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gua lou zi  瓜蔞子 (chk code) (in English and Chinese 中英文)

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Semen Trichosanthis

Botanical name:

拉丁生物學名﹕

Trichosanthes kirilowii, Maxim, or Trichosanthes japonica, Regel.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

karonin

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

kwalwiin

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

kwaa1 lau5 jan4

Other Names:

別名﹕

gua lou ren 瓜蔞仁,

gua lou ren 栝蔞仁,

Common Name:

文名﹕

trichosanthes seed, Chinese cucumber seed.

Distribution:

產地﹕

throughout China, especially in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi

全中國,尤其是山東, 河北,山西,陕西。

 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

faint smell, bland.

氣微,味淡。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

lung, stomach, large instestine

肺,胃,大腸。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

See tian hua fen page 看天花粉頁

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in hot cough with sticky phlegm; hot and dry bowel with constipation. Also, being used in promoting mother's milk and for treating carbuncles.

用於燥咳痰粘,腸燥便秘。下乳,治癰腫。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

9~15 g

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

It is not suitable to use together with wu tou. Not to be taken by those who are pixu (spleen deficient) and/or with diarrhea.

不宜同烏頭類藥物同用。脾虛腹瀉者不可服用。

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