Menispermum dauricum
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Menispermum dauricum
Menispermum dauricum in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Beidougen
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Asiatic Moonseed Rhizome
Specific Name : Rhizoma menispermi
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in spring and autumn, remove from rootlet and soil and dried.
Description : Slenderly cylindriccal, tortous and branched up to 50 cm long, 3 - 8 cm in diameter. Externally yellowish brown to dark brown, mostly bearing numerous curved rootlets and exhibiting prominent rootlet scars and longitudinal wrinkles, the outer layers easily exfoliated. Texture tanacious, easily broken, fracture uneven and fibrous, wood yellowish, arranged radially and medullated. Odour slight; taste bitter.
Identification : To about 5 g of the powder add 5 ml ammonia TS, stir well, allow to stand for 20 minutes. Add 50 ml of chloroform, shake, allow to stand for 1 hour and filter. Extract the filtrate with 5 ml of dilute hydrochloric acid solution in a separating funnel. Transfer the acid solution to two test tubes. Add 1 - 2 drops of potassium iodobismuthate TS to one tube, an orange red precipitate is produced. Add 1 - 2 drops of iodine TS to another tube a brown precipitate is produced.
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.
Action : To remove toxic heat and relieve rheumatic pains.
Indication : sore throat, colitis, dysentery, rheumatic arthalgia
Precautions :
Dosage : 3 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place.
Synonymns for Menispermum dauricum
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Menispermum dauricum
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Menispermum dauricum 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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