This product is the dried mature fruit of the umbelliferous plant Daucus carota L., also known as wild carrot. The fruit branches are harvested in autumn when the fruits are ripe, then dried in the sun. The fruits are then knocked down and impurities are removed.
NMM ID | nmm-01fr |
Systematic Name | Daucus carota Fruit |
Systematic Chinese Name | 野胡萝卜果实（yě hú luó bo guǒ shí） |
Generic Name | Nan-he-shi |
Generic Chinese Name | 南鹤虱（nán hè shī） |
NMM Type | plant |
Species Origins | Daucus carota | 野胡萝卜 |
Medicinal Parts | fruit | 果实 |
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Systematic Name Explanation | This product is the dried mature fruit of the umbelliferous plant Daucus carota L., also known as wild carrot. The fruit branches are harvested in autumn when the fruits are ripe, then dried in the sun. The fruits are then knocked down and impurities are removed. |
Generic Name Explanation | NMMGN follows the Chinese name of the relevant Chinese medicinal materials in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia: 2020 edition: Volume I. |
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南鹤虱
English text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020 Edition)
Overview
Carrot Fruit is the dried ripe fruit of Daucus carota L. (Fam. Umbelliferae). The drug is collected in autumn when the fruit is ripe, the fruit stalk is cut off, dried in the sun, and the fruit is separated from the stalk and impurities are removed.
Description
Fruits biconvex, elliptical, 3-4 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide; surface pale greenish-brown or brownish-yellow, with a persistent style at the apex, base obtuse and rounded, back convex, with 4 narrow wing-like secondary ridges, each ridge bearing a row of yellowish-white hooked prickles, prickles about 1.5 mm long, inconspicuous primary ridges in the depressions between the secondary ridges, short pubescence on the ridges, adaxial surface flat, with 3 vittae, pubescent. Seed white, oily. Light in weight. Fragrant when rubbed; taste, slightly pungent and bitter.
Identification
(1)Cross-section of this product: exocarp cells in 1 row, with non-glandular hairs differentiated into single cells at the main ribs, 86-390 μm long; mesocarp with large vittae, 1 at the base of each of the secondary ribs, and 2 on the jointed surfaces, flattened and oblong, 50-120 μm in diameter, containing yellow-brown oil droplets; tiny vascular bundles on the inner side of the main ribs. Endocarp in 1 row of flattened thin-walled cells. The seed coat cells contain reddish brown material. The endosperm is rich, and the thin-walled cells are polygonal, with slightly thicker walls, containing fatty oil and pasty grains, and the pasty grains contain fine calcium oxalate clusters.
To 1 g of the powder add 20 ml of ether, soak overnight, filter, evaporate the filtrate to dryness, dissolve the residue in 1 ml of ether as the test solution. Take 1 g of the reference drug of Carrot Fruit, prepare the reference drug solution in the same manner. Carry out the method for thin layer chromatography<0502>, using toluene-ethyl acetate-formic acid (8:1:1) as the mobile phase. Apply separately to the plate 1-2 μl of each of the above two solutions. After developing and removal of the plate, dry in air. Examine under ultraviolet light at 365 nm. The fluorescent spot in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution corresponds in position and colour to the spot in the chromatogram obtained with the reference drug solution. Spray with a 5% solution of vanillin in sulfuric acid, heat to the spots clear. The spot in the chromatogram obtained with the test solution corresponds in position and colour to the spot in the chromatogram obtained with the reference drug solution.
Property
Neutral.
Toxicity
Slightly toxic.
Flavor
Bitter and pungent.
Meridian tropism
Spleen and stomach meridians.
Actions
To kill parasites and eliminate accumulation.
Indications
Used for ascariasis, enterobiasis, taeniasis, abdominal pain due to intestinal parasites, and malnutrition in children.
Dosage
3-9 g.
Administration
None.
Storage
Preserve in a well-ventilated and dry place.
南鹤虱
Text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 Edition)
Overview
Wild Carrot Fruit is the dried ripe fruit of Daucus carota L. (Fam. Umbelliferae). The fruit branch is cut in autumn when the fruit is ripe, dried in the sun. The fruit is tapped off, and removed from foreign matter.
Description
Cremocarp ellpsoidal, mostly separated into mericarp. Mericarp 3-4 mm long, 1. 5-2. 5 mm wide. Externally pale greenish-brown or brownish-yellow, apex bearing remains of a style, base obtuse, dorsal surface raised, with 4 narrow-winged subribs, each rib densely covered with l row of yellowish-white hooks of each about 1. 5 mm long. The dented portion between every 2 ribs having indistinct main ribs, scattered with short hairs. Commissural surface flattened, with 3 hairy veins. Kernel almost white, oily. Texture light. Odour, aromatic when rubbed; taste, slightly pungent and bitter.
Identification
（2）取本品粉末1g，加乙醚20ml，浸渍过夜，滤过，滤液挥干，残渣加乙醚1ml使溶解，作为供试品溶液。另取南鹤虱对照药材1g，同法制成对照药材溶液。照薄层色谱法（通则0502）试验，吸取上述两种溶液各1～2μl，分别点于同一硅胶G薄层板上，以甲苯-乙酸乙酯-甲酸（8：1：1）为展开剂，展开，取出，晾干，置紫外光灯（365nm）下检视。供试品色谱中，在与对照药材色谱相应的位置上，显相同颜色的荧光斑点；再喷以5%香草醛硫酸溶液，加热至斑点显色清晰，供试品色谱中，在与对照药材色谱相应的位置上，显相同颜色的斑点。
Examination
Property and Flavor
Neutral; bitter, pungent; slightly toxic. Spleen and stomach meridians.
Actions and Indications
To kill worms and eliminate accumulation. Ascariasis, enterobiasis, taeniasis, abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation, infantile malnutrition with food retention.
Administration and dosage
3-9 g.
Storage
Preserve in a ventilated and dry place.
This product is the dried mature fruit of the umbelliferous plant Daucus carota L., also known as wild carrot. The fruit branches are harvested in autumn when the fruits are ripe, then dried in the sun. The fruits are then knocked down and impurities are removed.