Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

428Dittary*. Used part: root cortex. TCM Effects: See Dictamnusdasycarpus. TCM Indications: See Dictamnus dasycarpus. Isolatedcompounds: 5443, 5444, 5456, 11424, 11642.T2166 Dictamnus caucasicus (Rutaceae); GAO JIA SUO BAI XIAN;Caucasian Pittany*. Isolated compounds: 7703, 18881.T2167 Dictamnus dasycarpus (Rutaceae); BAI XIAN PI; Densefruit PittanyRoot-bark. Equivalent plant: Dictamnus angustifolius. Used part: rootcortex. TCM Effects: To clear heat and dry damp, dispel wind andrelieve itch, resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Dermatitis, psoriasis,icterohepatitis, damp-heat sore and papules, profuse pus, yellow-watersore, damp ulceration on skin, itchy skin, damp-heat jaundice,damp-heat impediment. Isolated compounds: 3040, 4663, 5445, 5446,5447, 5448, 5449, 5450, 5451, 5452, 5453, 5454, 5455, 7669, 7703,7945, 11518, 12226, 15882, 15883, 17805, 17849, 20002, 21662.T2168 Dictamnus spp. (Rutaceae). Isolated compounds: 12847.T2169 Dictyota dichotoma (Dictyotaceae); WANG DI ZAO. Isolatedcompounds: 11579.T2170 Dictyota linearis (Dictyotaceae); XIAN ZHUANG WANG DI ZAO.Isolated compounds: 374, 505, 15391.T2171 Dictyota pfaffii (Dictyotaceae); BA XI ZONG ZAO; Brazilian BrownAlga Dictyota pfaffii. Isolated compounds: 163, 5303, 21724.T2172 Didymocarpus pedicellata (Gesneriaceae). Isolated compounds: 9305,16697.T2173 Digenea simplex (Rhodomelaceae); HAI REN CAO; Simple DigeneaFrond. Used part: frond. TCM Effects: To expel roundworm. TCMIndications: Ascariasis. Isolated compounds: 936, 2318, 3849.T2174 Digitalis ferruginea (Scrophulariaceae); XIU MAO DI HUANG;Rusty Foxglove. Isolated compounds: 5522, 9564.T2175 Digitalis lanata (Scrophulariaceae); MAO HUA MAO DI HUANG;Grecian Foxglove. Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: See Digitalispurpurea. TCM Indications: See Digitalis purpurea. Isolatedcompounds: 377, 5523, 5526, 5533, 7557, 8461, 9564, 10351, 12952,16004.T2176 Digitalis orientalis (Scrophulariaceae); DONG FANG YANG DIHUANG; Oriental Foxglove*. Isolated compounds: 6016.T2177 Digitalis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae); MAO DI HUANG; CommonFoxglove. Equivalent plant: Digitalis lanata. Used part: leaf. TCMEffects: To strengthen heart and disinhibit urine. TCM Indications:Cardiac failure, edema due to heart disease. Isolated compounds: 2887,5524, 5526, 7557, 8461, 12436, 12952, 16004, 18216, 18217, 18219,18220, 18221, 20406.T2178 Digitalis schischkinii (Scrophulariaceae); SI SHI MAO DI HUANG;Schischkin Foxglove*. Isolated compounds: 6016.T2179 Digitalis spp. (Scrophulariaceae). Isolated compounds: 18216, 18217.T2180 Digitalis thapsii (Scrophulariaceae); SA SHI MAO DI HUANG; ThapsFoxglove*. Isolated compounds: 3300, 3622.T2181 Dillenia indica (Dilleniaceae); WU YA GUO; Hondapara. Used part:root or bark. TCM Effects: To promote astriction, resolve toxin. TCMIndications: Dysentery, diarrhea. Isolated compounds: 2333, 5652,8095, 10339.T2182 Dillenia pentagyna (Dilleniaceae); XIAO HUA WU YA GUO;Pentagynous Dillenia. Isolated compounds: 18728.T2183 Dilophus ligulatus (Dictyotaceae); DI ZHONG HAI ZONG HAI ZAO;Mediterranean Brown Alga Dilophus ligulatus. Isolated compounds:16495.T2184 Dimocarpus fumatus (Sapindaceae); YAN SE LONG YAN; SmokeLongan*. Isolated compounds: 1592, 18718.Dimocarpus longan = Euphoria longanT2185 Dioclea grandiflora (Fabaceae); DA HUA DI AO DOU. Isolatedcompounds: 7831.T2186 Dionaea muscipula (Droseraceae); BU YING CAO; Venus’s Flytrap.Isolated compounds: 17568, 17569.T2187 Dionaea rotundifolia (Droseraceae); YUAN YE BU YING CAO;Round-leaf Flytrap*. Isolated compounds: 17569.T2188 Dioscorea alata (Dioscoreaceae); MAO SHU; Winged Yam. Used part:rhizome. TCM Effects: To fortify spleen and check diarrhea, nourishlung and enrich kidney, resolve toxin and close sores. TCMIndications: Spleen vacuity diarrhea, kidney vacuity and emission,vaginal discharge, frequent urination, vacuity taxation cough, diabetesmellitus, ulcerating sores, burns and scalds. Isolated compounds: 835,836, 3594, 4451, 15528, 17876.T2189 Dioscorea althaeoides (Dioscoreaceae); SHU KUI YE SHU YU;Hollyhock-like Yam. Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: To coursewind and dispel damp, fortify spleen and disperse food, quicken bloodand disperse swelling. TCM Indications: common cold with headache,wind-damp impediment pain, food accumulation distention andfullness, indigestion, knocks and falls. Isolated compounds: 5216,6437, 6440, 7024, 8968, 20028.T2190 Dioscorea batatas [Syn. Dioscorea opposita] (Dioscoreaceae); SHANYAO; Common Yam. Equivalent plant: Dioscorea japonica. Usedpart: rhizome. TCM Effects: To fortify spleen and nourish stomach,engender liquid and boost lung, supplement kidney and rough essence.TCM Indications: Reduced food intake due to spleen vacuity,incessant chronic diarrhea, cough and asthma due to lung vacuity,kidney vacuity and emission, vaginal discharge, frequent urination,vacuity heat and diabetes mellitus. Isolated compounds: 36, 618, 917,2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167, 3040, 3585, 5040, 5694, 6437, 6440,6442, 6559, 9486, 14232, 14233, 14238, 14239, 17256, 19983, 20369,21835.T2191 Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae); HUANG YAO ZI; AirpotatoYam. Used part: tuber. TCM Effects: To dissipate binds and dispersegoiter, clear heat and resolve toxin, cool blood and stanch bleeding.TCM Indications: Goiter and tuberculosis, throat impediment,swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, poisonous snake bite,carcinoma, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hemoptysis,pertussis, lung heat cough. Isolated compounds: 6434, 6435, 6436,10774, 17876.T2192 Dioscorea cayenensis (Dioscoreaceae). Isolated compounds: 6437,6447, 14699.T2193 Dioscorea cirrhosa [Syn. Dioscorea pogonoides] (Dioscoreaceae);SHU LIANG; Shoulang Yam. Used part: tuber. TCM Effects: Toquicken blood and stanch bleeding, rectify qi and relieve pain, clearheat and resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Coughing of blood,hemoptysis, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematuria,hematochezia, flooding and spotting [= metrorrhagia and metrostaxis],menstrual disorder [= menoxenia], dysmenorrhea, menstrual block,