Patrinia scabiosaefolia

The roots are used as an astringent, resolving anodyne and antidotal. It is also used to heal abscesses, assuage postpartum pain, and remove parasites from the skin. The plant was mentioned by Schimmel in the American Journal of Pharmacy in 1889. Clinical observation and pharmacological investigation of the sedative and hypnotic effects of the Chinese drug rhizome and root of Patrinia scabiosaefolia are discussed by Luo (43). 

Won SW, Choi JS, Seligmann O, Wagner H. Sterol and triterpenoid glycosides from the roots of Patrinia scabiosaefolia. Phytochemistry 1983 22 1045-1047. 

Yang B, Tong L, Jin M, Zhao W, Chen Y. Isolation and identification of triterpenoide compound from Patrinia scabiosaefolia. Zhong Yao Cai 1998 21 513-514. 

Patrinia scabiosaefolia Fisch ex Link. Ye Huang Hua or Bai Jiang Cao (leaf) Essential oils, patrinoside, isopatrinene.33-50 Antidote, astringent, anodyne. Treat insomnia caused by neurasthenia or acute infections. 

Nardostachys jatamansi, Nothosmymium japonicum, Notopterygium incisium, Oplopanax elatus, Patrinia scabiosaefolia, P. heterophylla, Pinus bungeana, P. densiflora, P. koraiensis, P. sylvestris,... 

The rhizomes and roots of Valeriana wallichii DC. contain 6-methylapigenin, which is a competitive ligand for GABAa receptor (38). In the Asia-Pacific region, Nar-dostachys chinensis L., Nardostachys jatamansis DC., Patrinia scabiosaefolia Link, Valeriana officinalis L., Valeriana dageletiana Nak. ex Maekawa, and Valeriana hardwickii Wall, are used as alternative remedies. 

R = Ac) from Barleria prionitis.189 Interest continues in iridoid glycosides from Valerianaceae. Three examples are now known with glucose linked to the C-ll rather than the C-l hydroxy-group they are patrinoside (100) from Patrinia scabiosaefolia,190 the previously unreported villoside (101),191 and valerosidate... 

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