Plant Details

Accepted name:: Juncus effusus L. [Juncaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Juncus effusus subsp. austrocalifornicus Lint ex Zika

Juncus effusus subsp. laxus (Robyns & Tournay) Snogerup

Juncus effusus subsp. pacificus (Fernald & Wiegand) Piper & Beattie

Juncus effusus subsp. solutus (Fernald & Wiegand) Hämet-Ahti

Juncus effusus subsp. effusus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bog rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bulrush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bì yù cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cayumbo	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
common rush	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
corkscrew rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cỏ bấc đèn	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
deng sin cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
deng xin cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dengxincao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
dengxinco	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
dēng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dēng xīn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dēng xīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dēng xīn cǎo gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flatterbinse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hu hsu ts'ao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hu hus ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
igusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
japanese mat rush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jonc à lier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jonc épars	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
junci medulla	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
junco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
juncus effusus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
juncus medulla	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
juncus-macio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
junquera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lamp rush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lamp wick herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
matting rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
medulla junci	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
rush pith	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
saz	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
soft rush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
sumbu china	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tang sam	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
teng hsin hua	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
teng hsin ts'ao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
teng ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tiger beard herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
veketåg	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zozoro	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
灯心	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
灯心草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
灯心草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
灯草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
燈心草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
碧玉草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem pith	dried stem pith	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Others		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
pith in the stem	dried pith in the stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizoma, root stock		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pith, root, aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pith		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Inside stem		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
stem pith	dried stem pith	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
stem pith		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
stem pith		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
stem pith		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
stem pith		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agathryon effusum (L.) Záv.Drábk. & Proćków Phytotaxa 622: 36 (2023).
Juncus communis E.Mey. Junc. Gen. Monogr. Spec.: 20 (1819), nom. superfl.
Juncus communis subsp. effusus (L.) Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 80 (1867), not validly publ.
Juncus communis proles effusus (L.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 13: 224 (1912), nom. illeg.
Juncus communis var. effusus (L.) E.Mey. Junc. Gen. Monogr. Spec.: 22 (1819).
Juncus conglomeratus var. effusus (L.) Kostel. Clav. Anal. Fl. Bohem.: 52 (1824).
Juncus laevis Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 142 (1822), nom. superfl.
Juncus laevis var. effusus (L.) Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 143 (1822), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Juncus effusus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Juncus effusus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Juncus effusus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Juncus effusus Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Juncus effusus Linné	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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