight and taste slightly bitter.
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into sections and dry.
Action : To remove heat from blood, to relieve dysuria, and to counteract toxicity and cure sores.
Indication : febrile diseases with invasion of the pathogenic factors into the blood; fever due to deficiency of yin, in phthisis, or due to deficiency of blood after delivery; acute urinary tract infection, dysuria with hematuria; carbuncles and other subcutaneous pyogenic infections
Precautions :
Dosage : 4.5 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated dry place.
Synonymns for Cynanchum atratum
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Cynanchum atratum
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Cynanchum atratum 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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Mass spectrometry-based metabolomics for the elucidation of alkaloid biosynthesis and function in invasive Vincetoxicum rossicum populations.
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[PubMed:38452878]
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Specialized pollination by cecidomyiid flies and associated floral traits in Vincetoxicum sangyojarniae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae).
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[PubMed:38196297]
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Corrigendum: A novel Chinese herbal and corresponding chemical formula for cancer treatment by targeting tumor maintenance, progression, and metastasis.
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[PubMed:38074160]
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Aroonrat Kidyoo, Manit Kidyoo, Doyle McKey, Rumsaïs Blatrix
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[PubMed:37874443]
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Zhisou powder displays therapeutic effect on chronic bronchitis through inhibiting PI3K/Akt/HIF-1α/VEGFA signaling pathway and reprograming metabolic pathway of arachidonic acid.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2024, 319(Pt 1);117110
[PubMed:37673198]
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