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[English Name] Glossy Privet Fruit
[Chinese Name] 女贞子  
[Pinying Name] Nvzhenzi  
[Latin Name] Ligustri Lucidi Fructus  
[Genera] Oleaceae
[Efficacy] buyao
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[Plant morphology]  
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[Gathering and processing]  
[Characteristics]  
[Ecology]     It grows in open forest or jungle at the altitude below 2900 metres , mostly grows in court or roadside, strong adaptability, warm and wet climate is the appropriate condition for growing,with the characteristics of thermophilephotostrophismshade resistanceno characteristic of cold resistance.It has strong resistance to sulfur dioxidechlorine gashydrogen fluoride and lead steam,can also endure high pollution of dust and smoke.It grows well in the fertile neutral or acidic soil with thick soil layer and good drainage.  
[Chemical composition]

The fruit contains oleanolic acid, acetyloleanolic acid, ursolic acid, acetylursolic acid, p-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol, 3,4-dihydroxyphenethyl alcohol, β-sitosterol, mannitol, eriodictyol, taxifolin, quercetin, ligustroside, 10-hydroxy ligustroside, nuezhenide, oleuropein, 10-hydroxy oleuropein, p-hydroxyphenethyl-β-D-glucoside, 3,4-dihydroxyphenethyl-β-D-glucoside, methyl-α-D-galactopyranoside, acteoside, neonuezhenide, ligustrosidic acid, oleuropeinic acidand secoiridoid glycoside ( GI-3 )[1],  apigenin-7-O-acetyl-β-D-glucoside, apigenin-7-O-β-D-lutinoside, luteolin[2], p-hydroxyphenethyl-α-D- glucoside [3], quercitrin [4], α-ursolic acid methyl ester, tormentic acid[5]. It contains polysaccharide(constituted by rhamnose, arabinose, glucose, fucose), seven phospholipids ( the maximum content was phosphatidyl choline ), eleven elements (KCaMgNaZnFeMnCuNiCrAg). The seed contains ligustrin. It contain 8-epikingiside [1].

The leaf contains oleanolic acid, p-hydroxyphenylethyl alcohol, cosmosiin, luteolin-7-glucoside, syringin, ursolic acid[1].

The seed contains palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolelaidic acid, linolenic acid [6], aspaitic acid serine, glutamic acid, valine, methionine, isoleucine [7].

The essential oils mainly composed by hydrocarbon, other components were lipidshaloalkane. The medicinal components were eucalyptol, benzenemethanol, isoborneol-acetate, triphenylmethane [89].  
[Pharmacological activities]  
[Clinical trial]

1. Canker soresTake Fresh Nvzhenzi leaves in ulcer surface for 10 to 20 seconds that canstop pain, self-conscious symptom disappears, within 3 days ulcer surface ishealing. Pain of 11 cases was stopped in 10 to 20 seconds after treatment , accountingfor 22%; Pain of 23 cases was stopped in 20 to 25 seconds after treatment , accountingfor 46%, Pain of 15 cases was stopped in 25 to 30 seconds , accounting for 30%,Morethan 30 seconds the pain of 1 case was not stoped , accounting for 2%; Theexcellent-good rate was 68% [1].

2. Prevent recurrence of acuteness wet wart : The Verrucous body oftreatment group was carbonized used the GX-type III multi-function electric ioninstrument. Postoperative Intramuscular injection of thymosin injection 20 mgqd, five times per week, 4 weeks as a course of treatment. Treated with Fuzhengnvzhenzi2 tablets per time, three times per day, for 4 weeks. The control group onlyuse carbon dioxide laser treatment. The treatment group has eight (18.187%)patients relapse, the control group have 20 cases (52.63%) recurrence. Twogroups of comparing the recurrence rate was highly significant, the cure ratein treatment group was better than control[2] .

 
[Properties]  
[Medical and other Uses]  
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[Cautions]  
[Traditional usage] 1.Seborrheic alopecia 2.Premature graying hair 3.Neurasthenia 4.Strengthening waist and knees, improving tendons and bones, nourishing kidney yin, blackening hair 5.Leucocytopenia 6.Bone steaming and tidal fever induced by yin deficiency 7.Irregular menstruation, sore back morbid leucorrhea 8.Stomatitis 9.Reddish eyes induced by wind-heat 10.Optic neuritis  
[Toxicological studies]  
[Pharmaceutical preparations]

1. CompoundBanmao Capsuleblisterbeetle, burreed tuber, zedoary, ginseng, milkvetch root, root and vine ofmanyprickle acanthopanax, dogwood fruit, glossy privet fruit, barbated skullcupherb, bear gallbladder powder, liquorice.

2.Tianmashouwu tTabletgastrodiatuber, fleece flower root, prepared rehmannia root, eclipta, glossy privetfruit, siberian solomonseal rhizome, chinese angelica root, white peony root,mulberry leaf, puncturevine caltrop fruit(stir-frying), red sage root, chuanxiong rhizome, dahurian angelicaroot, liquorice.

