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shui niu jiao  水牛角  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Cornu Bubali

Zoological name water buffalo:

水 牛 學名﹕

Bubalus bubalis

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

sui gyuu kaku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

mulso gak

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

seoi2 ngau4 gok3

Other Names:

別名﹕

mainly produced in eastern and southern parts of China.

主產於華東,華南地區。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

water buffalo horn

Distribution:

產地﹕

 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

salty, cold.

鹹. 寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

heart, liver, spleen, stomach.

心 ,肝,脾,胃

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

sedative effect, anticonvulsant, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, shortens bleeding time, lowers the penetrating quality of capillaries.

鎮靜鎮 驚 抗炎抗 病毒縮 短出血降 低毛细血管通透性等。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in febrile diseases resulting in  headache, delirium, manic behavior, rash, vomiting of blood, nose bleeding, convulsion of children, painful and swollen throat.

For skin allergy: grind with water and apply to affected area.

It is suitable where heat is high resulting in purpura and different types of bleeding. It is not suitable for bleeding due topixu (spleen deficient) .

治熱病頭痛,發 高 熱 神昏,斑疹,吐血 ﹐ 鼻衄,小兒驚風,喉痺咽腫。

用 水 研 磨 ﹐外 敷 治 皮 膚 過 敏 反 應 。

水牛角適 用 於 熱 盛 而迫血妄行的皮下血斑等多種 出血。如果是脾虛,脾不统血的皮下血斑,牙龈 出血者,則 不 可 用水牛角止血。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Cholesterol

膽甾醇

Amino acids

氨基酸:

Alanine

丙氨酸

Arginine

精氨酸

Aspartic acid

天冬氨酸

Cystine

胱氨酸

Leucine

亮氨酸

Proline

脯氨酸

Tyrosine

酪氨酸

Histidine

組氨酸

Valine

纈氨酸

Peptide

肽類

serine絲氨酸
glycine甘氨酸
lysine賴氨酸
arginine精氨酸
threonine蘇氨酸
glutamic acid谷氨酸
methionine蛋氨酸
isoleucine異亮氨酸
phenylalanine苯丙氨酸

Dosage:

用量﹕

  1. Internal consumption with grinding with water: 6 to 15 g.

  2. In decoction: 30 to 120 g, or

  3. Make into pill or powder form

  4. External use: grind with water and apply to affected areas.

 

  1. 内服: 磨汁或研末,6~15 克 ;

  2. 煎湯 ,30 ~ 120 克 ;或

  3. 人丸,散。

  4. 外用: 磨汁塗 患 處 。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

xi jiao di huang tang (shui niu jiao can be used instead of xi jiao)

犀角地黃湯  (水牛角可以用來代替犀角)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

A small number of patients, after taking this herb, showed discomfort of the stomach, flatulence, diarrhea, nausea, or insomnia.

Not to use during pregnancy. Not to use where there is no heat orin cases of pixu (spleen deficient) .

少数病人服用後 出現 胃部不 適 ,腹 部 脹 ,腹瀉 ,惡 心 等。亦有少数病人出现失眠。

孕婦慎用。 非實 熱 者不宜用。脾 虛者不宜使用。

Note: this herb is being used as substitute for rhino horn, which is illegal for commerce.

註: 水牛角現用來代替犀牛角用。現犀牛角被禁止買賣。

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