昆虫和漢薬の生薬学的研究(I) : 虻虫について

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The Chinese crude drugs, "Mumeng" (木〓) and "Feimeng" (蜚〓), are listed in "Shen-non-ben-cao-jing" (神農本草経). They are effective in dispersing extravasated blood, and in breaking up blood clots. Considering several descriptions in "Ben-cao-gang-mu" (本草綱目), the source of the insect of "Mengchong" (虻虫) is regarded as "Fei-meng." Many literatures have described more than 14 species in 7 genera of specimen in China. Except one species, all mengchons have the habit of sucking the blood of catties and horses. The specimen obtained in Hong Kong market were identified as Tabanus amaenus WALKER, Tabanus mandarinus SCHINER and similar species of Tabanus rubidus WIEDEMANN. Other material obtained from "Bei-jing" (北京) was identified as Tabanusyao MACQUART, similar species of Tabanus kinoshitai KONO et TAKAHASHI and Tabanus amaenus WALKER. Every material obtained in the market was mixture of several species. Those dried materials had no legs and most of the heads were missing. Some Chinese herbalists discussed the necessity of blood remained in the materials. Our test of occult blood in the materials shows the following percentage: positivity 44.5, negativity 55.5. Extracts from Tabanus yao MAC. showed some anti-inflammatory activity.
日本生薬学会の論文
1982-12-20