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[English Name]	Fiddleleaf Fig Root
[Chinese Name]	琴叶榕
[Pinying Name]	Qinyerong
[Latin Name]	Fici Panduratae Radix
[Genera]	Moraceae
[Efficacy]	qufengshiyao
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[Ecology]	It prefers warm 、moist and enough sunshine environment, growth optimal temperature is between 25℃ to 35℃. Seed is dormancy in about 15℃, safely overwintering above 5℃. It likes the moist soil, the range of water requirement is large.But there is no strict demand of soil,prefers subacid, the optimal pH value is from 6.0 to 7.5, doesn’t resistants to barren and alkaline soil. It resistants to waterlogging and drought， resistants to dry-air extremely. Temperature-stable、windless environment is optimum. Fiddleleaf Fig Root is adaptable to lighting,grows well under the nitid scattering light, is keeped out of the direct sunlight in the summer,should be shaded when outdoor, light should be increased in winter time. The best potting soil is mixing of humus、culture soil and coarse sediment.
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[Pharmacological activities]	1. Anti-oxidant: Water extract show scavenging free radicals activity in vitro and enhance superoxide dismutase activity and decrease MDA level[1]. 2. Antibiosis: Ethanol extract show evident effect on rabbit bacteral prostatitis[2].
[Clinical trial]	Chronic cholecystitis：Qinyerong root （Fiddleleaf Fig Root ）decoction, match with acupuncture. Results showed that 56 cases of patients ,47 cases had significant effect, the overall effective rate was 83.9%^[1]
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[Traditional usage]	1.Mastitis 2.Venomous snake bite 3.Traumatic injury 4.Lumbago5.Malaria 6.Dysmenorrhea 7.Irregular menstruation
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[References]	Pharmacologic Actions: [1] Li Qingsong, Huang Zhiqin, Wang Ruiqi. Journal of Gannan Medical University, 2004,24(3):237 [2] Li Qingsong, Wang Ruiqi, Fan Xiaona. Acta Chinese Medicine and Pharmacology, 2003,31(6):53. clinical test: [1] Zhang Fu-shun. Only acupoint acupuncture combined with single drug for chronic cholecystitis in 56cases. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion，2008，28(7)：526.