Prunus japonica

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Yuliren

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Bush Cherry Seed

Specific Name  : Semen pruni

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit is collected in summer and autumn, removed from sarcocarp and the shells. The seed is collected and dried.

Description  : Xiaoliren: Ovoid, 5 - 8mm long, 3 - 5mm in diameter. Externally yellowish white or pale brown, one end acute and the other end obtuse with linear hilum on the edge of the cute end and dark colored chalaza at the center of the obtuse end from which many vascular bundle extend upwards. Testa thin, cotyledons 2, milky white, oily, slight odor and taste slightly bitter.Dalliren: 6 - 10mm long, 5 - 7 mm in diameter, externally yellowish brown.

Identification  : To 0.5g of the powder in a stopper test tube, add 3ml of 5% solution of sulfuric acid, mix well, hang a strip of trinitrophenol TP in the test tube, keep the TP a distance from the solution and stopper tightly. Heat on a water bath at 40 - 50ºC for 10 minutes, the test paper turns to red color.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, break to pieces before use.

Action  : To relax th ebowels, and to cause diuresis.

Indication  : stagnancy of undigested food with abdominal distension and constipation; weakness and edema of the legs with oliguria

Precautions  : Used with caution in pregnancy.

Dosage  : 6 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moth.

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Yuliren

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Bush Cherry Seed

Specific Name  : Semen pruni

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit is collected in summer and autumn, removed from sarcocarp and the shells. The seed is collected and dried.

Description  : Xiaoliren: Ovoid, 5 - 8mm long, 3 - 5mm in diameter. Externally yellowish white or pale brown, one end acute and the other end obtuse with linear hilum on the edge of the cute end and dark colored chalaza at the center of the obtuse end from which many vascular bundle extend upwards. Testa thin, cotyledons 2, milky white, oily, slight odor and taste slightly bitter.Dalliren: 6 - 10mm long, 5 - 7 mm in diameter, externally yellowish brown.

Identification  : To 0.5g of the powder in a stopper test tube, add 3ml of 5% solution of sulfuric acid, mix well, hang a strip of trinitrophenol TP in the test tube, keep the TP a distance from the solution and stopper tightly. Heat on a water bath at 40 - 50ºC for 10 minutes, the test paper turns to red color.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, break to pieces before use.

Action  : To relax th ebowels, and to cause diuresis.

Indication  : stagnancy of undigested food with abdominal distension and constipation; weakness and edema of the legs with oliguria

Precautions  : Used with caution in pregnancy.

Dosage  : 6 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moth.

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Yuliren

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Bush Cherry Seed

Specific Name  : Semen pruni

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit is collected in summer and autumn, removed from sarcocarp and the shells. The seed is collected and dried.

Description  : Xiaoliren: Ovoid, 5 - 8mm long, 3 - 5mm in diameter. Externally yellowish white or pale brown, one end acute and the other end obtuse with linear hilum on the edge of the cute end and dark colored chalaza at the center of the obtuse end from which many vascular bundle extend upwards. Testa thin, cotyledons 2, milky white, oily, slight odor and taste slightly bitter.Dalliren: 6 - 10mm long, 5 - 7 mm in diameter, externally yellowish brown.

Identification  : To 0.5g of the powder in a stopper test tube, add 3ml of 5% solution of sulfuric acid, mix well, hang a strip of trinitrophenol TP in the test tube, keep the TP a distance from the solution and stopper tightly. Heat on a water bath at 40 - 50ºC for 10 minutes, the test paper turns to red color.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matter, break to pieces before use.

Action  : To relax th ebowels, and to cause diuresis.

Indication  : stagnancy of undigested food with abdominal distension and constipation; weakness and edema of the legs with oliguria

Precautions  : Used with caution in pregnancy.

Dosage  : 6 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moth.

Evidence or the Use of Prunus japonica in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Won-Kyung Yang, Jae-Jun Park, Seung-Hyung Kim, In Chul Jung, Su Won Lee, Yang-Chun Park
Effect of GHX02 on an Asthma-Rhinitis Mouse Model Induced by Ovalbumin and Diesel Particulate Matter.
J Med Food: 2024;
[PubMed:38608247] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Ping Li, Zihan Zhao, Zongshuo Li, Rong Zeng, Weidong Li
Distinguishing features of Prunus humilis, P. japonica, P. pedunculata seeds and their adulterant based on DNA barcoding, morphological characterization, and chemical profiles.
Fitoterapia: 2024, 175;105942
[PubMed:38575088] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

María Josefina Buonocore-Biancheri, Xingeng Wang, Segundo Ricardo Núñez-Campero, Lorena Suárez, Pablo Schliserman, Marcos Darío Ponssa, Daniel Santiago Kirschbaum, Flávio Roberto Mello Garcia, Sergio Marcelo Ovruski
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Insects: 2024, 15(1);
[PubMed:38249067] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas-Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans-Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean-Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Alan MacLeod
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EFSA J: 2023, 21(10);e08320
[PubMed:37915980] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Mohammad Hosein Frazaei, Roghayeh Nouri, Reza Aref Nezhad, Pardis Mohammadi Pour, Maryam Naseri, Shirin Assar
A Review of Medicinal Plants and Phytochemicals for the Management of Gout.
Curr Rheumatol Rev: 2023;
[PubMed:37828678] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)