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jiu xiang chong 九香蟲
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Aspongopus

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Aspongopus chinensis Dallas; Coridius chinensis Dallas

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kyukocho

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

guhyangchung

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

gau2 heong1 cung4

Other Names:

別名﹕

hei dou chong 黑兜虫,gua hei chong 瓜黑蝽,pi ban chong 屁板虫,jiang lang chong 蜣螂虫,da pi chong 打屁虫,pi ba chong 屁巴虫

Common Name:

英文名﹕

kamemushi

Distribution:

產地﹕

Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou provinces of China.

分佈於安徽,江蘇,浙江,江西,福建,台灣,湖北,湖南,廣西,廣東,四川,雲南,貴州等省。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

salty, warm

鹹,溫。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

liver, spleen, kidney.

肝 ,脾,腎。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

jiu xiang chong possesses a strong inhibiting effect on  Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi,  Bacillus paratyphosus, Shigella dysenteriae, and also promote metabolism.

九香虫對金黃色葡萄球菌,傷寒杆菌,副傷寒杆菌,福氏痢疾杆菌有較強的抗菌作用;並有促進機體新陳代謝作用。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Promotes circulation, arrests pain, corrects kidney yang deficient.

Being used inliver and spleen inharmony or coldness in chest and stomach resulting in bulging and pain in the stomach area, also in achy loin due to lack of circulation, and in impotence.

行氣止痛;溫腎壯陽。主 肝脾失和或寒郁中焦所致的胸歷脅胃脘脹痛以及堅陽不足之腰痛,陽痿 [1]

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Contains:
  • iu xiang chong oil. The oil contains stearic acid, palmitic acid, oleic acid.
  • protein
  • chitin
  • aldehyde or flavonoid (where the foul smell originated)

九香虫油,油中含硬脂酸,棕櫚酸,油酸,其臭味來源於醛或酮,還含蛋白質,甲殼質等。

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

For decoction: 3 to 9 g.  In powder form: 1.5 to 3 g.

煎服,3~9 g。入丸,散劑服,1.5~3 g。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For chest pain: jiu xiang chong 90 g, bake quan xie 60 g. Grind into powder. Mix with refined honey and make into pills of 3 g each. Take orally half a pill each time, twice a day.  (Source: Jilin Chinese Herb)

Also see modern research item below.

治胸脘脅痛:九香虫三兩,炙全蠍二兩。研末,蜜丸,每丸一錢重。每次半丸,日服二次。(《吉林中草藥》)

看下面現代研究條。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Clinical studies:

Hemangioma or aneurysm: use the content of the abdomen of jiu xiang chong to smear on the hemangioma consecutively for a few days. (Jiangxu Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1996, 6: 24)

Chronic asthmatic bronchitis: bake jiu xiang chong till brown and grind into powder. Mix with chicken egg, pan fry with sesame oil. (for eating).(Henan School of Traditional Chinese Medicine Journal, 1979, 4: 66)

Pain in stomach and intestines, or in gall bladder area: use jiu xiang chong, guang mu xiang. It showed good effect for arresting pain. (Hunan School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1990, 3: 157)

Ulcerated chronic colitis: use jiu xiang chong as main ingredient, add bu gu zhi, wu wei zi, bai zhu, san qi, rou dou kou. Make into decoction. Effective rate was 87%. (Shaanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1999, 4: 168)

There are report jiu xiang chong is being used in geriatric atrophic gastritis (type A gastritis)

臨床研究:

血管瘤:以活體九香虫腹腔內容物均勻塗布血管瘤上,每日3~4次,外治血管瘤,連用數日可愈(江蘇中醫,1996,6:24);

慢性喘息性支氣管炎:將九香虫用火焙焦研细,與雞蛋攪勻,在用芝麻油煎雞蛋食用,治療慢性喘息性支氣管炎21例,總有效率100%(河南中醫學院學報,1979,4:66);

胃腸疼痛,膽絞痛等:用九香虫,廣木香等制成止痛靈,臨床用於胃腸疼痛,膽絞痛等,止痛效果良好(湖南中醫學院學報,1990,3:157);

潰瘍性慢性結腸炎:以潰瘍湯(以九香虫為主,加補骨脂五味子白朮三 七肉荳蔻),用治潰瘍性慢性結腸炎,其療效顯著,總有效率高達87%(陝西中醫,1999,4:168)。

另有用九香虫復方治療老年萎縮性胃炎等。
 

 Cautions:

禁忌﹕

According to Ben Cao Cong Xin this herb may not suitable for decoction because of its slippery characteristics may increase bowel movements. Use with care in case of yinxu with fire 

《 本草從新 》不宜入於湯劑。以其性滑,恐動大便耳。

陰虚火旺慎服。

[1]  《Zhong Hua Ben Cao 中華本草 》

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