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[English Name] Perfoliate Knotweed Herb
[Chinese Name] 杠板归  
[Pinying Name] Gangbangui  
[Latin Name] Polygoni Perfoliati Herba  
[Genera] Polygonaceae
[Efficacy] Damp-clearing drug
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[Ecology]     It grows in barren ditch bankriver side and nearby the village.It prefers warm and apricus enviroment.The optimal soil is fertile sandy-layer soil.  
[Chemical composition]  
[Pharmacological activities]

1. Antibiosis: Water and acetic ether extract show antibiosis on bacillus dysenteriae, staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus, escherichia coli, aeruginosus bacillus, salmonella and so on[1-7].

2. Antiviral: Water extract show antiviral activity on influenza a virus and parainfluenza virus[5].

3.Other Effects: 3,3’-dimethyl Benzoaric Acid has anti-renal hypertension activity[8]. Water extract still has antimutagenic activity[9], anticancer[10], preventing cough[11]. Ethanol and n-butanol extract show anti-inflammatory activity[6].

 
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[References]

Pharmacologic Actions:

[1] Li Chuluan, Lin Shu, Wang Yuhua. Fujian Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,1960,5(7)310.

[2] Lingling Prefecture Hygienic and Antiepidemic Station. Hunan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1974, 4(5):49.

[3] The Compilation of Chinese herbal Medicine Drafting Group. The Compilation of Chinese herbal medicine(Vol 1, 1st edition). Beijing: People’s Medical Publishing House, 1976: 416.

[4] Lin Yihong. Chinese Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 1983,3(10):27.

[5] Ma Zhenya, Duan Xuezhi, Liu Wenqin, et al. Shaanxi Medical Journal, 1979,8(12):42.

[6] Huang Hefei, Zhang Changcheng, Yuan Ding, et al. Anhui Medical and Pharmaceutical Journal, 2008,12(7):595.

[7] Fu Yaxiang, He Xiangrong, Li Junchao, et al. Progress in Veterinary Medicine, 2008,29(9):45.

[8]Lin Yun Lian. C A,1984,100:117811q.

[9] Yang Baoxue. International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1991,13(1):1.

[10] Zhou Jinhuang, Wang Yunmo. Pharmacology of Chinese Materia Medica. Shanghai: Shanghai Science & Technology Press, 1977:2313

[11] Gu Hanchong. Jiangsu Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1996,17(4):46.