botanical record · discovered
Ban-Xia
Pinellia ternata
Ban-Xia · Pan-Hsia · ban xia · crowdipper · dreizählige Pinellie · pinellia · pinellie ternée · svanskalla · 반하
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Japan*
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Antiemetic, Antitussive, Bronchitis
Science studied: CALCIUM, CALCIUM-OXALATE, CHOLINE, 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE-DIGLUCOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Araceae
Scientific name: Pinellia ternata
Common names: Ban-Xia, Pan-Hsia, ban xia, crowdipper, dreizählige Pinellie, pinellia, pinellie ternée, svanskalla, 반하
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Japan*, Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Antiemetic
- Antitussive
- Bronchitis
- Cancer(Esophagus)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cancer
- Chest
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- Dyspepsia
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Gastritis
- Nausea
- Pharyngalgia
- Poison
- Pregnancy
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Arthralgia
- Bite(Snake)
- Cough
- Singultus
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Japan*
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Antiemetic
- Antitussive
- Bronchitis
- Cancer(Esophagus)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cancer
- Chest
- Dyspepsia
- Expectorant
- Fever
- Gastritis
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- Nausea
- Pharyngalgia
- Poison
- Pregnancy
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Tumor
- Arthralgia
- Bite(Snake)
- Cough
- Singultus
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Exogenous nitrogen mitigation of cadmium stress in Pinellia ternata is associated with the regulation of arginine and proline metabolism · 2026 source ↗
- Impacts of different ozone treatments on the growth and soil bacterial community of Pinellia ternata. · 2026 source ↗
- Root exudate-mediated interspecific interactions reshape the rhizosphere microbiome and promote the accumulation of bioactive compounds in Pinellia ternata. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- CALCIUM
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- CHOLINE
- 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE-DIGLUCOSIDE
- EO
- L-EPHEDRINE
- D-GLUCOSE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HOMOGENTISIC-ACID
- ISOOLEIC-ACID
- MAGNESIUM
- DELTA-6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- ORNITHINE
- POTASSIUM
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- PROTEIN
- L-RHAMNOSE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- STEARIC-ACID
- ZINC
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- COPPER
- ARGININE
- 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE
- D-GLUCURONIC-ACID
- HOMOGENTISIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE
- MANGANESE
- PALMITIC-ACID
- SERINE
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- IRON
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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