Family

Papaveraceae

Genus

Dactylicapnos

Common Name

Zi Jin Long

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Description

Dactylicapnos scandens (D. Don) Hutch, mainly distributing in northwestern India, Thailand, Tibet Autonomous Region, and Yunnan Province in China, is a tuberous rooted perennial herb belonging to Papaveraceae. As a famous traditional Chinese medicine, it is a popular Bai folk medicine and has been used for the treatment of inflammation, hypertension, bleeding, and pain. The main bioactive constituents of D. scandens are IQAs, including isocorydine, corydine, glaucine, sinomenine, protopine, and magnoflorine.