Bencao Gangmu Reference Library
Plant Monographs
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野菊花 / 野菊 / 油菊 / 苦薏 / 山菊花 / 野黄菊
Chrysanthemum indicum L. (syn. Dendranthema indicum, Matricaria indica)Suppurative cutaneous furuncles, carbuncles, and acute mastitis (sortase A and MRSA biofilm inhibition via Linarin >= 0.80% and 3,5-Dicaffeoylquinic acid), essential hypertension, and conjunctival redness.
四棱豆 / 翼豆 / 四角豆 / 翅豆 / 热带大豆 / 杨桃豆
Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (slowing carbohydrate absorption and enhancing insulin sensitivity), protein-energy malnutrition (PEM convalescence), hypercholesterolemia, and age-related visual fatigue.
大花田菁 / 木田菁 / 慢条花 / 鸟花树 / 蝴蝶花树
Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers. (syn. Aeschynomene grandiflora)Recurrent aphthous stomatitis and pediatric oral thrush (Candida albicans), nutritional night blindness and xerophthalmia, acute infectious dysentery, and alcohol-induced gastric injury.
岩兰草 / 香根草 / 培地茅 / 维提维草 / 馥香草
Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty (syn. Vetiveria zizanioides, Andropogon squarrosus)Autonomic nervous system dysfunction, generalized anxiety disorder, and chronic refractory insomnia (central GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulation via Khusimol >= 15.0% and Vetiverols), severe sunstroke pyrexia, and postpartum confinement baths.
金樱子 / 刺梨子 / 山石榴 / 金罂子 / 倒钩刺 / 糖罐子
Rosa laevigata Michx. (syn. Rosa sinica)Nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea from Kidney deficiency, pediatric nocturnal enuresis and geriatric urinary incontinence, chronic non-specific diarrhea, and dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
达达树 / 达打波罗蜜 / 达达波罗蜜 / 盾叶波罗蜜 / 达打树
Artocarpus dadah Miq. (syn. Artocarpus peltatus)Intestinal helminthiasis (Ascaris lumbricoides and cestode expulsion via Oxyresveratrol and Dadahol), acute bacillary dysentery and ulcerative colitis (mucosal tannin barrier), and bleeding periodontitis.
麻楝 / 白木 / 假红椿 / 坚木 / 阴阳木 / 假椿树
Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss. (syn. Chukrasia velutina, Dysoxylum tabulare)Acute bacillary dysentery, amoebic enteritis, and chronic diarrhea (enterocyte mucosal sealing and anti-Shigella action via Chukrasins A-E >= 0.80% and Condensed Tannins >= 12.0%), malarial intermittent fevers, and traumatic laceration hemostasis.
黄钟花 / 金钟花 / 黄树槐 / 假黄槐 / 黄金号角
Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth (syn. Bignonia stans, Stenolobium stans)Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (postprandial glycemic blunting and peripheral GLUT4 translocation), diabetic nephropathy, gastrointestinal smooth muscle spasm, and acute viral pharyngitis.
叶下珠 / 珍珠草
Phyllanthus niruri L. (and Phyllanthus urinaria L.)Chronic Hepatitis B viral suppression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), nephrolithiasis, and hyperuricemia.
仁当豆 / 臭豆 / 狗果豆 / 吉林豆
Archidendron jiringa (Jack) I.C.Nielsen (syn. Pithecellobium jiringa)Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (postprandial glucose spike reduction via a-glucosidase/amylase inhibition), essential hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and functional dyspepsia.
鸡蛋花 / 缅栀子
Plumeria rubra L.Summer-heat gastrointestinal syndromes, infectious gastroenteritis (Shigella, Salmonella), pediatric damp-heat indigestion, heat cough, and vascular inflammation.
白骨壤 / 白海榄 / 白茄苳 / 烟柴树 / 海榄同属
Avicennia alba Blume (syn. Avicennia marina var. alba)Marine fish envenomation tissue necrosis and pain (venom Phospholipase A2 and metalloproteinase inhibition via Avicennin), chronic peptic gastric ulcers, traumatic hemorrhage, and bacillary dysentery.