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[English Name] Sesame Seed
[Chinese Name] 芝麻  
[Pinying Name] Zhima  
[Latin Name] Sesami Indici Semen  
[Genera] humake
[Efficacy] buxuyao
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[Characteristics]  
[Ecology]     Sesame Seed is thermophile.  accumulated temperature of growth,summer-sowing is 2500-3 000,autumn is 2200. Minimum temperature for seed germination is 12,but emergence normal in the tenperature more than 16,the optimal temperature is between 24 to 30, no germination when more than 40.The optimal growth temperature is between 20 to 24℃.  
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[Pharmacological activities]

1. Hypoglycemic: Seeds extract can cut down blood glucose and enhance glycogen content while decrease glycogen at hight dose on normal rat[1].

2. Delaying Senility: oriental sesame seed powder can postpone mice aging on SAM-P/1 model[2].

 
[Clinical trial]

1. Row gallbladder stone: Heizhimapaishitang for the treatment of stone diameter in 1 cmthe following cholelith disease can obviously enhance the curative effect[1].

2. Ecthyma: oral medication Lianchuangyinwith external treatment GanShizhimasan for  treatment ecthyma in  27 cases of patients. Result: 25 caseswercured, the total effective rate 96.1%[2].

3. Treatment ofconstipation: Hutaoren and Heizhima were equivalent for treatment constipationpatients in 87 cases. Results: the total effective rate was 94.25% [3].

 
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[References]

Pharmacologic Actions:

[1]Tanno H,CA,1936,30 :8397b.

[2]Yamashita K.CA,1991,114 :227903t.

Clinical trials:
 [1] GAO Hanyi.Heizhima for treatment ofRow gallbladder stone.Shandong  Journalof Traditional Chin Medicine,1996,15(6)266.

 [2] SUNXinglng.The Chinese medincine for treatment of Ecthyma. Shandong  Journal ofTraditional Chin Medicine,1994,13(11)504.

 [3] XUXiuzhi.The observation on Hutaoheizhimami for treatment of constipation in 70cases . Journal of Wuhan University,1996,42(6)783786.