Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

550Chinese Sumac Leaf. Used part: fresh leaf. TCM Effects: To relievecough and transform phlegm, promote contraction and resolve toxin.TCM Indications: Phlegm cough, hematochezia, blood dysentery,night sweating, sore. Isolated compounds: 14454.T5531 Rhus chinensis [Syn. Rhus semialata] (Anacardiaceae); YAN FU ZI;Chinese Sumac Fruit. Used part: fruit. TCM Effects: To moisten lungand engender liquid, downbear fire and transform phlegm, constrainsweat, check dysentery. TCM Indications: Phlegm cough, throatimpediment, jaundice, night sweating, dysentery, intractable lichen,welling abscess, head wind white scaling. Isolated compounds: 5515,8095, 14454.T5532 Rhus coriaria (Anacardiaceae); XI XI LI QI SHU; Sumach. Isolatedcompounds: 7441, 8095.T5533 Rhus lanceolata (Anacardiaceae); PI ZHEN QI SHU; LanceolateSumac*. Isolated compounds: 19545.T5534 Rhus pyroides (Anacardiaceae). Isolated compounds: 18820.T5535 Rhus retinorrhoea (Anacardiaceae); SHU ZHI YAN FU MU; ResinoidSumac*. Isolated compounds: 6409, 19174.Rhus semialata = Rhus chinensisT5536 Rhus sp. (Anacardiaceae). Isolated compounds: 5613, 16836, 18864.Rhus succedanea = Toxicodendron succedaneumT5537 Rhus sylvestris (Anacardiaceae); YE QI SHU YE; Woods LcaquertreeLeaf. Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: To dispel stasis and disperseswelling, kill worms, resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Knocks andfalls, bleeding due to external injury, ancylostomiasis, scab and lichen,sore toxin, poisonous snake bite. Isolated compounds: 1497, 5613,5614, 7802.T5538 Rhus sylvestris (Anacardiaceae); YE QI SHU ZI; Woods Lcaquertree.Isolated compounds: 18821, 18822.T5539 Rhus taishanensis (Anacardiaceae); TAI SHAN YAN FU ZI; TaishanSumac Fruit. Isolated compounds: 18823.T5540 Rhus typhina (Anacardiaceae); LU JIAO QI SHU; Stag’s-horn Sumach.Isolated compounds: 917, 8095.T5541 Rhus verniciflua [Syn. Toxicadendron verniciflum] (Anacardiaceae);QI ZI; True Lacquer Seed. Used part: seed. TCM Effects: To quickenblood and stanch bleeding, warm channels and relieve pain. TCMIndications: Hematochezia, hematuria, flooding and spotting,abdominal pain due to stagnation, amenorrhea. Isolated compounds:2779, 5613, 6535, 6719, 20481.T5542 Rhus verniciflua [Syn. Toxicadendron verniciflum] (Anacardiaceae);SHENG QI; True Lacquer. Used part: balsam. TCM Effects: To killworms. TCM Indications: Worm accumulation, water gu. Isolatedcompounds: 12424, 12425, 12426, 12427.T5543 Rhynchotechum vestitum (Gesneriaceae); MAO XIAN ZHU JU TAI;Hairy Rhynchotechum. Used part: whole herb. TCM Indications:Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B. Isolated compounds: 15077, 18828.T5544 Ribes alpinum (Saxifragaceae); GAO SHAN CHA BIAO; AlpineCurrant. Isolated compounds: 13627, 15183, 18375.T5545 Ribes fasciculatum var. chinense (Saxifragaceae); HUA CHA BIAO;China Winterberry Currant. Used part: root. TCM Effects: To coolblood and clear heat, regulate menstruation. TCM Indications: Vacuityheat and hypodynamia, menstrual disorder [=menoxenia],dysmenorrhea. Isolated compounds: 2778, 3308, 4184, 5981, 8098,10637, 13100, 14530, 15954, 19377.T5546 Ribes nigrum (Saxifragaceae); HEI CHA BIAO; Black Currant.Isolated compounds: 15593, 15594.T5547 Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae); BI MA GEN; Castorbean Root.Used part: root. TCM Effects: To dispel wind and resolve tetany,quicken blood and disperse swelling. TCM Indications: Tetanus,epilepsy, wind-damp impediment pain, knocks and falls, swollenwelling abscess and scrofula, prolapse of rectum, prolapse of uterus.Isolated compounds: 4947, 21622.T5548 Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae); BI MA YE; Castorbean Leaf.Used part: leaf. TCM Effects: To draw out pus and relieve itch, relievecough and calm asthma. TCM Indications: Beriberi, swelling pain ofscrotum, cough of phlegm asthma, goose-foot wind, sore and boil.Isolated compounds: 15525, 18407, 18840.T5549 Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae); BI MA YOU; Castorbean Oil.Used part: oil expressed from seeds. TCM Effects: To lubricateintestines, moisten skin. TCM Indications: Dry stool, sore and scab,burns. Isolated compounds: 14932, 18841, 22028.T5550 Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae); BI MA ZI; Castorbean Seed. Usedpart: ripe seed. TCM Effects: To disperse swelling and draw out toxin,drain precipitation and free stagnation. TCM Indications: Swellingtoxin of welling abscess and flat abscess, throat impediment, scrofula,dry stool. Isolated compounds: 4055, 4124, 6132, 6194, 18840, 18841,19596, 20439.T5551 River corymbosa (Convolvulaceae); MO XI GE XUAN HUA; MexicoGlorybind*. Isolated compounds: 7240.T5552 Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae); CI HUAI HUA; Black LocustFlower. Used part: flower. TCM Effects: To stanch bleeding. TCMIndications: Precipitate blood of large intestine, hemoptysis, flooding.Isolated compounds: 56, 61, 1482, 2779, 2785, 3059, 5702, 9522,11504, 12908, 14712, 16843, 17470, 18642, 18857, 22122.T5553 Robinia pseudomonas (Fabaceae); JIA DAN BAO JUN YANG HUAI;Pseudomonas Locust*. Isolated compounds: 18859.T5554 Rodgersia aesculifolia (Saxifragaceae); MU HE; FingerleafRodgersflower. Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: To clear heat andtransform damp, engender flesh and stanch bleeding. TCM Indications:Damp-heat dysentery, chronic diarrhea, white turbidity, vaginaldischarge, flooding and spotting, blood ejection, spontaneous externalbleeding, hematochezia, sore toxin, incised wound. Isolatedcompounds: 2312, 16884.T5555 Rodgersia pinnata (Saxifragaceae); YU YE GUI DENG QING;Featherleaf Rodgersflower. Used part: rhizome. TCM Effects: Toquicken blood and regulate menstruation, dispel wind and eliminatedamp, promote contraction and stanch bleeding. TCM Indications:Knocks and falls, fracture, menstrual disorder [=menoxenia],dysmenorrhea, wind-damp pain, bleeding due to external injury,enteritis, dysentery. Isolated compounds: 6403.T5556 Rodgersia podophylla (Saxifragaceae); RI BEN GUI DENG QING;Bronzeleaf Rodgersflower. Isolated compounds: 2039, 11897, 12021,12022, 12082, 14034, 14035, 14688, 14689, 14695, 14696, 15184,18319, 18320, 18337, 18411.T5557 Rohdea japonica [Syn. Orontium japonicum] (Liliaceae); WAN NIANQING GEN; Omoto Nipponlily Root. Used part: root, rhizome and