Herb in Thai notifiable formulas
Hog Creeper Vine
เถาวัลย์เปรียง · Thaowan Priang
Brachypterum scandens (Roxb.) Miq.
- Family
- Leguminosae
- Part used
- stem (vine)
- Crude drug
- Brachypteri Scandenidis Caulis
- Other names
- เครือเขาหนัง (KHRUEA KHAO NANG), เถาตาปลา (THAO TA PLA)
- In the announcement
- Used in 12 notifiable formulas (4 as capsules)
Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia (THP)
Constituents and quality criteria of Hog Creeper Vine
Summarised from the Hog Creeper Vine monograph of the Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences, the standard used to test the dried stem.
The pharmacopoeia sets no minimum marker content for this herb. Use the raw material quality criteria below for acceptance testing.
Constituents
Hog Creeper Vine contains isoflavone glycosides such as genistein-7- O -[ α -rhamnopyranosyl-(1 → 6)- β -glucopyranoside]. It also contains isoflavones (e.g., derrisisoflavones A-E, osajin, scandenone, scandinone and 5,7,4’-trihydroxy-6,3’- diprenylisoflavone), coumarins (e.g., scandenins A and B), sterols, etc.
Raw material quality criteria
| Foreign matter | Not more than 2.0% w/w |
| Loss on drying | Not more than 7.0% w/w |
| Total ash | Not more than 8.0% w/w |
| Ethanol (50 per cent)-soluble extractive | Not less than 14.0% w/w |
| Water-soluble extractive | Not less than 14.0% w/w |
Storage: Hog Creeper Vine shall be kept in well-closed containers, protected from light, and stored in a dry place.
Source: Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia, Department of Medical Sciences (online edition, accessed 21 October 2026)Read the full THP monograph
Formulas using Hog Creeper Vine
12 formulas containing Hog Creeper Vine
Select a formula to see its ingredients and indications. Formula names and indications are a reference translation; the Thai announcement is the legal text.
- Ya Thai Di Kluea Farang Epsom salt laxative formula for constipationRelieves constipation
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 1 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 1Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 2 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 2Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
- Ya Kamlang Ratchasi Formula 2 Lion's strength blood and body tonic, Formula 2Blood tonic (bamrung lohit), body tonic
- Ya Ritsiduang Thang Doen Patsawa Formula for urinary ritsiduang (difficult urination)Relieves urinary tract ritsiduang (ritsiduang thang doen patsawa), which causes difficult urination and urine containing blood or pus
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 1 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 1Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 1 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 1Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 2 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 2Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Phasom Thaowan Priang Formula 2 Derris scandens formula for body aches, Formula 2Relieves body aches and pains
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
- Ya Kasai Sen Formula for body aches and back painRelieves body aches and pains, back pain and lower back pain
Development potential
Develop Hog Creeper Vine into a product with the TIBD group
In notifiable formulas12 formulasused in multi-herb formulas
THP raw-material criteria5 testsfor acceptance testing before production
Marker with a minimum contentNot setquality is checked with the raw-material criteria
Three ways forward 1Notify a listed formula2Adapt it through detailed notification3Develop a Category B herbal medicine or Category C health productSee the development pathway
K-API · manufacturing in the group
Extract and manufacture at K-API
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