Bencao Gangmu Reference Library
Plant Monographs
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广金钱草 / 铜钱草 / 落地金钱 / 广金钱
Desmodium styracifolium (Osbeck) Merr. / Grona styracifoliaNephrolithiasis, ureterolithiasis and urinary bladder calculi (Shi Lin / Kidney Stones); cholelithiasis, biliary colic and chronic cholecystitis (Dan Shi); acute urinary tract infection, cystitis and hematuria (Re Lin / Xue Lin); acute icteric viral hepatitis and obstructive jaundice.
高良姜 / 小高良姜 / 海良姜 / 蛮姜 / 膏良姜 / 廉姜
Alpinia officinarum Hance (syn. Languas officinarum)Acute and chronic cold gastritis and peptic ulcers (suppressing gastric H+/K+-ATPase proton pump and ulcer area by >85% via Galangin and Kaempferide), projectile vomiting, and alcohol stomach injury.
剑麻 / 西沙尔龙舌兰 / 菠萝麻 / 剑兰同属 / 琼麻 / 剑麻草
Agave sisalana Perrine (syn. Agave rigida var. sisalana)Pharmaceutical synthesis of corticosteroids (dexamethasone, hydrocortisone via Hecogenin extraction), traumatic external capillary hemorrhage, superficial wound granulation, and anti-fungal skin washes.
腰果 / 槚如树 / 鸡腰果 / 介寿果 / 树花生
Anacardium occidentale L. (syn. Cassuvium pomiferum)Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (stimulating skeletal GLUT4 glucose uptake and alpha-glucosidase inhibition via Amentoflavone and Pucuk Gajus), periodontitis and toothache (killing Streptococcus mutans via Anacardic acids), and fatigue.
假蒟 / 蛤蒌
Piper sarmentosum Roxb.Vascular endothelial dysfunction, essential hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes insulin resistance, postmenopausal osteopenia, and rheumatoid arthralgia.
准噶尔山蚂蝗 / 大叶山蚂蝗 / 恒河山蚂蝗 / 沙罗攀
Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. / Meibomia gangeticaMyocardial ischemia, coronary insufficiency, angina pectoris and cardiac palpitations (Xiong Bi); hyperlipidemia, coronary atheroma and microvascular thrombosis; chronic bronchial asthma, spastic cough and COPD; pediatric post-febrile exhaustion and physical convalescence.
狭叶山柰 / 细叶沙姜 / 狭叶山姜 / 闭宫姜
Kaempferia angustifolia Rosc. (syn. Kaempferia undulata)Postpartum pelvic floor muscle laxity, uterine subinvolution (accelerating lochial clearance), chronic non-specific/candidal vaginitis, spasmodic dysmenorrhea, and functional dyspeptic gas.
大果木奶果 / 蛋果木奶果 / 粗皮木奶果 / 甜木奶果
Baccaurea macrocarpa (Miq.) Müll.Arg. (syn. Mappa macrocarpa, Pierardia macrocarpa)Post-febrile digestive asthenia and Spleen-Qi deficiency anorexia (stimulating digestive amylase and mucosal rehydration via Gallic acid and Vitamin C), chronic non-specific diarrhea, and gut microbiome restoration.
洛神花 / 玫瑰茄
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.Primary essential hypertension (Stage 1), hypercholesterolemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), urinary tract infection prophylaxis, and metabolic obesity.
异叶山蚂蝗 / 变叶山蚂蝗 / 假地豆 / 异叶假花生
Desmodium heterophyllum (Willd.) DC. / Grona heterophyllaPediatric acute gastroenteritis, mucoid diarrhea and enteric colic; weeping cutaneous ulcers, boils and furunculosis; acute cystitis, dysuria and urinary cloudiness; hepatic transaminase reduction in hepatitis.
红花蕊木 / 灌木蕊木 / 红花假茉莉 / 露珠蕊木
Kopsia fruticosa (Roxb.) A.DC.Rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative knee osteoarthritis, chronic suppurative skin ulcers, and solid tumor adjuvant therapy.
益智仁 / 益智 / 益智子
Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.Overactive bladder (OAB), senile nocturnal polyuria, diabetic bladder neuropathy, Alzheimer's/vascular dementia, and post-stroke salivation.