Bencao Gangmu Reference Library
Plant Monographs
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云南甘榄 / 刺藤黄 / 可娃藤黄 / 丫叶藤黄
Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy (syn. Garcinia roxburghii)Hyperlipidemia and visceral obesity (ATP-citrate lyase inhibition via HCA), acute/chronic bronchitis, multi-drug resistant bacterial infections (MRSA), acute dysentery, and leukemia/colorectal cancer adjuvant.
头花耳草 / 攀援耳草 / 团花耳草 / 假蛇舌草
Hedyotis capitellata Wall. ex G.Don (syn. Oldenlandia capitellata)Peptic ulcer disease (gastric mucosal cytoprotection and acid blunting), postpartum pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), acute/recurrent cystitis (Kencing Kotor), bacillary dysentery, and atopic dermatitis.
红花火炬姜 / 地生姜 / 矮生火炬姜 / 红姜花
Etlingera punicea (Roxb.) R.M.Sm. (syn. Etlingera littoralis)Functional dyspeptic nausea, cold stomach cramps with gas, hyperuricemia (xanthine oxidase inhibition), foodborne bacterial decontamination, and postpartum muscular recovery.
岗松 / 扫把枝 / 扫汤藤 / 松毛黄 / 铁扫把 / 岗松木
Baeckea frutescens L.Postpartum maternal confinement diaphoresis and fatigue recovery (transdermal microvascular vasodilation via 1,8-Cineole and Baeckeol), rheumatoid joint arthralgia, and cutaneous fungal eczema.
岗松 / 扫把枝 / 扫把松 / 铁扫帚
Baeckea frutescens L.Cutaneous dermatophytosis (Trichophyton rubrum/mentagrophytes), MRSA skin infections, acute infectious hepatitis jaundice, functional dyspeptic nausea, and postpartum pelvic recovery.
天胡荽 / 破铜钱 / 满天星 / 滴滴金
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. (syn. Hydrocotyle rotundifolia)Acute icteric hepatitis B/E (normalizing ALT/AST/bilirubin), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), superficial corneal nebulae/uveitis, acute cystitis, pediatric febrile pharyngitis, and herpes zoster.
莲子草 / 节节花 / 满天星 / 白花仔
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R.Br. ex DC. (syn. Alternanthera triandra)Coronary atherosclerosis and vascular plaque accumulation, hyperlipidemia, primary hypertension, bleeding internal hemorrhoids, acute viral hepatitis jaundice, and burn wounds.
乌毛蕨 / 贯众同类 / 东方乌毛蕨 / 贯众蕨 / 蜈蚣草同类
Blechnum orientale L.Intestinal cestodiasis and ascariasis (tapeworm and roundworm expulsion via beta-Ecdysone and Blechnoside A), superficial second-degree burn wounds and laceration bleeding, and viral influenza fevers.
凤仙花 / 指甲花 / 凤仙透骨草 / 染指甲花
Impatiens balsamina L.Onychomycosis (fungal nail ringworm), throat fish-bone lodging (softening and dissolution), amenorrhea from blood stasis, severe dysmenorrhea, rheumatoid joint stiffness, and venomous snakebites.
郁金 / 黄丝郁金 / 广郁金 / 芳香姜黄 / 绿心姜
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (syn. Curcuma wenyujin auct., Curcuma zedoaria auct.)Coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, and chest tightness (platelet aggregation inhibition and coronary vasodilation via Curcumol and Curdione >= 0.50%), depressive neuroinflammation and brain fog, phlegm-heat stroke coma, and cholecystitis.
藿香蓟 / 胜红蓟 / 白花草 / 咸虾花
Ageratum conyzoides L. (syn. Ageratum cordifolium)Chronic rhinosinusitis and allergic rhinitis (nasal polyp/mucosal reduction), acute traumatic hemorrhage, infected dermal lacerations, acute gastroenteritis, and fungal tinea.
锡兰绣球防风 / 绣球防风 / 白花草 / 大叶白头翁
Leucas zeylanica (L.) W.T.AitonChronic rhinosinusitis, allergic rhinitis with nasal congestion, tinea dermatophytosis (Trichophyton, Microsporum), scabies (Sarcoptes), atopic pruritus, and helminthiasis.