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Pharmaceutical name:
英文藥名： |
Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi |
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Biological name:
生物學名： |
Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Brem.
Isatis tinctoria L.
Isatis indigotica Fort |
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Pron. in Japanese:
日語發音： |
banrankon |
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Pron. in Korean:
韓語發音： |
p'alamguri |
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Pron. in Cantonese:
粵語發音： |
baan2 lam4 gan1 |
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Common Name:
英文名： |
woad root |
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Distribution:
分佈： |
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Properties (characteristics)
性味： |
bitter, cold
苦，寒。 |
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Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經： |
heart, lung, stomach
心，肺，胃。 |
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Actions & Indications:
主治： |
Rid of infection, cooling;
soothing the throat.
Being used in high fever
with headache, erysipelas scarlet,
mumps, erysipelas, mumps'
pharyngitis, sores, chickenpox, measles,
hepatitis, influenza
清熱；解毒；涼血；利咽。主溫毒發斑；高熱頭痛；爛喉丹痧；丹毒；痄腮；喉痺；瘡腫；水痘；麻疹；肝炎；流行性感冒【1】 |
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Medical Function:
藥理： |
1. anti
micro- organism, 2. anti cancer, 3. effect on immune system, 4. anti inflammation, and antipyretic 5. effect on heart and blood vessel 6. liver protection 7. effect on smooth muscle |
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Chemical ingredients:
化學成份： |
The leaves contain tryptophan ( ), isatan B, glucobrassicin, glucobrassicin-1-sulfonate, indigotin, 1-thiocyano-2-hydroxy-3-butene, adenosine, tryptanthrin, beta-sitosterol, gama-sitosterol, palmitic acid, sucrose, evaporating oil etc. |
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Dosage:
用量： |
ban lan gen: 15 to 30 g
da qing ye: 9 to 30 g |
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Samples of formulae:
處方舉例： |
Acute hepatitis with jaundice: ban lan gen 30 g, zhi zi root 45 g. Make into concoction. Total patients: 53. Result: all healed. Duration of therapy: 10 to 50 days [7] |
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Modern Applications:
現代應用： | -
1. meningitis B -
2. tonsillitis -
3. sinus infections of children -
4. measles with pneumonia, -
5. diptheria -
6. chicken pox -
7. hepatitis with jaundice -
8. chronic myelogenors leukemia -
9. digestive tract ulcer -
10. epilepsy -
11. zoster -
12. psoriasis -
13. keratitis -
14. middle ear infection -
15. pink eye -
16. ulcer of the mouth in children -
17. alveolitis of the gum -
18. infection of the digestive tract
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Cautions:
禁忌： |
Not to use in absence of
infection with fever or in weak patients.
There are report of prolong usage can cause internal bleeding and injury to blood producing function. Muscle injections have caused allergic reactions and blood in urine. |
