Processed Pinellia —Stop Smoking Herb

Used Part, Taste and Property
Tuber; Pungent, bitter, warm, toxic in raw, very low or non-toxic after processed by heat, water, alum, licorice, calcium carbonate and ginger.

Common Use in Chinese Herbal Formulas
Raw pinellia is only used externally. Processed pinellia is used for cough with cold phlegm, nausea, vomiting, ulcer. Used in Patent Formulas of Er Chen Tang, Xiao Ban Xia Tang.

Main Chemical Components
Amino acid, choline, fatty acid, sitosteryl-glycoside, diglycosilic, etc.

Question about ephedrine in Pinellia:
1. There are 2 kinds of Pinellia used in Chinese medicine. A report of ephedrine in pinellia had been from tests with the source material Pinellia ternata (referred to as "Northern Banxia") while most of the pinellia used in China and in the West is actually from a related plant that has the same uses: Typhonium flagelliforme (referred to as "Southern Banxia"), which has no ephedrine.

2. Pinellia ternata ("Northern Banxia"), raw or processed, contains ephedrine about 0.002-0.003% (20-30 ppm). It's much lower than Ma-Huang which contains from 0.7-1.2% (7,000-12,000 ppm).

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