Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Herba Taraxaci Mongolici cum Radice |
Latin botanical name: 拉丁文學名﹕ | Taraxacum mongolicum Hand..- M.azz. Taraxacum officinale Wigg.(歐 產 蒲 公 英 ) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | hokoei |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | p'ogongyong |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | pou4 gung1 jing1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | huang hua di ding 黃花地丁。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | dandelion |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughout China, especially Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, and northeast provinces. |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter sweet, cold 味苦中帶甘，性寒. |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, stomach. 歸肝﹐胃經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | - promote bile secretion
- protects liver
- diuretic effect (contain large amount of potassium)
- inhibits staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella spp., Neisseria meningitidis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ECHO virus, and Leptospira.
- improves digestion
- mild laxative effect
- 利膽
- 保肝
- 利尿作用(因為含有大量的鉀)。
- 抑制金黃色葡萄球菌﹐肺炎鏈球菌, 綠膿桿菌, 志賀桿菌, 腦脊髓膜炎雙球菌, 白喉桿菌, 結核桿菌, 伊科病毒, 鉤端螺旋體鉤端螺旋體作用
- 健胃
- 緩瀉效果
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for swelling, pain in breast cancer, boils, lung cancer with coughing blood and puss. It is effective for heat type of breast cancer and boils. 用於乳癰腫痛，疔瘡熱毒，肺癰咳吐膿血痰。蒲公英對熱毒所致的乳癰腫痛﹐疔瘡有良好的效果。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | taraxasterol (蒲公英固醇), choline (膽鹼), inulin (菊糖), pectin (果膠). |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 9 ~30 g. |
Samples of formulae: 方劑舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | overdose can cause mild diarrhea. 剤量過大可致輕微腹瀉。 |