HerbID 4279

通草

Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs

To remove heat; to induce diuresis; and to stimulate the flow of milk.

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Record Fields

Scalar fields from the final herb record.

Herb Id: 4279
Core Entity Id: 45773
Source Entity Count: 1
Preferred Name: 通草
Name Cn: 通草
Name Pinyin: Tong Cao
Name En: Puth of Ricepaperplant; Ricepaperplant Pith
Name Latin: Tetrapanacis Medulla
Bilingual Status: complete
Property: Minor cold; Sweet; Neutral; Tasteless; Slightly Cold; Mildly cold
Flavor: Sweet; Bland
Meridian: Lung; Stomach
Use Part: Stem Marrow
Function: To remove heat; to induce diuresis; and to stimulate the flow of milk.
Indication: Treatment of dysuria with difficult painful urination; edema and oliguria; lack of milk secretion.
Toxicity
Category Cn: 利水渗湿药
Category En: Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs

Names

Preferred names, aliases, and source labels retained in the final schema.

Name

TongCao

Role

pinyin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Yes

Name

通草

Role

preferred

Source

ChP2025

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

通草

Role

preferred

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

通草

Role

preferred

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

通草

Role

preferred

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

通草

Role

preferred

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Yes

Name

五加风

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

五加风

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

五角加皮

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

五角加皮

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

倚商

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

倚商

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

大叶五加皮

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

大叶五加皮

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

大木通

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

大木通

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

大通塔

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

大通塔

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

大通草

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

大通草

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

宽肠

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

宽肠

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

寇脱

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

寇脱

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

泡通

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

泡通

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

活莌

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

活莌

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

白通草

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

白通草

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

离南

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

离南

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

花草

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

花草

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

葱草

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

葱草

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

通大海

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

通大海

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

通脱木

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

通脱木

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

通花

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

通花

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

通花五加

Role

alias

Source

HERB_v2

Preferred

Name

通花五加

Role

alias

Source

itcmdb_public

Preferred

Name

Puth of Ricepaperplant; Ricepaperplant Pith

Role

english

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Puth of Ricepaperplant; Ricepaperplant Pith

Role

english

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

puth of Ricepaperplant

Role

english

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

puth of Ricepaperplant;Tetrapanax papyriferus

Role

english

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Medulla Tetrapacis

Role

latin

Source

TCMBank

Language

Preferred

Name

Medulla Tetrapacis,Tetrapanacis Medulla

Role

latin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Medulla Tetrapanacis; Tetrapanacis Medulla

Role

latin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

Medulla Tetrapanacis; Tetrapanacis Medulla

Role

latin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

Preferred

Name

Tetrapanax papyrifer(Hook.)KKoch

Role

latin

Source

ETCM_v2

Language

Preferred

Name

TONG CAO

Role

pinyin

Source

TCMBank

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Tong Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

itcmdb_public

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Tong Cao

Role

pinyin

Source

HERB_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Name

Tongcao

Role

pinyin

Source

SymMap_v2

Language

pinyin

Preferred

Aliases

Additional names normalized into the restored final schema.

Medulla TetrapacisMedulla Tetrapacis,Tetrapanacis MedullaMedulla Tetrapanacis; Tetrapanacis MedullaTetrapanax papyrifer(Hook.)KKochputh of Ricepaperplantputh of Ricepaperplant;Tetrapanax papyriferus五加风五角加皮倚商大叶五加皮大木通大通塔大通草宽肠寇脱泡通活莌白通草离南花草葱草通大海通脱木通花通花五加

Cross References

Trusted external identifiers retained for this final record.

Herb

HERB005523

Tcmid

55226838

Tcmsp

403705

Sym Map

SMHB00403

Tcm Id

21195522705

Ch P2025

9e38885c06a3737e81b69eac127c5842

Tcmbank

TCMBANKHE008005

Etcm Herb

TongCao

Our Yao2025

49623

Itcmdb Generated

ITX-HERB-20884D065357ITX-HERB-FCE5E4567A8A

Attributes

Merged source attributes and domain-specific metadata.

Cid

Url

https://db2.ouryao.com/yd2025/view.php?id=9e38885c06a3737e81b69eac127c5842

Cid2

Flavor

Sweet, Bland

Source

一部

Use Part

Stem marrow

Section

药材和饮片

Function

To remove heat, to induce diuresis, and to stimulate the flow of milk.

Property

Mildly cold

Suppress

Reviewer

腾空者

Meridians

Lung; Stomach

Indication

Treatment of dysuria with difficult painful urination, edema and oliguria, lack of milk secretion.

Properties

Minor cold; Sweet; NeutralSweet; Tasteless; Slightly Cold

Breadcrumbs

一部药材和饮片

Level2 Name

2.利水通淋药(11-11)

Class Chinese

利水渗湿药

Class English

Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs

Level1 Name En

dampness-resolving medicinal

Parsed Sections

性状

本品为圆形或类圆形厚片。表面白色或淡黄色，有浅纵沟纹。体轻，质松软，稍有弹性，切面平坦，呈银白色光泽，中部空心或有半透明的薄膜，实心者少见。气微，味淡。

检查

水分不得过16.0%（通则0832第二法）。总灰分不得过8.0%（通则2302）。饮片

注意

孕妇慎用。

炮制

除去杂质，切厚片。

贮藏

置干燥处。

鉴别

本品横切面：全部为薄壁细胞，椭圆形、类圆形或近多角形，外侧的细胞较小，纹孔明显，有的细胞含草酸钙簇晶，直径15～64μm。

功能与主治

清热利尿，通气下乳。用于湿热淋证，水肿尿少，乳汁不下。

性味与归经

甘、淡，微寒。归肺、胃经。

用法与用量

3～5g。

Meridian Tropism

Lung meridian, Stomach meridian

Meridians Chinese

肺,胃

Meridians English

Lung,Stomach

Properties Chinese

甘,淡,微寒

Properties English

Sweet,Tasteless,Slightly Cold

Therapeutic Cn Class

利水渗湿药

Therapeutic En Class

Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs