Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

498disinhibit urine and abate jaundice, soothe sinews and quickennetwork vessels. TCM Indications: Spleen vacuity and abdominaldistention, indigestion, edema, jaundice, wind-damp impediment pain.Isolated compounds: 2017, 7821.T4148 Medicago sativa (Fabaceae); MU XU; Alfalfa. Used part: whole herb.TCM Effects: To clear heat and cool blood, disinhibit damp and abatejaundice. TCM Indications: Febrile diseases with vexation and fullness,jaundice, enteritis, dysentery, edema, urethral stone, hematocheziafrom hemorrhoids. Isolated compounds: 1673, 3059, 3209, 3774, 4190,4604, 5010, 5440, 7775, 7883, 8050, 8762, 8763, 12843, 12849,13018, 13456, 13635, 14469, 14619, 15146, 16118, 17024, 19395,20168, 20254, 20444, 21589, 21662.T4149 Medicago sativa (Fabaceae); MU XU GEN; Alfalfa Root. Used part:root. TCM Effects: To clear heat and disinhibit damp, free stranguryand expel stone. TCM Indications: Febrile diseases with vexation andfullness, jaundice, urethral stone. Isolated compounds: 1040.T4150 Medicago sp. (Fabaceae). Isolated compounds: 13638.T4151 Medicago spp. (Fabaceae). Isolated compounds: 12908.T4152 Medinilla magnifica (Melastomataceae); HONG WEI SUAN JIAOGAN; Magnific Medinilla*. Isolated compounds: 15641, 15642.T4153 Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae); HU SHENG YE BAI QIANCENG; Alternateleaf Melaleuca*. Isolated compounds: 20992.T4154 Melaleuca leucadendra (Myrtaceae); BAI QIAN CENG; Cajeput-tree.Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: To dispel wind and resolve exterior,disinhibit damp and relieve itch. TCM Indications: Common cold withfever, wind-damp bone pain, abdominal pain and diarrhea, windpapules, eczema. Isolated compounds: 7481.T4155 Melia azadirachta (Meliaceae); Chinaberry-tree. Isolated compounds:13661, 15601, 15602, 15604.T4156 Melia azedarach (Meliaceae); KU LIAN PI; Chinaberry-tree Bark.Equivalent plant: Melia toosendan. Used part: dried stem or rootcortex. TCM Effects: To expel worms and treat lichen. TCMIndications: Ascariasis, oxyuria disease, abdominal pain due to wormaccumulation, scab and lichen with itching. Isolated compounds: 2050,2054, 2055, 3710, 5194, 7945, 8249, 12328, 12329, 12330, 12952,13660, 13661, 13664, 13665, 13666, 13667, 13668, 13669, 13670,13671, 14544, 15603, 15606, 15610, 15611, 19177, 20966, 20967,21448, 21977.T4157 Melia azedarach (Meliaceae); KU LIAN SHI; Chinaberry-tree Fruit.Used part: fruit. TCM Effects: To move qi and relieve pain, kill worms.TCM Indications: Pain in stomach duct and rib-side, mounting pain,abdominal pain due to worm accumulation, tinea capitis, frostbite(kibe). Isolated compounds: 4752, 4753, 4754, 4790, 15605, 21554.T4158 Melia azedarach (Meliaceae); KU LIAN YE; Chinaberry-tree Leaf*.Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: To clear heat and dry damp, kill wormsand relieve itch, move qi and relieve pain. TCM Indications: Eczematitillation, sore lichen and scab lai, snake or insect bites, trichomonalvaginitis, mounting qi (hernia), painful swelling from knocks and falls.Isolated compounds: 21449, 21450.T4159 Melia azedarach (Meliaceae); LIAN HUA; Chinaberry-tree Flower.Used part: flower. TCM Effects: To clear heat and dispel damp, killworms and relieve itch. TCM Indications: Prickly heat. Isolatedcompounds: 13675.T4160 Melia azedarach var. japonica (Meliaceae); RI BEN KU LIAN;Japanese Chinaberry-tree. Isolated compounds: 3308, 4791, 13669,19705.T4161 Melia indica (Meliaceae); YIN JIAN; Indica Melia*. Isolatedcompounds: 15601, 15602.T4162 Melia toosendan (Meliaceae); CHUAN LIAN PI; SzechwanChinaberry Bark. Used part: dried stem or root cortex. TCM Effects:See Melia azedarach. TCM Indications: See Melia azedarach. Isolatedcompounds: 4755, 4756, 11743, 13664, 13665, 13672, 14813, 15612,20206, 21447, 21448, 21554, 21555, 21556.T4163 Melia toosendan (Meliaceae); CHUAN LIAN ZI; SzechwanChinaberry Fruit. Used part: fruit. TCM Effects: To soothe liver, moveqi, relieve pain, expel worms. TCM Indications: Chest and rib-sidepain, distending pain in stomach duct, mounting qi, abdominal paindue to worm accumulation. Isolated compounds: 527, 14764, 15606,15607, 15608, 15609, 21448.T4164 Melicope coodeana (Rutaceae); RU NI WENG DAO MI ZHU YU;Reunion-Island Melicope*. Isolated compounds: 6218, 16863, 21911.T4165 Melicope ptelefolia (Rutaceae). Isolated compounds: 13676, 13677.T4166 Melicope semecarpifolia (Rutaceae); SI ROU TUO GUO YE MI ZHUYU. Isolated compounds: 2047, 3974, 3975, 6289, 6404, 6405, 6642,6708, 8824, 9226, 11605, 12254, 13673, 13674, 13685, 14072, 14254,19690, 20002.T4167 Melicope sp. (Rutaceae). Isolated compounds: 12254.T4168 Melicope spp. (Rutaceae). Isolated compounds: 20978.T4169 Melicope triphylla (Rutaceae); SAN YE MI ZHU YU; ThreeleafMelicope. Isolated compounds: 16867.T4170 Melilotus albus (Fabaceae); BAI XIANG CAO MU XI; WhiteSweetclover. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clear heat andresolve toxin, harmonize stomach and transform damp. TCMIndications: Summerheat-heat and oppression in chest, headache, badbreath, malaria, dysentery, strangury, skin sores. Isolated compounds:5440.T4171 Melilotus messanensis (Fabaceae); XI XI LI CAO MU XI; MessaniaSweetclover*. Isolated compounds: 13682, 13683, 13684.T4172 Melilotus suaveolens (Fabaceae); PI HAN CAO; DaghestanSweetclover. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clearsummerheat and transform damp, fortify stomach and harmonizecenter. TCM Indications: Summerheat-damp and oppression in chest,distended head and headache, dysentery, malaria, strangury syndrome,vaginal discharge, mouth sore, bad breath, sores, damp sore, scab andlichen, scrofula. Isolated compounds: 663, 664, 3383, 4134, 4139,4141, 4142, 5440, 5665, 13678, 22195.T4173 Melilotus suaveolens (Fabaceae); PI HAN CAO GEN; DaghestanSweetclover Root. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To clear heat andresolve toxin. TCM Indications: Scrofula. Isolated compounds: 4134.T4174 Melissa officinalis (Lamiaceae); XIANG FENG HUA; Bee Balm.Isolated compounds: 3767, 12420.T4175 Melittis melissophyllum (Lamiaceae); OU ZHOU MI FENG HUA;Balmleaf Metittis. Isolated compounds: 4626.T4176 Melodinus balansae (Apocynaceae); BEI SHI SHAN CHENG;Balansa Melodinus*. Isolated compounds: 784.T4177 Melodinus celastroides (Apocynaceae); NAN SHE TENG ZHUANG