Donguibogam Evidence Bridge한국어

Chinese asparagus 天門冬

Pharmaceutical nameAsparagi Radix

Evidence grade: Not gradedSafety signal: Adverse-event literature existsMapping confidence: Strong correspondence

The three axes are assessed independently and are never combined into a single score.

KTKP records the origin species as Asparagus cochinchinensis Merr.. It has not yet been cross-checked against the Korean Pharmacopoeia, so the identification confidence is not raised to an official code mapping. The same drug appears under 2 records as name variants. The name most used for this taxon in current literature is Asparagus cochinchinensis. Literature searches for this herb also cover Asparagus lucidus — the same taxon appears under several names.

Tradition · what the text describes

탕액편

The sub-section within this volume has not been verified against the original text yet.

The KTKP traditional materia medica record (M0003660) gives the origin species as Asparagus cochinchinensis Merr., the part used as 뿌리, and the properties as 감고(甘苦), 무독(無毒), 한(寒). It lists 신(腎), 폐(肺) as the channels entered. The same record cites the Donguibogam (1613) as the source for its indications.

Properties & channel entry: 감고(甘苦), 무독(無毒), 한(寒) · 신(腎), 폐(肺)

Source species: Asparagus cochinchinensis Merr. (뿌리)

Read the original: Korean Medicine Classics DB ↗

Modern · documented evidence

(no indication derived — herb-name-only search)evidence for this indication

Evidence grade: Not graded
  • No indication is specified. A and B grades cannot be assigned until the query is narrowed to a specific indication.
  • No indication could be derived: no condition appears on two or more registered trials for this herb.

Literature

SR 0 · RCT 0 · preclinical 33

These counts come from a herb-name-only search (0 systematic reviews, 0 RCTs). Without a specific indication they show how much the herb has been studied, not what it works for.

Query used

We publish the exact query behind these counts so you can reproduce them yourself.

SRC:MED AND ((TITLE_ABS:"Asparagus cochinchinensis") OR (TITLE_ABS:"Asparagus lucidus"))

Clinical trials

  • No registered trials.

Safety

auto-proposed · unreviewed

  • 2 adverse-event or toxicity record(s) were found. This only flags that literature exists — read the abstracts to decide between "caution" and "harm confirmed".
  • The KTKP record states the following traditional contraindication: 비위허한(脾胃虛寒)으로 인한 설사(泄瀉)나 외감풍한(外感風寒)으로 인한 해수(咳嗽) 그리고 음액미휴자(陰液未虧者)의 경우에 기(忌)한다.

Adverse-event and toxicity literature

This is not a finding of harm — it lists literature that is retrievable. Read the papers to decide.

Sources

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In formulas
속사단 · 윤폐활담영수탕 · 신기산 · 단삼음자 · 천왕보심단
Related patterns
Blood deficiency pattern · Yin deficiency pattern · Yang deficiency pattern