Table of Contents 1 Pinyin 2 English Reference 3 Overview 4 Latin Name 5 English Name 6 Alias of Crane's Lice 7 Source 8 Place of Origin 9 Flavor and Meridian 10 Efficacy and Indications of Crane's Lice 11 Usage and Dosage of Crane's Lice 12 Chemical Composition of Crane's Lice 13 Pharmacological Actions of Crane's Lice 14 Pharmacopoeial Standard of Crane's Lice 14.1 Names 14.2 Sources 14.3 Characteristics 14.4 Identification 14.5 Flavor and Meridian 14.6 Functions and Indications 14.7 Usage and Dosage 14.8 Storage 14.9 Origin 15 References Attachment: 1 Formulas used in Chinese medicine crane louse 2 Proprietary Chinese medicines used in Chinese medicine crane louse 3 Crane louse in ancient Chinese books 1 Pinyin

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2 English Reference

fructus carpesii abrotanoidis [Langdao Chinese-English Dictionary]

carpesii [Xiangxian Xiangxian Dictionary]

carpesii,fructus [Xiangxian Xiangxian Dictionary]. ,fructus [Xiangya Medical Professional Dictionary]

mon carpesium fruit [Xiangya Medical Professional Dictionary]

Fructus Carpesii (拉) [Nomenclature Review Committee of Chinese Medicine. Chinese Medicine Nomenclature (2004)]

mon carpesium fruit [Chinese Medicine Nomenclature Validation Committee. Chinese Medicine Nomenclature (2004)]

3 Overview

Crane louse is the name of the traditional Chinese medicine, out of the "Newly Revised Materia Medica". It is the dried mature fruit of Carpesium abrotanoides L., family Asteraceae[1].

4 Latin name

Fructus Carpesii (拉) ("Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine (2004)")

5 English name

mon carpesium fruit ("Nomenclature of Chinese Medicine (2004)")

6 Alias of Crane's louse

Northern Crane's louse[2].

7 Source

Crane louse is the dried mature fruit of Carpesium abrotanoides L., family Asteraceae [1].

Crane louse is the dried mature fruit of Carpesium abrotanoides L., family Asteraceae [2].

8 Origin

The crane louse is mainly produced in Henan and Shanxi [2].

9 Sexual flavor and attribution

Crane louse is bitter, pungent, flat and slightly toxic; it enters the spleen and stomach meridians [2].

10 Crane lice efficacy and treatment

Crane lice have the effect of killing worms and eliminating accumulation, treating roundworms, hookworms, red bloodworms, pinworms and worms accumulation and abdominal pain, pediatric chancre [2].

11 Usage and dosage of crane lice

Decoction, 6-9g [2].

12 Chemical constituents of Crane louse

Crane louse contains volatile oil, and its main components are Carpesialactone, Carabrone [2].

It also contains valerianic acid, soy sterols, etc [2].

13 Pharmacological effects of Crane's louse

In vitro, the decoction of Crane's louse has inhibitory effect on rat pinworms, and the tincture has inhibitory effect on canine vermiform worms [2].

Tian Ming Jing lactone on mice first showed transient excitation, then quiet, limbs flaccid paralysis; on rats have inhibited the respiratory effect of brain tissue; on rabbits have hypothermia, hypotensive effect [2].

Tian Ming Jing 100% decoction has a certain disinfectant and antibacterial effect on the skin [2].

14 Pharmacopoeial Standard of Crane Louse 14.1 Name

Crane Louse

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CARPESII FRUCTUS

14.2 Source

This product is the dried mature fruit of the plant Carpesium abrotanoides L., family Asteraceae. It is harvested in the fall when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun, and impurities removed.

14.3 Properties

The product is cylindrical, small, 3-4mm long, less than 1mm in diameter, the surface is yellow-brown or dark brown, with a number of longitudinal ribs. The apical constriction is thin beak-like, the apex extends into gray-white ring; the base is slightly pointed, with raw marks. Pericarp thin, fibrous, seed coat thin and transparent, cotyledons 2, whitish, slightly oily. The odor is peculiar, the taste is slightly bitter.

14.4 Identification

Transverse section of the product: exocarp cells 1 column, all containing calcium oxalate column crystals. Medium pericarp thin-walled cells in several columns, brown, cellular crumpling, the boundary is not clear, the prismatic line at the fiber bundles, composed of dozens of fibers, fiber wall thickness, lignification. Endocarp cells in 1 row, dark brown. Seed coat cells flattened, endosperm with remnants of endosperm; embryo thin-walled cells filled with paste powder particles and fat oil droplets, the outermost cells of the cotyledons and contains fine calcium oxalate crystals.

14.5 Sexual flavor and attribution

Bitter, pungent, flat; slightly toxic. Attributed to the spleen, stomach meridian.

14.6 Functions and Indications

Killing worms and eliminating accumulation. It is used for ascariasis, pinworms, vermiform worms, abdominal pain of worms, pediatric chancre.

14.7 Usage and dosage

3~9g.

14.8 Storage

In a cool and dry place.

14.9 Provenance