Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

499SHAN CHENG; Celastrus Melodinus*. Isolated compounds: 22499.T4178 Melodinus hemsleyanus (Apocynaceae); CHUAN SHAN CHENG;Hemsley Melodinus. Used part: root or fruit. TCM Effects: To fortifyspleen, supplement blood, clear heat (root), free menstruation andpromote lactation, stanch bleeding, resolve toxin (fruit). TCMIndications: Spleen-stomach vacuity, anemia and scant milk, mouthsore, tongue sores (root), menstrual disorder, galactostasis, bleedingfrom hemorrhoids, swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, snakebite (fruit). Isolated compounds: 5099, 10093, 10824.T4179 Melodinus tenuicaudatus (Apocynaceae); BO YE SHAN CHENG;Thin-leaf Melodinus. Isolated compounds: 20933.T4180 Melodorum fruticosum (Annonaceae). Isolated compounds: 463, 2257,2261, 2262, 13712.Melodorum glaucescens = Fissistigma glaucescensMelodorum oldhamii = Fissistigma oldhamiiMeniscium simplex = Pronephrium simplexT4181 Menispermum canadense (Menispermaceae); MEI GUO BIAN FU GE;Canada Moonseed. Isolated compounds: 4685.T4182 Menispermum dauricum (Menispermaceae); BIAN FU GE; AsiaticMoonseed. Used part: rattan. TCM Effects: To clear heat and resolvetoxin, disperse swelling and relieve pain. TCM Indications: Lumbago,scrofula, swelling pain in throat, diarrhea and dysentery, swelling painfrom hemorrhoids. Isolated compounds: 603, 604, 2343, 2344, 2345,4846, 6512, 6886, 19955.T4183 Menispermum dauricum (Menispermaceae); BIAN FU GE GEN;Asiatic Moonseed Root. Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: To clearheat and resolve toxin, disperse swelling and relieve pain, disinhibitdamp. TCM Indications: Swelling pain in throat, lung heat cough,epidemic parotitis, diarrhea, jaundice, wind-damp impediment pain,swelling pain from hemorrhoids, snake or insect bites. Isolatedcompounds: 602, 603, 604, 3494, 4100, 4101, 4685, 4686, 4687, 4688,4689, 4690, 4691, 4692, 4693, 4847, 5077, 5581, 6260, 6268, 6574,9825, 10428, 13716, 13717, 14251, 15802, 15803, 17968, 19187,19955, 20324, 21206, 21255, 22159.Mentha arvensis = Mentha haplocalyxMentha arvensis var. haplocalyx = Mentha haplocalyxMentha cablin = Pogostemon cablinMentha canadaensis = Mentha haplocalyxT4184 Mentha haplocalyx [Syn. Mentha canadaensis; Mentha arvensis var.haplocalyx; Mentha arvensis] (Lamiaceae); BO HE; Wild Mint. Usedpart: dried aerial parts. TCM Effects: To dissipate wind-heat, clearhead and eyes, disinhibit pharynx and larynx, outthrust papules,resolve depression. TCM Indications: Chronic urticaria, infection ofupper respiratory tract, sarcoma, wind-heat exterior syndrome,headache and red eyes, swelling pain in throat, non-eruption ofmeasles, dormant papules with pruritus, liver depression and rib-sidepain, abdominal distention. Isolated compounds: 139, 2444, 2445,2887, 3045, 9515, 11533, 12420, 12843, 13774, 13775, 13776, 13779,17376.T4185 Mentha longifolia (Lamiaceae); OU BO HE; Horse Mint. Isolatedcompounds: 7278, 9458, 12978, 12979, 12984.T4186 Mentha piperita (Lamiaceae); LA BO HE; Pepper Mint. Used part:leaf. TCM Effects: To course wind and dissipate heat, resolve toxinand dissipate binds. TCM Indications: Wind-heat common cold,headache, red eyes, sore pharynx, epidemic parotitis. Isolatedcompounds: 12420, 13779, 22768.T4187 Mentha pulegium (Lamiaceae); CHUN E BO HE; Pennyroyal Mint.Isolated compounds: 18190.T4188 Mentha rotundifolia (Lamiaceae); YU XIANG CAO; Apple Mint.Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To dispel wind, resolve toxin,harmonize stomach, moisten skin. TCM Indications: Common cold,eye diseases, stomachache, sore and boil, cracking. Isolatedcompounds: 3237, 6455, 15413, 15415, 15926, 17457, 18190, 18954,19309.T4189 Mentha sp. (Lamiaceae). Isolated compounds: 12843, 13776.T4190 Mentha spicata (Lamiaceae); LIU LAN XIANG; Spearmint. Used part:whole herb. TCM Effects: To resolve exterior, harmonize center,rectify qi. TCM Indications: Common cold, cough, headache, sorepharynx, red eyes, nosebleed(epistaxis), stomachache, abdominaldistention, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, dysmenorrhea,numbness in limbs, painful swelling from knocks and falls, sore andboil, cracking. Isolated compounds: 3237.T4191 Mentha spp. (Lamiaceae). Isolated compounds: 17454, 18954.T4192 Mentha sylvestris (Lamiaceae); SEN LIN BO HE; Forest Mint.Isolated compounds: 17457.T4193 Menyanthes sp. (Gentianaceae). Isolated compounds: 5191.T4194 Menyanthes trifoliata (Gentianaceae); SHUI CAI; Bogbean. Used part:leaf or whole herb. TCM Effects: To fortify spleen and disperse food,nourish heart and quiet spirit, clear heat and disinhibit urine. TCMIndications: Gastritis, indigestion, palpitation and insomnia, damp-heatjaundice, cholecystitis, edema, inhibited urination, inhibited voidingsof reddish urine. Isolated compounds: 2850, 4415, 4416, 5615, 7851,8291, 8296, 8297, 9088, 12950, 12952, 13773, 19623, 20168.T4195 Menyanthes trifoliata (Gentianaceae); SHUI CAI GEN; Bogbean Root.Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: To moisten lung and suppresscough, suppress cough, lower blood pressure. TCM Indications:Cough, edema, wind-damp pain, hypertension. Isolated compounds:5615, 7851, 8299, 13773.T4196 Mercurialis annua (Euphorbiaceae); YI NIAN SHENG SHAN DIAN;Annual Mercury. Isolated compounds: 22975.T4197 Merremia dissecta (Convolvulaceae); SHEN LIE YU HUANG CAO;Deeplobed Merremia*. Isolated compounds: 13784, 13785, 13786,13787, 13788.T4198 Merremia quinquefolia (Convolvulaceae); WU YE YU HUANG CAO;Five-leaf Merremia*. Isolated compounds: 14487.T4199 Mesembryanthemum anatomicum (Aizoaceae); MING SONG YE JU;Anatomicum Fig*. Isolated compounds: 13796, 13797, 13798.T4200 Mesembryanthemum edule (Aizoaceae); SHI YONG RI ZHONG HUA;Hottentot Fig. Isolated compounds: 2320, 11252.T4201 Mesembryanthemum expansum (Aizoaceae); KUO ZHANG SONGYE JU; Expansum Fig*. Isolated compounds: 13796, 13797, 13798.T4202 Mesembryanthemum tortuosum (Aizoaceae); NIU QU SONG YE JU;Tortuous Fig*. Isolated compounds: 13796, 13797, 13798.Mesogloea decipiens = Nemacystus decipiensT4203 Mesua ferrea (Clusiaceae); TIE LI MU; Common Mesua. Used part:bark, flower and seed. TCM Effects: To relieve cough and dispel