Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

394constipation. Isolated compounds: 8054.T1237 Cassia leptophylla (Fabaceae); XIA YE JUE MING; NarrowleafSenna*. Isolated compounds: 20141.T1238 Cassia mimosoides (Fabaceae); SHAN BIAN DOU ZI;Sensitiveplant-like Senna. Used part: seed. TCM Effects: To clear heatand resolve toxin, fortify spleen and disinhibit damp, free stool. TCMIndications: Jaundice, summerheat-heat and vomiting diarrhea, childgan accumulation, edema, inhibited urination, habitual constipation,poisonous snake bite. Isolated compounds: 967, 3615, 18759.T1239 Cassia nodosa (Fabaceae); SHEN HUANG DOU; Jointwood Senna.Used part: fruit. TCM Effects: To resolve toxin. TCM Indications:Papules, pox. Isolated compounds: 2064, 15651, 15654.T1240 Cassia obtusifolia (Fabaceae); DUN YE JUE MING; ObtuseleafSenna*. Equivalent plant: Cassia tora. Used part: ripe seed. TCMEffects: To clear liver and brighten eyes, disinhibit water and freestool. TCM Indications: Red eyes with gall, delacrimation andphotophobia, clear-eye blindness, night blindness, dizziness andheadache, dim vision, cirrhosis with ascites, inhibited urination,habitual constipation, toxin swelling, skin lichen. Isolated compounds:967, 2009, 3613, 3615, 6776, 8649, 8696, 11744, 17247, 21459.T1241 Cassia occidentalis (Fabaceae); WANG JIANG NAN; Coffee Senna.Used part: stem-leaf. TCM Effects: To clear lung, clear liver, calmasthma, disinhibit urine, free stool, resolve toxin and disperse swelling,lower blood pressure. TCM Indications: Cough and asthma,hypertension, headache and red eyes, dribbling urination, constipation,swelling toxin of welling abscess and sore, snake or insect bites.Isolated compounds: 967, 3281, 3282, 3283, 3599, 3615, 6776, 9333,9791, 15914, 15915, 19933.T1242 Cassia occidentalis (Fabaceae); WANG JIANG NAN ZI; CoffeeSenna Seed. Used part: seed. TCM Effects: To clear liver, fortifystomach, free stool, resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Red eyes withgall, dizzy and distended head, indigestion, stomachache, dysentery,constipation, swollen welling abscess and toxin of clove. Isolatedcompounds: 967, 6776, 17247.T1243 Cassia quinquangula (Fabaceae); WU LENG JUE MING; FiveangularSenna*. Isolated compounds: 18444, 19041.T1244 Cassia siamea (Fabaceae); TIE DAO MU; Siamese Senna. Isolatedcompounds: 3598, 3615, 14521.T1245 Cassia sieberiana (Fabaceae); XI BO JUE MING; Sieber Senna.Isolated compounds: 6819.T1246 Cassia singueana (Fabaceae); DONG FEI JUE MING; East-AfricanSenna*. Isolated compounds: 19933, 19934.T1247 Cassia sophera (Fabaceae); JIANG MANG; Inflatedfruit Senna. Usedpart: seed. TCM Effects: To dispel phlegm and allay thirst, regulatecenter. TCM Indications: Red eyes with gall, dizzy and distended head,oral ulcer, habitual constipation, child gan accumulation, dysentery,malaria. Isolated compounds: 4879.T1248 Cassia sp. (Fabaceae). Isolated compounds: 1282.T1249 Cassia spp. (Fabaceae). Isolated compounds: 3615.T1250 Cassia tora (Fabaceae); JUE MING ZI; Sickle Senna Seed. Used part:ripe seed. TCM Effects: See Cassia obtusifolia. TCM Indications: SeeCassia obtusifolia. Isolated compounds: 967, 1514, 2008, 3284, 3598,3612, 3613, 3615, 3617, 