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honey   蜂蜜             (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編譯

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Mel Mellis

Botanical name (source of):

學名(來 源)

Apis cerana Fabricius

Apis mellifera Linnaeus

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

ho mitsu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

bongmit  (beolkkul)

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

fung1 mat6

Other Names:

別名﹕

 

Common Name:

英文名﹕

honey

Distribution:

產地﹕

 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, neutral.

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

lung, spleen,  large intestine.
Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

inhibit fungi and aflatoxin [1]

抑制黴菌發生.  防止黃麴黴菌產生黃黴素。[1]

Honey can be used as an effective hepatoprotective agent against paracetamol-induced liver damage.[3]

蜂蜜可以用來作為對乙酰氨基酚引起的肝損傷的有效保肝劑。[3]

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Benefits the middle burner (digestive system), sooths dryness, arrests pain, detoxificating. For treatment of dry cough, constipation due to dryness, stomachache, runny nose, ulcer in the mouth, burns and scalding, toxin of cao wu tou.

honey can strengthened  the digestive system, and can ease the adverse effects of  medicine. It is being used in tonic pills, creams as excipients. It can inhibit fungi and prevent the production of aflatoxin by Aspergillus flavus .

,潤燥,止痛,解毒。 治肺燥咳嗽,腸燥便秘,胃脘疼痛,鼻淵,口瘡,湯火燙傷,解烏 頭毒。

本品能補中,並可緩和藥性,故凡滋補的丸藥、膏劑,多採用為賦形劑,取其補養和緩和藥性作用, 抑制黴菌發生.  防止黃麴黴菌產生黃黴 素。

Chemical ingredients: [2]

化學成份﹕【2】

1 Chinese bee honey: Mainly contains glucose, fructose; also contains sucrose, dextrin, organic acids, proteins, essential oils, waxes, pollen, vitamins B1, B2, B6, C, K, H, amylase, transfer enzyme , peroxidase, esterase, growth-stimulating hormone, acetylcholine, niacin, pantothenic acid, carotene, inorganic elements such as calcium, sulfur, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iodine. and other elements

2 Italian bee honey: mainly contains glucose, fructose; also contain small amounts of sucrose, dextrin, organic acids, proteins, essential oils, waxes, vitamins B1, B2, B6, C, K, H, amylase, invertase, peroxidase, esterase, α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase, acetylcholine, growth-stimulating hormone, pantothenic acid, nicotinic acid, carotene, pollen, and calcium, phosphorus, , sulfur, magnesium, potassium, sodium, iodine and other elements.

1.中華蜜蜂,在蜂巢中釀成的糖類物質,主含葡萄糖(glucose),果糖(fructose);其他還含蔗糖,糊精,有機酸,蛋白質,揮發油, 蠟,花粉粒,維生素B1、B2、B6、C、K、H,澱粉酶,轉入酶,過氧化酶(peroxidase),酯酶,生長刺激素,乙酰膽鹼(acetylcholine) ,煙酸(nicotinic acid),泛酸(pantothenate;pantothenic acid),胡蘿卜素(carotene),無機元 素鈣、硫、磷、鎂、鉀、鈉、碘等。
 

2.意大利蜜蜂: 主含葡萄糖果糖;其他還含少量蔗糖,糊精,有機酸,蛋白質,揮發油,蠟,維生素B1、B2、B6、C、K、H,澱粉酶,轉化酶, 過氧化酶,酯酶,α-甘油磷酸鹽脫氫酶(α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase),乙酰膽鹼,生長刺激素,泛酸,煙酸,胡蘿 卜素,花粉粒,並含鈣、磷、硫、鎂、鉀、鈉、碘等元素。

 

Dosage:

用 量﹕

15~30 g

15~30 克

Samples of formulae:

處方舉 例﹕

Antidotes for cao wu tou toxicity: use 4 table spoons of honey each time. Mix with warm drinking water. Take orally. [1]

解烏頭毒: 白蜂蜜每次至四湯匙,溫開水沖服。[1]
 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

 

Not recommended for children under 12 month old, pregnant women or during breast feeding.

Side effect can include dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, difficulty breathing, temporary blindness, and even contributed to decreased blood pressure, and in severe cases can result in death.
Honey itself is non-toxic, but when the bees take pollen from poisonous plants, the honey is brewed with toxic.

副作用可能包括 頭暈、頭痛、惡心、嘔吐、發熱、腹痛、腹瀉、呼吸困難、暫時性失明,甚至促成血壓下降,嚴重者死亡。
蜂蜜本身無毒,但當蜜蜂採取有毒植物的糖汁後,製造的蜂蜜則帶有毒性。

一歲或一歲以下的小孩 ,懷孕或哺乳婦人不宜服用。

[1] "Shanghai Commonly Used Chinese Herb"  《上海常用中草藥》

 

 

 

理化鑒別

 

(1)酸度檢查,取本品10g,加新沸過的冷水50ml,混勻,加酚酞指示液2滴 與氫氧化鈉液(01.mol/L)4ml,應顯粉紅色,10s內不消失。

(2)澱粉、糊精檢查,取本品2g,加水10ml,加熱煮沸,放冷,加碘試液1滴,不得顯藍色、綠色、紅褐色。

(3)吸收度測定法:取蜂密 5.0g,精密稱定,置50ml量瓶中,加水約25ml溶解,加15%亞鐵氰化鉀溶液及30%醋酸鋅溶液各0.5ml,加水稀釋至刻 度(必要時加乙醇1滴消除泡沫),搖勻,用干燥濾約濾過,棄去初濾液,精密量取續濾液各5.0ml,分別置於甲、乙兩個具塞試管中,甲管加水5.0ml,乙管加新 制的0.2%亞硫酸氫鈉溶液5.0ml作空白,混勻,在284nm和336nm的波長處測定吸收度,其吸收度差不得大於0.34。

 

Physical and chemical identification

(1) acidity check: take the product 10g, add boiling over cold water 50ml, mix, add 2 drops of phenolphthalein indicator solution and sodium hydroxide solution (01.mol / L) 4ml, should be significantly pink, 10s inside does not disappear.

(2) starch, dextrin check: take the product 2g, add water 10ml, heated to boiling, cooling, 1 drop of iodine test solution may not be noticeable blue, green, red-brown.

(3) measuring absorption rate:,  5.0g of honey, accurately weighed. Then
put into a 50ml volumetric flask. Add about 25ml of water and dissolved. Then add 15% solution of potassium ferrocyanide and 30% zinc acetate solution of 0.5ml, diluted with water to the mark (if necessary, add 1 drop of ethanol to eliminate foam), shake, with a dry filter about filtration, the filtrate was discarded early, precise amount of filtrate each 5.0ml, were placed in A, B and two stoppered test tube, A pipe water 5.0ml, 0.2% sodium bisulfite solution 5.0ml tubes plus the new B for blank, mix, absorbance was measured at 284nm and 336nm wavelength, the absorption difference should not be greater than 0.34

 

[1]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/685476

[2] Zhong Hua Ben Cao  中華本草

[3] 2012 Nov;15(11):674-80. doi: 0121511/AIM.006.

 

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