Statilia maculata
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Statilia maculata
Statilia maculata in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Sangpiaoxiao
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Mantis Egg-case
Specific Name : Ootheca mantidis
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected from late autumn to next spring, removed from foreign matter, eggs killed by steam and dried.
Description : Tuanpiaoxiao: Somewhat cylindric or semi spheroidal consisting of many layers of thin overlapping membranous slices, 2.5 - 4cm long, 2 - 3cm wide. The outer surface pale yellowish brown, ribbon like ridge on the upper side inconspicious, the bottom side even or with grooves. Light texture lax and tenacious. The outer part of the transversely cut surface spongy, the inner part with numerous radially arranged cells, a minute ellipsoidal egg in each cell. The egg dark brown, lustrous, odour slightly stinking, taste weak or slightly salty.Changpiaoxiao: Somewhat slat-shaped, one end narrow, 2.5 - 5cm long, 1 - 1.5cm wide. The outer surface greyish yellow, the upper side with conspicous ribbon like ridge, 1 dark brown shallow groove and oblique striation on each side of the ridge. Texture hard and fragileHeipiaxiao: Somewhat tetragonal, 2 - 4cm long, 1.5 - 2 cm wide. The outer surface greyish brown, the upper side with conspicous ribbon like ridge, oblique striations on each side of the ridge, slightly curved upward near the caudal end. Texture hard and tenacious.
Identification :
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, steam thoroughly, dry. Cut into pieces before use.
Action : To tonify the kidney, to arrest spontaneous emission, to reduce excessive urination, and to cure turbid discharge from the urethra.
Indication : nocturnal emission, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, turbid discharge with urine
Precautions :
Dosage : 5 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated dry place, protected from moth.
Synonymns for Statilia maculata
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Statilia maculata
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Statilia maculata 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
Wenjing Wang, Hui Wang, Huimin Huang, Yizheng Zhao, Zhijun Zhou
Mitochondrial genomes of 10 Mantidae species and their phylogenetic implications.
Arch Insect Biochem Physiol: 2022, 111(1);e21874
[PubMed:35112399]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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Le-Ping Zhang, Yue Ma, Dan-Na Yu, Kenneth B Storey, Jia-Yong Zhang
The mitochondrial genomes of Statilia maculata and S. nemoralis (Mantidae: Mantinae) with different duplications of trnR genes.
Int J Biol Macromol: 2019, 121;839-845
[PubMed:30340009]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
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