吳茱萸
- ENG
- Medicinal Evodia Fruit
- LATIN
- Evodiae Fructus
| Medicinal Group | Interior-warming medicinal |
|---|---|
| Source | Dried nearly ripe fruit of Evodia rytaecarpa (Juss.) Benth., Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. var. officinalis (Dode) Huang or Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Brnth. var. bodinieri (Dode) Huang (Fam. Rytaceae) |
| Nature and Flavors | pungent, bitter; hot; slightly toxic |
| Meridian Affinity | Liver, Spleen, Kidney, Stomach |
| Actions | To dispel cold and allviate pain, direct qi downward to relieve vomiting, and check diarrhea by assist yang |
Family
Rytaceae
Part used
Fruit
Indications
Headache related to limbs reverting yin; abdominal colic; weakness and edema of the legs; dysmenorrhea; epigastric distension and pain with vomiting and acid regurgitation; diarrhea occurring before dawn daily; hypertension. External use for ulcers in the mouth
Research Findings
- Growing Research Findings demonstrates that evodiamine possesses anti-cancer activities both in vitro and in vivo by inhibiting proliferation, invasion and metastasis, inducing apoptosis of a variety of tumor cell lines.[1]
- Evodiamine and its derivatives are experimentally explored for their anti-cancer, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties.[2]
Cautions
No Data.
Report on adverse effect
Cause liver toxicity in orally fed mice [3]
Reference
Reference
- Jiang J, Hu C. (2009). Evodiamine: a novel anti-cancer alkaloid from Evodia rutaecarpa. Molecules. , 14(5):1852-9. doi: 10.3390/molecules14051852.
- Gavaraskar K, Dhulap S, Hirwani RR. (2015). Therapeutic and cosmetic applications of Evodiamine and its derivatives--A patent review. Fitoterapia. , 106:22-35. doi: 10.1016/j.fitote.2015.07.019. Epub 2015 Aug 6.
- 孫蓉、黃偉 (2012)。<吳茱萸水提組分鎮痛及伴隨毒副作用研究>。中國藥物警戒，11。
