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Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Caulis Muting

Latin botanical name:

拉丁學名：

1. Aristolochiae Manshuriensis; Aristolochia debilis (guan mu tong 關木通:)

2. Clematidis Armandii Franch (chuan mu tong 川木通)

3. Clematidis Armandii Franch (huai tong 淮通)

4. Akebia trifoliata Koiz. var. australiss Rehd. (bai mu tong 白木通)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

mokutsu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

mokt'ong

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

muk6 tung1

Common Name:

英文名：

akebia caulis

Distribution:

分佈：

Shichuan, Hubei, Guangxi, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu : (Caulis Akebiae Trifoliatae).

Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi : (Caulis Aristolochiae Manshuriensis; Aristolochia debilis).

Sichuan, Hunan, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi: (Caulis Clematidis Armandii)  

白木通：四川，湖北，廣西，云南，江西，贵州，江蘇。

關木通：吉林，遼寧，黑龍江，陕西，甘肃，贵州，山西。

川木通：四川，湖南，陕西，贵州，湖北，云南，廣東，廣西。

Properties (characteristics)﹕性味﹕

bitter, cool.

苦﹐微寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

bladder, heart, small intestine.

膀胱﹐心﹐小腸。

Actions & Indications:

Promotes urinate, urinary tract infection, promotes lactation, for pain in the joints.

小 便 不 利 ， 五 淋 ， 水 腫 浮 大 ， 咽 喉 痛 ， 婦 女 經 閉 ， 乳 汁 不 通 。

 遍 身 隱 熱 疼 痛 拘 急 ， 足 冷 伏 熱 。 傷 血 ， 宜 木 通 以 通 心 竅 。

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

1. promotes urination

2. antibiotic

3. improve cardiac function　

1. 利尿

2. 抗菌

3. 強心作用

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份：

to be loaded

Dosage:

用量：

3 to 9 g

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例

long dan xie gan tang 龍膽瀉肝湯, ba_zhen san 八正散,

Modern Research:

现代研究：

to be loaded

Cautions:

注意﹕

Today, ninety five percent of mu tong  used in China is from the stem of Aristolochia debilis, (Aristolochiae Manshuriensis), called guan mu tong 關木通. These plants are usually grown in the northeastern provinces of China, formerly called Manchuria. Only rarely in a few localities in China, is mu tong obtained from Akebia guinata or Akebia lobata being used. Today in China, all manufactured formulae that contain guan mu tong (aristolochia debilis) are being banned because of the toxicity to the kidneys.

See picture from another site.

看圖取材自葫蘆網中草藥討論區--討論看板!

Contra-indication:

禁忌﹕

do not use on those without internal damp heat, fluid deficient, qi deficient, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, or during pregnancy.

內無 濕熱﹐津虧 氣弱﹐精滑溲頻者﹐及孕婦忌服。

Guan mu tong (Aristolochiae Manshuriensis or Aristolochia debilis)  is toxic to kidneys.

關木通對腎臟有毒。