6776, 6777, 6779, 8644, 8645, 8649, 8696,15791, 15900, 15908, 17247, 17250, 18759, 19041, 19042, 21452,21455.T1251 Cassytha filiformis (Lauraceae); WU YE TENG; Filiform Cassytha.Used part: herb. TCM Effects: To clear heat and disinhibit damp, coolblood and resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Common cold with fever,heat strangury, stone strangury, damp-heat jaundice, diarrhea,dysentery, hemoptysis, nosebleed(epistaxis), wind-fire eye, knocksand falls, bleeding due to external injury, ulcerating sores, burns andscalds, scab and lai. Isolated compounds: 585, 3293, 3295, 5417, 6632,12574, 15431.T1252 Cassytha glabella (Lauraceae); WU MAO WU GEN TENG; GlabrousCassytha*. Isolated compounds: 3294.T1253 Cassytha melantha (Lauraceae); HEI HUA WU GEN TENG;Blackflower Cassytha*. Isolated compounds: 3294.T1254 Castanea mollissima (Fagaceae); BAN LI; Chinese Chestnut. Usedpart: kernel. TCM Effects: To boost qi and fortify spleen, supplementkidney and strengthen sinews, quicken blood and disperse swelling,stanch bleeding. TCM Indications: Spleen vacuity diarrhea, stomachreflux vomiting, limp aching in legs and knees, sinew and bone woundwith swelling pain, scrofula, blood ejection, spontaneous externalbleeding, bloody stool. Isolated compounds: 3297, 3298, 11482, 19277,20257, 20389, 22435.T1256 Castanea mollissima (Fagaceae); LI SHU PI; Chinese Chestnut Bast.Used part: bast. TCM Effects: To resolve toxin and disperse swelling,promote astriction and stanch bleeding. TCM Indications: Erysipelas,lai, mouth sore, lacquer sore, knocks and falls. Isolated compounds:7441, 15372, 22246, 22435.T1255 Castanea sativa (Fagaceae); OU ZHOU LI; Spanish Chestnut. Isolatedcompounds: 9202.T1257 Castilla elastica . Isolated compounds: 9336, 16958, 16959.T1258 Casuarina equisetifolia (Casuarinaceae); MU MA HUANG; HorsetailBeefwood. Used part: tender branchlet-leaf or bark. TCM Effects: Todiffuse lung and suppress cough, move qi and relieve pain, warmcenter and check diarrhea, disinhibit damp. TCM Indications:Common cold with fever, cough, mounting qi, abdominal pain,diarrhea, dysentery, inhibited urination, beriberi. Isolated compounds:3040, 4149, 4150, 4155, 4156, 4177, 4178, 5571, 11642, 14454.T1259 Casuarina stricta (Casuarinaceae); XIAO MU MA HUANG; SmallBeefwood*. Isolated compounds: 16765.T1260 Catalpa bignonioides (Bignoniaceae); MEI GUO ZI; Southern Catalpa.Isolated compounds: 3307.T1261 Catalpa ovata (Bignoniaceae); ZI BAI PI; Ovate Catalpa Bast. Usedpart: bast. TCM Effects: To clear heat and disinhibit damp, downbearcounterflow and check vomiting, kill worms and relieve itch. TCMIndications: Damp-heat jaundice, sore and scab, eczema, itchy skin.Isolated compounds: 3307, 4135, 5188, 7768, 9455, 20566.T1262 Catalpa ovata (Bignoniaceae); ZI MU; Ovate Catalpa. Used part:wood. TCM Effects: To promote vomiting, relieve pain. TCMIndications: Pain wind in limbs, cholera. Isolated compounds: 2004,3305, 3306, 12502, 15256, 15257, 15258, 15259, 15260, 15261.T1263 Catalpa ovata (Bignoniaceae); ZI SHI; Ovate Catalpa Fruit. Used part:fruit. TCM Effects: To disinhibit water and disperse edema. TCMIndications: Inhibited urination, edema, ascites. Isolated compounds: