Description of the Niuhuang series of medicinal herbs in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia
Niuhuang, as a treasure of traditional Chinese medicine, has unique medicinal value and therapeutic effects. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia has included itThe medicinal standards for "Niuhuang", "Artificial Niuhuang", and "In vitro cultivated Niuhuang" are described in the pharmacopoeia for their medicinal properties and functional indications.
Name of medicinal herb |
Overview |
Functional Indications |
bezoar |
This product belongs to the bovine familyBos taurusdomesticus Dry gallstones of Gmelin. When slaughtering cattle, if cow bezoar is found, filter out the bile, remove the bezoar, remove the external film, and dry in the dark. |
Clearing the heart, eliminating phlegm, opening the orifices, cooling the liver, calming the wind, and detoxifying. Used for fever induced dizziness, stroke induced phlegm retention, seizures, epileptic madness, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, and boils. |
Artificial bezoar |
This product is processed from cow bile powder, bile acid, pig deoxycholic acid, taurine, bilirubin, cholesterol, trace elements, etc. |
Clearing heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and calming the body. Used for children with phlegm heat delirium, dizziness and speechlessness, sudden wind shock, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, and boils. |
In vitro cultivationbezoar |
This product is made from cattle, a member of the bovine familyFresh bile from Bos taurusdomesticus Gmelin is used as the mother liquor and added with deoxycholic acid, cholic acid, calcium bilirubinate complex, etc. |
Clearing the heart, eliminating phlegm, opening the orifices, cooling the liver, calming the wind, and detoxifying. Used for fever induced dizziness, stroke induced phlegm retention, seizures, epileptic madness, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, and boils. |
A series of medicinal materials, such as bezoar, are the monarch of many compound preparations, and have been made into traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations and widely used in clinical practice, such as bezoar detoxification pills, Angong Niuhuang pills, Xihuang pills, bezoar antihypertensive capsules, bezoar Shangqing pills, etc. According to the statistics of the technical team, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia has nearlyAmong the 100 traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations prescriptions, bezoar and other medicinal materials are used.
Since 2022, the Chinese Pharmacopoeia Committee has released the revised public drafts of the standards for "Niuhuang", "Artificial Niuhuang", and "In vitro Cultivated Niuhuang" medicinal materials. The Shimadzu technical team has reviewed the public drafts and compiled the revised changes:
Under the current pharmacopoeia regulatory framework,The quantitative analysis of bile acid components was originally based on ultraviolet spectrophotometry, but this field has undergone significant technological innovations. On November 21, 2022, the National Pharmacopoeia Commission officially released the draft national drug standard for artificial bezoar, with a key adjustment that caught attention: upgrading the traditional UV spectrophotometry method originally used for detecting bile acids to a more advanced and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography method. This change marks another leap in China's artificial bezoar drug testing technology, providing a more solid guarantee for patients' medication safety.

In response to this adjustment, a special promotion has been made The C18 bezoar specific column demonstrates excellent performance in key performance indicators for chromatographic analysis. Can fully meet the analysis needs of this type of application.