Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman (This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon of the species Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers )
Family: Menispermaceae
Common name: Tape Vine
Assamese: Tubuki lota
Bengali: Akanadi, Kanadi, Chhotopard
Garo: Khaarkha
Malayalam: patakkilannu
Manipuri: থংগা উরী অঙৌবা Thangga-uri angouba
Nepali: बाटुलीपाते Batule paate
Sanskrit: Rajapatha
Telugu: Karulavachettu, Distipadu
Japanese: hasu-no-ha-kazura
Okinawa: yama-kanda
Used in Ayurveda and Sidha. Whole plant hypotensive and spasmolytic. Roots and leaves in bowel
disorders, stomachache, dyspepsia, dysentery,
diarrhea, dropsy, cough,
fever, birth control, piles. Root
paste taken for vertigo, fever, diarrhea,
dysentery, indigestion and
urinary troubles; root
for heart troubles; root tuber
mixed with root juice of Flemingia stricta
taken for asthma. Leaf paste applied on septic ulcer, headache;
leaves extract for
birth control, leucorrhea;
leaf juice applied on forehead to
cure headache and for cooling; leaves
with honey for diarrhea, jaundice and urinary complaints; stem bark and leaves
for diarrhea, dysentery. [CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous
Plants]
Historically used to treat fever and diarrhea; continue use where antibiotics prescribed. Stephania japonica (stephania) showed MDR- reversing activity. [Clinical Botanical Medicine]
Stem and Root Processing: Dry under the sun. Method of Administration: Oral (decoction); Topical(paste of fresh root or herb).
Folk Medicinal Uses: l) Abdominal pain , 2) Common cold , 3) Diarrhea , 4) Feebleness caused by pulmonary tuberclosis , 5) Sore-throat, 6) Tooth ache , 7) Stomach-ache , 8) Edema , 9) Beriberi , 10) Urine difficulty , 1 l) Eczema of vulva , 12) Rheumatic arthritis , 13) Snake bite , 14) Carbuncle [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine]
In Japan and Taiwan decoction of the plant is used as a drink to treat malaria and to invigorate. In Indonesia, the roots are used to assuage stomachaches, and a paste of the fruit is applied to cancer of the breast. The antimalarial properties of the plant are very likely owed to the interesting array of isoquinolines, which abound in the plant, including homostephanoline, hasubanonine, prometaphanine, epistephanine, cyclanoline, hasubanol, isotrilobine, and trilobine. 5–13 Hall and Chang 14 made the interesting observation that isotrilobine in reverse doxorubicin resistance in human breast cancer cells might hold some potential for chemotherapy. Note that weight loss phytopharmaceuticals containing Stephania tetrandra S. Moore are banned from the European market because of their hazardous effect on the kidneys .[Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific]
(Root): Stephanine, protostephanine, epistephanine, hypoepistephanine, homostephanoline, metaphanine, prometaphanine, hasubanonine, insularine, cyclanoline, steponine, stephanoline, stepinonine. Treats nephritic edema, urinary tract infection, rheumatic arthritis, sciatic neuralgia.
Historically used to treat fever and diarrhea; continue use where antibiotics prescribed. Stephania japonica (stephania) showed MDR- reversing activity. [Clinical Botanical Medicine]
Stem and Root Processing: Dry under the sun. Method of Administration: Oral (decoction); Topical(paste of fresh root or herb).
Folk Medicinal Uses: l) Abdominal pain , 2) Common cold , 3) Diarrhea , 4) Feebleness caused by pulmonary tuberclosis , 5) Sore-throat, 6) Tooth ache , 7) Stomach-ache , 8) Edema , 9) Beriberi , 10) Urine difficulty , 1 l) Eczema of vulva , 12) Rheumatic arthritis , 13) Snake bite , 14) Carbuncle [International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine]
In Japan and Taiwan decoction of the plant is used as a drink to treat malaria and to invigorate. In Indonesia, the roots are used to assuage stomachaches, and a paste of the fruit is applied to cancer of the breast. The antimalarial properties of the plant are very likely owed to the interesting array of isoquinolines, which abound in the plant, including homostephanoline, hasubanonine, prometaphanine, epistephanine, cyclanoline, hasubanol, isotrilobine, and trilobine. 5–13 Hall and Chang 14 made the interesting observation that isotrilobine in reverse doxorubicin resistance in human breast cancer cells might hold some potential for chemotherapy. Note that weight loss phytopharmaceuticals containing Stephania tetrandra S. Moore are banned from the European market because of their hazardous effect on the kidneys .[Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific]
(Root): Stephanine, protostephanine, epistephanine, hypoepistephanine, homostephanoline, metaphanine, prometaphanine, hasubanonine, insularine, cyclanoline, steponine, stephanoline, stepinonine. Treats nephritic edema, urinary tract infection, rheumatic arthritis, sciatic neuralgia.
58Published articles of Stephania japonica
