Whitmania pigra
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Whitmania pigra
Whitmania pigra in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
Chinese Name (pinyin): Shuizhi
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Leetch
Specific Name : Hirudo
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected in summer and autumn, scalded to death with boiling water, dried in the sun or at low temperature.
Description : Body of Whitmania pigra: Flattened spindle shaped with a large number of segments, 4 - 10cm long, 0.5 - 2cm wide. Dorsal side blackish brown, slightly convex with black speckles forming 5 longitudinal stripes, ventral side even, brownish yellow, lateral sides brownish yellow. Anterior end somewhat pointed, posterior end blunt with a sucker at the anterior and posterior ends respectively. The anterior sucker inconspicious, the posterior sucker larger. Texture fragile, easily broken, fracture gelatinous, odour slightly stinking.
Identification :
Processing : Wash clean, cut into sections and dry.Scalded: Scald section of Hirudo with talc powder as described under the method for scalding (Appendix ll D) until it becomes slightly expanded.
Action : To eliminate blood stasis and to stimulate menstrual discharge.
Indication : mass formation in the abdomen, amenorrhea due to blood stasis; traumatic injuries
Precautions : Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Dosage : 1.5 to 3 g.
Storage : Preserve in a dry place, protected from moth.
Synonymns for Whitmania pigra
Patent Medicines and Medicines with Multiple Ingredients that include Whitmania pigra
Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Whitmania pigra 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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Hongqian Kui, Yan Lei, Chunxue Jia, Quancheng Xin, Rustam Tursun, Miao Zhong, Chuanxin Liu, Ruijuan Yuan
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Heliyon: 2024, 10(7);e27828
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Zichao Liu, Fang Zhao, Zuhao Huang, Bo He, Kaiqing Liu, Feng Shi, Zheng Zhao, Gonghua Lin
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Genes (Basel): 2024, 15(2);
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Weichao Dong, Huajian Li, Yanan Li, Yuqing Wang, Long Dai, Shaoping Wang
Characterization of active peptides derived from three leeches and comparison of their anti-thrombotic mechanisms using the tail vein thrombosis model in mice and metabonomics.
Front Pharmacol: 2023, 14;1324418
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Qin Li, Aimin Fu, Jiaxin Dong, Yang Xiao, Bingbing Dai, Mengsha Wei, Zijian Huang, Junjun Liu, Chunmei Chen, Hucheng Zhu, Yuanyuan Lu, Dongyan Li, Yonghui Zhang
Three new Furano-lactones from the endophytic fungus Aspergillus nidulans.
Fitoterapia: 2024, 173;105790
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Hui-Ning Zhang, Qiao-Sheng Guo, Hong-Zhuan Shi, Pan-Pan Chen, Li-Yuan Guo, Han-Mei Xuan
[Cloning and expression analysis of wpHSP90 gene from Whitmania pigra at different temperatures].
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi: 2023, 48(22);6051-6057
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