3.Xuanyunning Granuleorientalwater plantain rhizom, chrysanthemum flower, tangerine peel, white atractylodesrhizome, poria, pinellia tuber(prepared), glossy privet fruit, eclipta, achyranthesroot, liquorice.

4.ShenYanling Capsulezhuling,poria, plantain seed(stir-frying with salt water), red peony root, capejasminefruit, Japanese thistle herb, field thistle herb, sanguisorba root, purslaneherb, India madder root, chinese angelica root, chuanxiong rhizome, eclipta, glossyprivet fruit, cibot rhizome(scalding), dried rehmannia root, chinese yam.

5.Guxian Tabletpreparedrehmannia root, fortune’s drynaria rhizome, curculigo rhizome, dodder seed,wolfberry fruit, glossy privet fruit, achyranthes root, black seed of soybean,tetrandra root.

6.Duzhongbutian Tableteucommiabark(stir-frying with salt water), dodder seed(prepared), desertlivingcistanche, epimedium, morinda root, dogwood fruit, cherokee rose fruit,milkvetch root, dangshen, white atractylodes rhizome, chinese yam, liquorice, preparedrehmannia root, chinese angelica root(processing with wine), wolfberry fruit,glossy privet fruit, white peony root, mutan bark, poria, oriental waterplantain rhizom, lotus seed, amomum fruit, tangerine peel, polygalaroot(prepared), arborvitae seed.

7.Yishenling GranuleCapsule):flatstem milkvetch seed, psoraleafruit, epimedium, tuber onion seed, prepared aconite root(prepared), palmleafraspberry fruit, cherokee rose fruit, gordon euryale seed(stir-frying),schisandra fruit, wolfberry fruit, mulberry fruit, glossy privet fruit,plantain seed(stir-frying).

8.Erzhi Pillglossyprivet fruit(steaming), eclipta.

9.Yiling Extract: prepared fleece flower root, mulberryfruit, glossy privet fruit(steaming with wine), dodder seed(steaming withwine), cherokee rose fruit, medicinal cyathula root(steaming with wine),all-grass of glandularstalk St.Paulswort(steaming with honey and wine).

10.Shouwu Pill: prepared fleece flower root, mulberryfruit, eclipta, glossy privet fruit(processing with wine), black sesame,achyranthes root(stir-frying with wine), dodder seed(steaming with wine),psoralea fruit(stir-frying with salt water), dried rehmannia root, cherokeerose fruit, all-grass of glandularstalk St.Paulswort(prepared), mulberryleaf(prepared), honeysuckle flower(prepared).

11.Jingwu CapsuleGranule):siberian solomonsealrhizome(prepared), prepared fleece flower root, glossy privet fruit(steamingwith wine), eclipta.

12.Zaizao Shengxue Pilldodderseed(processing with wine), glossy privet fruit, eclipta, wolfberry fruit,siberian solomonseal rhizome(processing with wine), psoralea fruit(processingwith salt water), pilose antler(removing hair), epimedium, milkvetch root, redginseng, dangshen, white atractylodes rhizome(stir-frying), chinese angelicaroot, prepared rehmannia root, white peony root, prepared fleece flower root,ass hide glue , suberect spatholobus stem, ophiopogon root, hairy veinagrimony, motherwort.

13.Tianqibu Pillpulluscum osse nigro(removing hair, feet and intestines), prepared rehmannia root,chinese angelica root, notoginseng(stir-frying with sesame oil), dangshen,white atractylodes rhizomestir-frying with bran, chineseyam, glossy privet fruit(stir-frying with wine), eclipta, nutgrass flatsedgerhizome(stir-frying with vinegar).

14.Shengxuebao Granulepreparedfleece flower root, milkvetch root, glossy privet fruit, mulberry fruit,eclipta, white peony root, cibot rhizome.

15.Shengxue Tiaoyuan Decoction: fortune’s drynaria rhizome,milkvetch root, fleece flower root, glossy privet fruit, dangshen, suberectspatholobus stem, germinated barley, finger citron.

16.Quanfukang Oral Liquidmilkvetchroot, coastal glehnia root, cochinchinese asparagus root, ophiopogon root,glossy privet fruit(processing with wine), dogwood fruit, epimedium, faenumgraecum(stir-frying with salt water), gynostemma pentaphylla, doederlein’s spikemossherb, all-grass of Chinese sage, paris root.

17.Bushen Qiangshen CapsuleTablet): epimedium, cherokeerose fruit, cibot rhizome(prepared), dodder seed, glossy privetfruit(prepared).

18.Guhanyangsheng Extract: ginseng, milkvetchroot(stir-frying), siberian solomonseal rhizome(prepared), epimedium, wolfberryfruit, glossy privet fruit(prepared), dodder seed, cherokee rose fruit, whitepeony root, germinated barley(stir-frying), stir-fried liquorice.

19. HuanjingjianOral Liquiddriedrehmannia root, prepared rehmannia root, fleece flower root, mulberry fruit,glossy privet fruit, flatstem milkvetch seed, songaria cynomorium herb,stalactite, dodder seed, achyranthes root, dipsacus root, white atractylodesrhizome(stir-frying), polygala root(stir-frying), grassleaved sweetflagrhizome, chrysanthemum flower, wolfberry bark, plantain seed, asarum herb.

