Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

350Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To dispel wind and eliminatedamp, dissipate stasis and relieve pain, resolve toxin and disperseswelling. TCM Indications: Wind-damp pain, stomachache, toothache,stasis swelling from knocks and falls, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea,swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, snake or insect bites.Isolated compounds: 538.T0070 Achras spp. (Sapotaceae). Isolated compounds: 13098.T0071 Achyranthes aspera (Amaranthaceae); TU NIU XI; CommonAchyranthes. Equivalent plant: Achyranthes aspera var. indica. Usedpart: root and rhizome. TCM Effects: To quicken blood and dissipatestasis, dispel damp and disinhibit urine, clear heat and resolve toxin.TCM Indications: Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorder,knocks and falls, pain in joints due to rheumatalgia, strangury, edema,fever due to external contraction, malaria, dysentery, sore pharynx,swollen welling abscess and clove sores. Isolated compounds: 539,540, 541, 542, 6679, 22044.T0072 Achyranthes aspera var. indica (Amaranthaceae); DUN YE TU NIUXI; Obtuseleaf Achyranthes. Used part: root and rhizome. TCMEffects: See Achyranthes aspera. TCM Indications: See Achyranthesaspera. Isolated compounds: 6679.T0073 Achyranthes bidentata (Amaranthaceae); NIU XI; TwotoothAchyranthes. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To supplement liver andkidney, strengthen sinews and bones, quicken blood and regulatemenstruation, disinhibit urine and free strangury. TCM Indications:Aching in lumbus and knees, amenorrhea due to blood stasis,dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain, concretionand conglomeration, retention of placenta, heat strangury, bloodstrangury, knocks and falls, swollen welling abscess and malign sore,swelling pain in throat. Isolated compounds: 543, 544, 2363, 2364,3525, 3615, 5404, 6679, 11067, 11068, 11069, 16050, 19043, 20168,20169.T0074 Achyranthes fauriei (Amaranthaceae); RI BEN NIU XI; JapaneseAchyranthes. Isolated compounds: 11067.T0075 Acnistus arborescens (Solanaceae); BA XI YE YAN; Brazilian WildTobacco, Marianeira. Isolated compounds: 302, 5324.T0076 Aconitum anthora (Ranunculaceae); HUANG WU TOU; YellowMonkshood. Isolated compounds: 1964.T0077 Aconitum balfourii (Ranunculaceae); YA DONG WU TOU; YadongMonkshood. Used part: tuberoid. TCM Effects: See Aconitumcarmichaeli. TCM Indications: See Aconitum carmichaeli. Isolatedcompounds: 18017.T0078 Aconitum barbatum var. puberulum [Syn. Aconitum ochranthum](Ranunculaceae); NIU BIAN; Puberulent Monkshood. Used part: root.TCM Effects: To dispel wind and relieve pain, relieve cough andtransform phlegm, calm asthma. TCM Indications: Wind-damp withpainful swollen joints, pain in lumbus and legs, asthma and cough,scrofula, scab and lichen. Isolated compounds: 12510, 13169, 18166,18167, 18168, 18169, 18531.T0079 Aconitum brachypodum (Ranunculaceae); XUE SHANG YI ZHI HAO;Shortstalk Monkshood. Equivalent plant: Aconitum nagarum var.lasiandrum. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To dispel wind andeliminate damp, quicken blood and relieve pain. TCM Indications:Wind-damp bone pain, knocks and falls, pain in limbs, toothache,toxin swelling of sores, pain from carcinoma, pain in joints. Isolatedcompounds: 554, 2741, 2742, 13189.Aconitum bullatifolium = Aconitum nagarum var. heterotrichumT0080 Aconitum bullatifolium var. homotrichum [Syn. Aconitum nagarum](Ranunculaceae); BAO SHAN WU TOU; Paoshan Monkshood. Usedpart: tuberoid. TCM Effects: To dispel wind and overcome damp, freenetwork vessels and relieve pain. TCM Indications: Wind-cold-dampimpediment, headache. Isolated compounds: 551, 2737, 2738, 2739,2740, 10875.T0081 Aconitum bulleyanum (Ranunculaceae); DIAN XI WU TOU;Yunnanwest Monkshood. Isolated compounds: 4211, 22482, 22938.T0082 Aconitum campylorrhynchum (Ranunculaceae); WAN ZHUO WUTOU; Curvebeak Monkshood. Isolated compounds: 384.T0083 Aconitum carmichaeli (Ranunculaceae); FU ZI; Prepared CommonMonkshood Daughter Root. Equivalent plant: Aconitum carmichaelicv. Used part: daughter root. TCM Effects: To return yang and treatcollapse, supplement fire and reinforce yang. TCM Indications:Yang-collapse vacuity desertion, cold limbs and faint pulse, impotence,uterus cold, cold pain in heart and abdomen, vacuity cold chronicdiarrhea and dysentery, yin cold edema, yang vacuity externalcontraction, wind-cold-damp impediment, yin flat abscess and sores.Isolated compounds: 554, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1292, 2738, 2739, 3201,3713, 4211, 4992, 4999, 5000, 5001, 5007, 5008, 5033, 5034, 5036,5037, 5067, 5071, 5072, 5136, 5149, 5166, 5458, 8042, 10875, 11373,11728, 12161, 12898, 12899, 13794, 15418, 20650, 22237, 22394,22482.T0084 Aconitum carmichaeli (Ranunculaceae); WU TOU; CommonMonkshood. Equivalent plant: Aconitum karakolicum, Aconitumbalfourii. Used part: tuberoid. TCM Effects: To dispel wind andeliminate damp, warm channels, dissipate cold and relieve pain. TCMIndications: Wind-cold-damp impediment, pain in joints, numbness inlimbs, hemiplegia, head wind headache, cold pain in heart andabdomen, cold mounting with pain, stasis pain from knocks and falls,swelling toxin of flat abscess. Isolated compounds: 554, 877, 2247,2738, 2742, 3201, 3712, 5067, 9574, 9575, 10875, 10962, 11083,11084, 11085, 11373, 11728, 12161, 13794, 19198, 19701, 19702,19703, 20075, 20076, 20650, 22237.T0085 Aconitum carmichaeli cv (Ranunculaceae); ZHONG BA E ZHANGYE FU ZI; Zhongba Monkshood Daughter Root*. Used part: daughterroot. TCM Effects: See Aconitum carmichaeli. TCM Indications: SeeAconitum carmichaeli. Isolated compounds: 12162, 19701.T0086 Aconitum chasmanthum (Ranunculaceae); ZHAN HUA WU TOU;Patentflower Monkshood. Used part: tuberoid. TCM Effects: To dispelwind and overcome damp, relieve pain. TCM Indications:Wind-cold-damp impediment, pain in joints. Isolated compounds:3483, 11012.T0087 Aconitum chrysotrichum (Ranunculaceae); HUANG MAO WU TOU;Yellowhair Monkshood. Isolated compounds: 3483.T0088 Aconitum coreanum (Ranunculaceae); HUANG HUA WU TOU;Korean Monkshood. Used part: tuberoid. TCM Effects: To dispel windand transform phlegm, settle fright epilepsy, dissipate cold and relievepain. TCM Indications: Wind stroke with congesting phlegm, deviatedeyes and mouth, epilepsy, migraine, headache, wind-phlegm dizziness,