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Smilacina japonica A. Gray
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English Name |
Japanese False Solomonseal, |
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Latin name |
Smilacina japonica A. Gray |
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Family & Genus |
Liliaceae, Smilacina |
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Description |
Perennial herb, 30-60cm high. Rhizome transversely growing, terete more or less, diameter 6-10mm, sometimes with inflated nodules. Above the middle of the stem with coarse appressed hair. Leaves alternate, 4-9; petiole 3-15mm long; leaf blade papyraceous, ovate-elliptic, oval or oblong, 6-13cm long, 3-7cm wide, apex nearly short and acuminate, base rounded, both sides sparsely covered by coarse hair or nearly glabrous. Panicle 3-6cm long, with thick and short hair; flowers solitary, peduncle 2-6mm long, tepals 6, separated or only base slightly connate, oblong or oblong-obovate, ca. 3mm long, white; stamens 6, base of filaments adnate to tepals, anthers small; ovary 3 chambers, style nearly equal in length to ovary, stigma almost not cleft. Berry subglobose, diameter 5-6mm, red when ripe, with 1-2 seeds. Flowering: May to June, fruiting: August to September. |
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Distribution |
Growing in forest dank places or stone crevices. Distributed in Northeast China, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan and Guizhou. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: rhizome and roots. Chinese name: Luyao. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Excavated in spring and autumn, well washed, used fresh or sundried. |
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Chemistry |
Contains isorhamnetin-3-O-galactoside. |
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Properties & Actions |
Sweet bitter, warm.Tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, activating blood, dissipating stasis, removing wind and relieving pain. |
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Indications & Usage |
Impotence due to deficiency of the kidney, irregular menstrual periods, hemicrania and headache, rheumatic arthralgia, anthracia and sores, injuries from falls.Oral administration: decocting, 6-15g; or made as medicinal liquor. External application: appropriate amount, triturated for application; or heated and iron the affected part. |
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Examples |
Treat headache, hemicrania: piantouqi, angelica, szechwan lovage rhizome, skunk bugbane, weeping forsythia 2 qian each. Decoct in water, and swallow after meals. |
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