Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Rhizoma Ciboti Barometz |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Cibotium barometz (L.) J. Sm.; Dicksonia barometz, Lin. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kuseki |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | kuchok |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | gam1 mou4 gau2 zek3 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | huang mao gou 黃毛狗，gou ji 狗脊. |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | chain fern rhizome, cibota. |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, sweet, warm. 苦，甘，温。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | kidney, liver. 腎，肝。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in painful and stiff back, difficulty in bending forward or backward, weakness in knees and legs, arthritis, frequent urination, enuresis (night voiding), spermatorrhea, vagina discharge. 治療腰脊強痛，不能俯仰，足膝軟弱及風濕腰痛，尿頻、遺尿，遺精，帶下等。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 4.5 ~ 9 g |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use in cases of difficulty with urination or in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with heat. According to some traditional literature this herb antagonizes bai jiang cao. 小便不利者或 陰虛有熱者忌用。 悪敗醬草。 |