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🌿 Herb

Purslane Herb; All-Grass of Purslane

1
Clinical Trials
3
Meta-Analyses
3
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT00746772
Efficacy of Purslane in Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus
Completed · Phase 2
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42021262282
Research Trend of Natural Ingredients as Chemopreventive in Oral Lichen Planus (OLP)
Oral Lichen Planus. A chronic inflammatory disease that affects the mucus membra
CRD42022358043
what is the efficacy of herbal medications in oral lichen planus .
Lichen planus is an inflammatory, autoimmune disease that can affect the skin as
CRD42022314590
The effects of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) on fasting blood sugar, liver enzymes, and dyslipidemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
We will investigate the effects of purslane on adult patients with dyslipidemia,
📚 Sample References
PMID 35126150
Deciphering the Effective Constituents and Mechanisms of Portulaca oleracea L. for Treating NASH via Integrating Bioinformatics Analysis and Experimental Pharmacology
Front Pharmacol · 2022
PMID 35963192
Portulaca oleracea extract reduces gut microbiota imbalance and inhibits colorectal cancer progression via inactivation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Phytomedicine · 2022
PMID 36014836
Portulaca oleracea L. Extract Regulates Hepatic Cholesterol Metabolism via the AMPK/MicroRNA-33/34a Pathway in Rats Fed a High-Cholesterol Diet
Nutrients · 2022
🌿 All Herb data fields for Purslane Herb; All-Grass of Purslane
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ma Chi Xian
中文名 (Chinese)
马齿苋
Latin Name
Portulacae Herba; Herba Portulacae
English Name
Purslane Herb; All-Grass of Purslane
Alias Names
马齿草; 马苋; 马齿菜; 马齿龙芽; 五方草; 长命菜; 九头狮子草; 灰苋; 马踏菜; 酱瓣草; 安乐菜; 酸苋; 豆板菜; 瓜子菜; 长命苋; 酱瓣豆草; 蛇草; 酸味菜; 猪母菜; 狮子草; 地马莱; 马蛇子菜; 蚂蚁菜; 长寿菜; 耐旱菜
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sour; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Large Intestine
Part Used
Aerial parts
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热解毒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To remove toxic heat, and to arrest bleeding.
Indication (主治)
Heat toxin blood dysentery, acute bacillary dysentery, pertussis, enteritis, appendicitis, swollen welling abscess and clove sores, eczema, erysipelas, bleeding, postpartum bleeding, hematochezia, bleeding from hemorrhoids, flooding and spotting, ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, snake or insect bites.
Clinical Manifestations
1. bacteriostatic effect on bacillus coli, baccillus dysenteriae and bacillus typhoid.2. its fresh juice contains potassium salt and is a hysterotonics.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
1434
TCMSP
268
TCM-ID
1396
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (31 fields)
name
Purslane Herb; All-Grass of Purslane
chinese name
马齿苋
pinyin name
Ma Chi Xian
latin name
Portulacae Herba; Herba Portulacae
english name
Purslane Herb; All-Grass of Purslane
properties english
Sour; Cold
meridians english
Liver; Large Intestine
use part
Aerial parts
symmap herb id
268
tcmid id
1434
tcmsp id
268
herb id str
HERB003641
function text
To remove toxic heat, and to arrest bleeding.
indication
Heat toxin blood dysentery, acute bacillary dysentery, pertussis, enteritis, appendicitis, swollen welling abscess and clove sores, eczema, erysipelas, bleeding, postpartum bleeding, hematochezia, bleeding from hemorrhoids, flooding and spotting, ascariasis, ancylostomiasis, snake or insect bites.
clinical manifestations
1. bacteriostatic effect on bacillus coli, baccillus dysenteriae and bacillus typhoid.2. its fresh juice contains potassium salt and is a hysterotonics.
therapeutic en class
Antipyretic Detoxicate Drugs
therapeutic cn class
清热解毒药
tcm id id
1396
alias name
马齿草; 马苋; 马齿菜; 马齿龙芽; 五方草; 长命菜; 九头狮子草; 灰苋; 马踏菜; 酱瓣草; 安乐菜; 酸苋; 豆板菜; 瓜子菜; 长命苋; 酱瓣豆草; 蛇草; 酸味菜; 猪母菜; 狮子草; 地马莱; 马蛇子菜; 蚂蚁菜; 长寿菜; 耐旱菜

🏥 Linked Health Topics

1 · studied for these conditions (text bridge)

📋 Clinical Trials

1 · subject of clinical study
NCT00746772 Efficacy of Purslane in Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus
→ Lichen Planus, Oral

📊 Meta-Analyses

3 · systematic review
CRD42021262282 Research Trend of Natural Ingredients as Chemopreventive in Oral Lichen Planus (
→ Oral Lichen Planus. A chronic inflammatory disease
CRD42022358043 what is the efficacy of herbal medications in oral lichen planus .
→ Lichen planus is an inflammatory, autoimmune disea
CRD42022314590 The effects of purslane (Portulaca oleracea) on fasting blood sugar, liver enzym
→ We will investigate the effects of purslane on adu

📚 PubMed References

3 · cited research
PMID 35126150 Deciphering the Effective Constituents and Mechanisms of Portulaca oleracea L. f
Front Pharmacol
PMID 35963192 Portulaca oleracea extract reduces gut microbiota imbalance and inhibits colorec
Phytomedicine
PMID 36014836 Portulaca oleracea L. Extract Regulates Hepatic Cholesterol Metabolism via the A
Nutrients
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  • Herb → Target → Disease (full chemical spine): awaiting Phase 2e link tables