Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Platycladi Semen |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franch. (Thuja orientalis L.) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | bakushinin |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | paechain |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | baak3 zi2 jan4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | bai shi 柏實、ze bai zi ren 側柏子仁，bai zi 柏子，bai ren 柏仁，bai shu zi 柏樹子，bai mai ren 柏麥仁，xiang bai zi 香柏子 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | arbor-vitae seed, biota seed |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughtout China, especially Shandong, Henan, Hebei. 全中國；特別是在山東，河南，河北等省。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, acrid, neutral. 甘、辛、平 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | heart, spleen. 入心、脾二經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Insomnia with irritability, palpitations, instant sweating due to deficiency, neurasthenia, constipation, weak memory. 養心安神，潤腸通便，補心脾，潤血脈，滋養強壯，益血止汗。 虛煩失眠，心悸怔忡，神經衰弱，體虛多汗，腸燥便秘﹐記憶力弱。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g. 10～20克；濃縮中藥：0.5～2 克 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | heart, spleen. 入心、脾二經。 |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |
Contraindicated in loose stool and phlegm disorders. Some
traditional writings mentioned that it is not compatible with ju hua. 畏菊花。 |