Pharmaceutical name:

Herba Speranskia tuberculatae, (zhen zhu tou gu ca; di gou cai)

Herba Impatiens balsamina  (feng xian hua)

Latin botanical name:

Speranskia tuberculata (Bunge) Baill (地構菜﹐珍珠透骨草) or

Impatiens balsamina L. (鳳仙花)

Pron. in Cantonese:

tau kuat cho

Other Names:

別名﹕

tou gu cao, feng xian hua, zhi jia hua, xiao tao hong, jia zhu tao (not to confused with Nerium incidum, Mill. or Nerium odorum, Solaud), ran zhi jia cao, han zhen zhu.

透骨草﹐鳳仙花﹐指甲花﹐小桃紅﹐夾竹桃  (不是指Nerium incidum, Mill. 或Nerium odorum, Solaud).﹐染指甲草﹐旱珍珠。

Common Name:

常用英文名﹕

tuberculate speranskia

balsamina, touch me not (feng xian hua)

Distribution:

Properties (characteristics):

性味:

feng xian hua: bitter, slightly sweet, slightly acrid, neutal, slightly toxic

di gou cai (zhen zhu tou gu cao): acrid, warm

鳳仙花﹕味苦﹐辛，性平；有小毒。

地構菜（珍珠透骨草）﹕ 味辛，性温。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 歸經﹕

liver, spleen, kidney

肝﹐脾﹐腎

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

1. di gou cai (zhen zhu tou gu cao): rids of pain and dampness as in rheumatoid arthritis,; invigorate blood, being used in rheumatoid arthritis, spastic muscles, eczema in the groin area, swollen boils

2. feng xian hua (feng xian tou gu cao): rids of pain and dampness as in rheumatoid arthritis, rid of toxin, being used in injuries, bruises, swelling, promoting menses, helping deliveries, expelling phlegm, tumors, snake and insect bites.

1. 地構菜（珍珠透骨草:  有散風祛 濕，活血止痛的功能。用於風濕疼痛﹐筋骨拘攣﹐陰囊 濕疹﹐疮瘍腫毒。

2.  鳳仙花（鳳仙透骨草:）有祛風濕，活血止痛，解毒的功能。用于風濕疼痛﹐跌打損傷瘀 積腫痛﹐解毒﹐通經﹐催生﹐袪痰﹐痈疽腫痛﹐蛇虫咬傷。

Medical function:

藥理作用﹕

Medical function:

zhi xing zi (seed of feng xian hua): the decoction or the alcohol extract has the stimulation effect on the uterus of rabbits and guinea pigs. The water decoction has inhibiting  effect on various bacterium: staphylococcus aureaus, hemolytic streptococci, pseudomonas,  aeruginosa, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella sonnei, Salmonella typhi.

feng xian hua: the juice of fresh flowers possesses the inhibition effect on fungi of the skin. The whole plant possesses the effect of anti-fungal and stopping bleeding.

藥理作用﹕

鳳仙花的種子(急性子)：急性子煎劑﹐酊劑﹐水浸劑對兔﹐豚鼠離體子宮均有明顯的興奮作用，對麻醉兔在位子宮亦有明顯興奮作用。本品水煎劑對金黃色葡萄球菌﹐溶血性鏈球菌﹐綠膿桿菌﹐福氏痢疾桿菌﹐宋內氏痢疾桿菌﹐傷寒桿菌均有不同程度的抑制作用。

鳳仙花﹕  鳳仙花的鮮花汁，對紅色表皮癬菌﹐堇色髮癬菌及腹股溝表皮癬菌﹐考夫曼高爾夫表皮癬菌均有抑制作用。地上全草部分﹕有抗真菌﹐止血作用。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Hair loss caused by excessive sebu:m. Select one of these formula:

• Formula 1: Boil 60 g of tou gu cao (double the amount if it is fresh herb) with 2,000 cc of water for 20 minutes. Strain. Wash hair and scalp. Shampoo can be used but wash with tou gu cao extract again after shampooing.

• Formula 2: cang er zi, wang bu liu xing, ku shen, ming fan, bing pian. Boil with water. Wash hair and scalp.

脂溢性脫髮。可選於下任一方﹕

• 處方一﹕透骨草60g(鮮草加倍)。加水2000ml，煎20分鐘。過濾取汁。冷卻溫度適宜時用來洗頭皮與頭髮，每日一次，連洗7日為一療程。治療中可用洗髮劑洗髮，但洗後須用透骨草煎劑再洗髮一次。[a]

• 處方二﹕用蒼耳子﹐王不留行﹐苦參﹐明礬﹐冰片煎湯浴髮，促進頭皮血液循環，抑制皮脂腺的分泌，減輕頭皮的慢性炎症，改善毛囊活性，促使新髮生長，協助了60位脂溢性皮炎患者。[b]

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

化學成份﹕Chemical ingredients:

• 鳳仙花茎含 (the stem of feng xian hua plant contains)﹕

• 山柰酚-3-葡萄糖甙(Kaempferol-3-monoglucosides)﹐

• 槲皮素(Quercetin)﹐

• 天竺葵素(Pelargonidin)﹐

• 矢車菊素(Cyanidin)﹐

• 翠雀花素(Delphinidin)。

• 全草含 (whole plant contians)﹕

• 對羥基苯甲酸 (D-hydroxy pheny  acid)﹐

• 龍胆酸(Gentisic acid)﹐

• 阿魏酸(Ferulic acid)﹐

• 對香豆酸(P-Coumaric acid)﹐

• 芥子酸(Sinapic acid)﹐

• 咖啡酸(Caffeic acid)﹐

• 東莨菪素(Scopoletin)。

Dosage:

用量:

zhen zhu tou gu cao: 6 to 15 g.

feng xian cao:

• seeds (ji xing zi):6 to 9g,

• dried flowers:1.5 to 3 g, fresh flowers: 3 to 9 g,

• external use: according to need

• whole plants: dried material 10 to 15 g, fresh material 30 to 60 g, 

• root: 9 to 15 g

珍珠透骨草用量6～15g

鳳仙草

• 種子(急性子)： 用量6～9克。

• 花： 花1.5～3克(鮮品3～9克)；

• 外用: 適量，鮮花搗爛塗敷患處。

• 全草： 全株10～15克(鮮品30～60克)

•  根： 根9～15克

Cautions:

禁忌:

not to use during pregnancy.

孕婦忌服。