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Oriental Bittersweet

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Clinical Trials
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Meta-Analyses
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PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
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📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
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📚 Sample References
PMID 34122065
The Ethyl Acetate Extract From Celastrus orbiculatus Promotes Apoptosis of Gastric Cancer Cells Through Mitochondria Regulation by PHB
Front Pharmacol · 2021
PMID 36179952
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. extract inhibits EMT and metastasis of gastric cancer by regulating actin cytoskeleton remodeling
J Ethnopharmacol · 2022
🌿 All Herb data fields for Oriental Bittersweet
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Nan She Teng
中文名 (Chinese)
南蛇藤
Latin Name
Celastrus Orbiculatus
English Name
Oriental Bittersweet
Alias Names
过山枫; 挂廓鞭; 香龙草; 过山龙; 大南蛇; 老龙皮; 穿山龙; 老牛筋; 黄果藤
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Acrid; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen; Large Intestine
Part Used
Stem vine
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind and eliminate damp, free menstruation and relieve pain, quicken blood and resolve toxin.
Indication (主治)
Painful joints due to rheumatalgia, numbness in limbs, paralysis, headache, toothache, mounting qi [=hernia], dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, infant fright wind, sprain from knocks and falls, dysentery, sand, zoster.
🔗 External References
HERB DB
HERB004105 ↗
TCMID
1201
TCM-ID
1545
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (26 fields)
name
Oriental Bittersweet
chinese name
南蛇藤
pinyin name
Nan She Teng
latin name
Celastrus Orbiculatus
english name
Oriental Bittersweet
properties english
Bitter; Acrid; Warm
meridians english
Liver; Spleen; Large Intestine
use part
Stem vine
tcmid id
1201
herb id str
HERB004105
function text
To dispel wind and eliminate damp, free menstruation and relieve pain, quicken blood and resolve toxin.
indication
Painful joints due to rheumatalgia, numbness in limbs, paralysis, headache, toothache, mounting qi [=hernia], dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, infant fright wind, sprain from knocks and falls, dysentery, sand, zoster.
tcm id id
1545
alias name
过山枫; 挂廓鞭; 香龙草; 过山龙; 大南蛇; 老龙皮; 穿山龙; 老牛筋; 黄果藤

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📚 PubMed References

2 · cited research
PMID 34122065 The Ethyl Acetate Extract From Celastrus orbiculatus Promotes Apoptosis of Gastr
Front Pharmacol
PMID 36179952 Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. extract inhibits EMT and metastasis of gastric canc
J Ethnopharmacol
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