20.Xuebao Capsulepiloseantler, psoralea fruit, cibot rhizome, prepared aconite root, wolfberry fruit,glossy privet fruit, ox marrow, dried human placenta, prepared rehmannia root,prepared fleece flower root, chinese angelica root, ass hide glue , ginseng, dangshen,milkvetch root(stir-frying), root and vine of manyprickle acanthopanax, whiteatractylodes rhizome(stir-frying), chuanxiong rhizome, giant knotweed rhizome,cinnamom twig, red sage root, suberect spatholobus stem, mutan bark, red peonyroot, root of patience dock, uniflower swisscentaury root, forsythia fruit,pulvis cornus bubali concentratus, hairy vein agrimony, tangerine peel.

21.Jianpi Yishen Granuledangshen,wolfberry fruit, white atractylodes rhizome, glossy privet fruit, dodder seed,psoralea fruit(stir-frying with salt-water).

22.Anshen Buxin Pillredsage root, schisandra fruit(steaming), grassleaved sweetflag rhizome, tuberfleeceflower stem, dried rehmannia root, eclipta, glossy privet fruit, dodderseed, silktree albizia bark, pearl shell.

23.Yening SyrupGranule):liquorice, light wheat, chinesedate, tuber fleeceflower stem, silktree albizia bark, glossy ganoderma, glossyprivet fruit.

24.Zishen Ningshen Pillpreparedrehmannia root, prepared fleece flower root, siberian solomonsealrhizome(prepared), white peony root(stir-frying), glossy privet fruit, tuberfleeceflower stem, wild or spring jujuba seed(stir-frying), dodderseed(prepared), schisandra fruit, red sage root, chinese yam, poria, millettiaspecisoa champ, root of hispid fig, pearl shell, cherokee rose fruit.

25.Ankun Granule mutan bark, capejasminefruit, chinese angelica root, white peony root, eclipta, glossy privet fruit,white atractylodes rhizome, poria, motherwort.

26.Shenqiangujing Granuledangshen,dried rehmannia root, white atractylodes rhizome(麦麸), white peony rootstir-fryingwith bran,glossy privet fruit(prepared), eclipta, India madder root, sophora flower,Japanese thistle herb, field thistle herb, cat-tail pollen, hawthorn fruit.

27.Gongxueting Granulemilkvetchroot, motherwort, dangshen, cimicifuga rhizome, chinese angelica root, cat-tailpollen, dragon’s bone(calcining), oyster shell(calcining), glossy privet fruit,eclipta, orange fruit.

28.Kunbao Pillfleeceflower root(stir-frying with soybean wine), dried rehmannia root, wolfberryfruit, glossy privet fruit(stir-frying with wine), eclipta, tortoise carapaceand plastron, palmleaf raspberry fruit, dodder seed, fourleaf ladybell root,ophiopogon root, dendrobium, chinese angelica root, white peony root, suberectspatholobus stem, red peony root, wolfberry bark, swallowwort root, anemarrhenarhizome, scutellaria root, mulberry leaf, chrysanthemum flower, pearl shell,wild or spring jujuba seed(stir-frying).

29.Jingling Oral Liquidpreparedrehmannia root, dragon’s bone, glossy privet fruit, schisandra fruit, polygalaroot, grassleaved sweetflag rhizome, anemarrhena rhizomeprocessing with salt,phellodendron bark, mutan bark, oriental water plantain rhizom, chinese yam,poria.

30.Fuming Tabletdogwoodfruit(prepared), wolfberry fruit, dodder seed, glossy privet fruit, preparedrehmannia root, dried rehmannia root, dendrobium, cassia seed, common scouringrush herb, prunella spike, coptis root, chrysanthemum flower, pipewort flower,mutan bark, anteplope’s horn, puncturevine caltrop  fruit, abalone shell, plantain seed,manchurian aristolochia stem, oriental water plantain rhizom, poria, arecaseed, ginseng, chinese yam.

31.Kangguzengsheng Capsulepreparedrehmannia root, desertliving cistanche(steaming with wine), suberectspatholobus stem, cibot rhizome(processing with salt water), glossy privetfruit(processing with salt water), epimedium, fortune’s drynaria rhizome,radish seed(stir-frying), achyranthes root.

32.Zhuangyao Jianshen Oral LiquidPill):cibot rhizome, loranthus mulberrymistletoe, root of scarlet kadsura, millettia specisoa champ, dodderseed(processing with salt water), root of philippine flemingia, glossy privetfruit, cherokee rose fruit, suberect spatholobus stem.

 
[References]

Clinical trials:

 [1] SUN Yu-zhen. Fresh Nvzhenzi leaves in treatment of canker sores in 50case.China’s Naturopathy, 2007152):19

[2] LIN Ke. The clinicalanalysis of treatment of Fuzhengnvzhenzi tablets combined with thymosin inpreventing recurrence of condyloma acuminatum