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[English Name] East Asian Tree Fern
[Chinese Name] 金毛狗脊  
[Pinying Name] Jinmaogouji  
[Latin Name] Cibotii Rhizoma  
[Genera] bengkejueke
[Efficacy] qufengshiyao
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[Ecology]     It prefers warm moist and shade environment.It is afraid of sever cold and avoids direct light as taboos. Air humidity should keep between 70% to 80%.Optimal growth temperature is between 16 to 22.There is no strict damand of soil,but grows well in the fertilewell-drained and acid soil.  
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[Pharmacological activities]

1. Inhibit Platelet Aggregation: Onychin show strong inhibit platelet aggregation. Its processed product show similar activity. And the protocatechuic acid and 3,4-dihydroxy benzaldehyde may be the activity compound[1].

2. Activating Blood(: woodwardia and its processed product show activating blood activity[3].

3. Analgesia: Sand scalding and nature woodwardia show significant analgesic activity.

4. Prevention Osteoporosis: Woodwardia can increase osteoplastic activity on ovariectomized rats[4].

5. Effect on Myocardial: Woodwardia injecta can increase nutritional cardiac muscle blood flow[5].

6. Anticancer: Xi woodwardia leaf 70% hanol extract show anticancer activity on Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma and fleshy tumor mice model[6].

7. Other Effects: Onychin show hepatoprotective effect, scavenging free radicals[7]. This crude extract inhibit diplococcus pneumoniae and influenza viruses[8]. Hexadecanoic acid show anti-inflammatory. Linoleic Acid show reducing blood lipid activity[9]. protocatechuic acid and caffeic acid show anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatism activity[10].

 
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[References]

Pharmacologic Actions:

[1] Ho ST,Yang MS,Wu TS, et al. Planta Med,1985,(2):148.

[2] Li J, Jia T Z, Liu J P, et al.Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs, 2000,31(9):678.

[3] Jv Chengguo, Cao Cuixiang, Shi Lin. Chinese Traditional Patent Medicine, 2005,27(11):1279.

[4] Ma Zhongshu, Wang Rui, Qiu Mingcai. Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1999,34(2):82.

[5] Zhang Baoheng. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, 1985,10(2):42.

[6] Yin Jian. Chinese Medicine Modern Research and Clinical Application. Beijing: Chinese Ancient Books Publishing House, 1997:182.

[7]Oh H,Kim D H,Cho J H. J Ethnopharm,2004,95(2/3):421.

[8] Jiangsu Institute of Materia Medica. Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica(second volumes). Shanghai: Shanghai scientific & Technical Publishers, 1990:12.

[9] Jia Tianzhu, Li Jun, Jie Shiquan. China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica, 1996,21(4):216.

[10] Yuan Zhong, Yu Jiangtian, Su Shiwen. Journal of Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 2000,17(5):338.