Vitex trifolia

Background

Chinese Name (pinyin): Manjingzi

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Fruit of Shrub Chastetree

Specific Name  : Fructus Viticis

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The drug is collected from autumn when ripe. Removed from foreign matter and dried in the sun.

Description  : Spheroidal, 4 - 6mm in diameter, externally greyish black or blackish brown, covered with greyish white frost like hairs, bearing 4 longitudinal shallow furrows, apex slightly concave with greyish white, persistent calyx and short fruit stalk at the base. Calyx is 1/3 - 2/3 length of the fruit, 5 toothed, 2 of them relatively deep, covered with densely pubescent. Texture light and hard, uneasily broken. Transverse section showing 4 loculi, each with one seed. Odour characteristic and aromatic, taste weak and slightly pungent.

Identification  : Powder: Greyish brown, epidermal cells of calyx subrounded, walls frequently sinous, non-glndular hairs 2 - 3 celled, apical cell relatively wide with warty protrudings. Cells of epicarp polygonal with cuticle striations and scar of the hairs bearing glandular hairs and non-glandular hairs in two types. One with a unicellular head and a 1 - 2 celled stalk and the other a 2 -6 celled, 14 - 68µm long, often curved, warty walled. Cells of mesocarp oblong or subrounded, walls slightly lignified and with distinct pits. Vittae frequently broken containing secretions, adjacent cells containing pale yellow oil droplets. Stone cells of endocarp elliptical or subsquare. 10 - 35µm in diameter. Cells of testa rounded or subrounded, 42 - 73µm in diameter with reticulate striated and lignified walls.

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matterStir fried: Clean, stir fry gently as describe under the method for simple stir frying (Appendix ll D), break to pieces before use.

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Indication  : headache in upper respiratory tract infection; painful swelling of the gums; inflammation of the eye with lacrimation, blurring of vision and dizziness

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Evidence or the Use of Vitex trifolia in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

Javad Mottaghipisheh, Marzie Kamali, Amir Hossein Doustimotlagh, Mohammad Hossein Nowroozzadeh, Fatemeh Rasekh, Mohammad Hashem Hashempur, Aida Iraji
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Front Pharmacol: 2024, 15;1322083
[PubMed:38576489] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Kanika Patel, Dinesh Kumar Patel
Biological Potential and Therapeutic Effectiveness of Artemetin from Traditional to Modern Medicine: An Update on Pharmacological Activities and Analytical Aspects.
Recent Adv Antiinfect Drug Discov: 2024;
[PubMed:38275071] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I a)

Wang Jiabao, Zhang Lishuang, Niu Baihan, Y U Yajun, Yang Fengwen, Miao Lin, Chai Lijuan, Ding Xinya, Sun Yingjie, Wang Yujing, Wang Lin, Zhang Han, Wang Yi, L I Lin
Efficacy and safety of Weichang' an pill combined with Western Medicine on gastrointestinal diseases: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.
J Tradit Chin Med: 2023, 43(6);1057-1067
[PubMed:37946467] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Phan Thi Thanh Huong, Nguyen Xuan Nhiem, SeonJu Park, Yohan Seo, Sung Baek Jeong, Do Thi Trang, Duong Thi Hai Yen, Duong Thi Dung, Truong Thi Viet Hoa, Le Thi Huyen, Le Doan Tung Lam, Bui Huu Tai, Phan Van Kiem
Three Undescribed Iridoid Derivatives Isolated from the Fruits of Vitex trifolia with Their Cytotoxic and Antimicrobial Activities.
Chem Biodivers: 2023, 20(11);e202301296
[PubMed:37842907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Xiangqing Meng, Hongrui Wang, Zhixuan Kuang, Yujie Wu, Xiaohui Su, Jinyi Wang, Ling Li, Chang Liu, Min Jia
Traditional use, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Viticis Fructus.
Heliyon: 2023, 9(9);e19144
[PubMed:37810114] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)