Cynanchum versicolor
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cynanchum versicolor
Cynanchum versicolor 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 versicolor
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Cynanchum versicolor
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Cynanchum versicolor 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
Ruifeng Qin, Chunjie Li, Wenxiu Guo, Minghui Huang, Ye Jiang, Lianxian Zhu, Yi Yu, Congli Wang
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Plant Dis: 2022;
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Xiaolei Yu, Wenxiu Wang, Hongxia Yang, Xiaoying Zhang, Dan Wang, Xiaoxuan Tian
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Front Genet: 2021, 12;602528
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Hui Lei, Yong-bing Wang, Gong-sheng Xiao, Wei-ying Zong, Tao Wang
[Study on chemical constituents from active fraction of Cynanchum versicolor].
Zhong Yao Cai: 2014, 37(10);1798-800
[PubMed:25895387]
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Zhaoguang Zheng, Weidong Zhang, Lingyi Kong, Mingjin Liang, Huiliang Li, Min Lin, Runhui Liu, Chuan Zhang
Rapid identification of C21 steroidal saponins in Cynanchum versicolor Bunge by electrospray ionization multi-stage tandem mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry.
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom: 2007, 21(3);279-85
[PubMed:17200975]
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A Liang, B Xue, Q Yang, Z Li, J Wang, M Fu
[Pharmacological comparative study on baiqian and baiwei].
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi: 1996, 21(10);622-5, inside back cover
[PubMed:9772633]
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