Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia
Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia in Traditional Chinese Medicine
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.
Action :
Indication : headache in upper respiratory tract infection; painful swelling of the gums; inflammation of the eye with lacrimation, blurring of vision and dizziness
Precautions :
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Storage :
Synonymns for Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia 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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Rotundifuran Induces Ferroptotic Cell Death and Mitochondria Permeability Transition in Lung Cancer Cells.
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