Vaccaria segetalis
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Vaccaria segetalis
Vaccaria segetalis in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
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Chinese Name (pinyin): Wangbuliuxing
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Vaccaria Seed
Specific Name : Semen vaccariae
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Collection : The plant is collected in summer when the fruit is ripe but not dehiscent and dried in the sun. The seed is gathered, remove from foreign matter and dried again in the sun
Description : Spheroidal about 2 mm in diameter. Externally black, a few in reddish brown, somewhat lustrous with fine and dense granular protuberance and concave longitudinal furrow on one side. Texture hard, endosperm white, embryo curved in a ring, 2 cotyledons. Odorless, taste slightly astringent and bitter.
Identification : Powder: greyish brown. Epidermal cells of testa reddish brown or yellowish brown. Polygonal or elongated polygonal in surface view, 50 - 120µm in diameter, anticlinal walls thickened, stellate or sinuate. Inner epidermal cells of testa pale yellowish brown, subsquare or sub-rectangular or polygonal in surface view, anticlinal walls densely beaded, reticulated striations visible on surface. Endosperm cells polygonal, sub-square or surectangular. Lumina filled with starch granules and aleurone grains. Cotyledon cells containing fatty oil droplets.Total ash: Not more than 4.0% (Appendix lX K)
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter.Stir fried: Stir fry as described under the method for simple stir frying (Appendix 11 D) until most of the seeds burst.
Action : To promote the menstrual flow and the flow of milk, and to ause the subsidence of swelling.
Indication : galactostasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, mastitis with swelling and pain
Precautions : Used with caution in pregnancy.
Dosage : 4.5 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place.
Synonymns for Vaccaria segetalis
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Vaccaria segetalis
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Vaccaria segetalis 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
Yifan Bing, Zhiwei Sun, Shuang Wu, Yan Zheng, Yingbo Xi, Wenlan Li, Xiang Zou, Zhongyuan Qu
Discovery and verification of Q-markers for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis of raw and wine-steamed Vaccaria segetalis based on pharmacological evaluation combined with chemometrics.
J Ethnopharmacol: 2024, 319(Pt 1);117120
[PubMed:37666377]
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Yu-Xin Xu, Yi-Min Chen, Meng-Jiao Zhang, Ying-Ying Ren, Pu Wu, Lin Chen, Hua-Min Zhang, Jian-Liang Zhou, Tian Xie
Screening of anti-cancer compounds from Vaccariae Semen by lung cancer A549 cell fishing and UHPLC-LTQ Orbitrap MS.
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci: 2023, 1228;123851
[PubMed:37619519]
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Yue Jiao, Ying Han, Jin-Cao Zhou, Jin-Ling Zhang, Ya-Nan Zhao, Pei-Jing Rong
[Systematic review and Meta-analysis on the auriculotherapy in treatment of insomnia].
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu: 2022, 42(10);1184-94
[PubMed:37199212]
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Rongmei Yao, Xin Mao, Yingli Xu, Xue Qiu, Lirun Zhou, Yaxin Wang, Bo Pang, Mengping Chen, Shan Cao, Lei Bao, Yanyan Bao, Shanshan Guo, Limin Hu, Haijiang Zhang, Xiaolan Cui
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Front Cell Infect Microbiol: 2022, 12;1004751
[PubMed:36506014]
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