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Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome

Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome. Class: Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs. Properties: Slightly Bitter; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Liver; Gallbladder; Lung

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
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ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
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Latin Name
Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix; Rhizoma Polygoni Cuspidati
English Name
Rhizome of Gaint Knotweed; Giant Knotweed Rhizome
Alias Names
๏ผˆ่‰นๆถ‚๏ผ‰ๅคง่™ซๆ–่‹ฆๆ–้…ธๆ–ๆ–‘ๆ–่‹ฆๆ–ๆ นๆœ็‰›่†้…ธๆกถ็ฌ‹ๆ–‘ๅบ„ๆ น้…ธๆ†ๆ–‘ๆ น้ป„่ฏๅญๅœŸๅœฐๆฆ†้…ธ้€š้›Œ้ป„่ฟž่›‡ๆ€ป็ฎกๅคงๆดป่ก€็ดซ้‡‘้พ™้…ธๆฑคๆ†้ป„ๅœฐๆฆ†ๅท็ญ’่‰ๆ–‘้พ™็ดซ็บข่ดฏ่„š้˜ด้˜ณ่Žฒๆดป่ก€้พ™็Œด็ซนๆ น้‡‘้”็Ž‹ๅคงๅถ่›‡ๆ€ป็ฎกไน้พ™ๆ นๅฑฑ่Œ„ๅญๆ–‘่‰ๆฌๅ€’็”‘ไน่‚ก็‰›ๅคงๆŽฅ้ชจ่€ๅ›ไธน
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Slightly Bitter; Slightly Cold
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Liver; Gallbladder; Lung
Part Used
Rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๅˆฉๆฐดๆธ—ๆนฟ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To dispel wind and damp, to eliminate blood stasis and alleviate pain, to relieve cough, and to resolve phlegm.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Hyperlipemia, impediment pain in joints, damp-heat jaundice, toxic jaundice, child jaundice, amenorrhea, hepatitis, appendicitis, candida vaginitis, concretion and conglomeration, cough with profuse phlegm, burns and scalds, knocks and falls, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore.
Clinical Manifestations
1. an active component, polydatin,decreases the level of blood-fat.2. raising the level of white blood cells.3. inhibiting the growth of various gram-positive and gram negative bacteria, candida albicans, herpes virus, echo11 virus, and encephalitis b vir
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
177
TCMID
4306
TCMSP
177
TCM-ID
921
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Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
๐Ÿ“‹ Sample Trials
None linked yet.
๐Ÿ“Š Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
๐Ÿ“š Sample References
PMID 33255404
POCU1b, the n-Butanol Soluble Fraction of Polygoni Cuspidati Rhizoma et Radix, Attenuates Obesity, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver, and Insulin Resistance via Inhibitions of Pancreatic Lipase, cAMP-Dependent PDE Activity, AMPK Activation, and SOCS-3 Suppression
Nutrients ยท 2020