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tu si zi   菟絲子

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 
Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名:

Semen Cuscutae Chinensis
Latin botanical name:

拉丁名:

Cuscuta chinensis Lam.,

C. japonica Choisy

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音:

toshishi
Pron. in Korean:

韩語發音:

tosacha
Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音:

to si ji
Common Name:

英文名:

cuscuta
Distribution:

分佈:

Jiangsu, Liaoning, Jiling, Hebei, shandong, Henan provinces of China.

江蘇、遼寧、吉林、河北、山東、河南省等地區。

Properties (characteristics)

性味:

acrid, sweet, neutral

辛,甘,平。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經

kidney, liver

肝,腎

Actions & Indications:

主治:

tonifies kidneys, liver and spleen, improve yin; for shenyangxu, pixu, calming fetus, for habitual miscarriage.

口苦躁渴,陽痿,遺精,血尿,小便淋瀝,大便溏薄,神經衰弱,習慣性流產。

Medical Function: to be loaded
Chemical ingredients:

化学成分:

to be loaded
Dosage: 9 to 15 g.
Samples of formulae:

wu zi yan zong wan 五子衍宗丸

 

治療先兆流產的作用:菟絲子與續斷、阿膠、黨參、白朮等配伍,治療先兆流產110例,病人每日服藥一次,共10天,總有效率為96.36%。[1]

 
Modern Research: to be loaded
Cautions: not to use in blood deficient  and yinxu with fire.

 血虛及火熱者服。

“腎家多火,強陽不痿,大便燥結者忌菟絲子。”《 本草新 》

中國時報  第39版  2000.3.15(三)

鑑定試驗方法:取本品少量,加準水適量浸泡,浸泡呈黃色,其種子表面可見透明的半粘液,用用捻有粘滑感。煮之易破裂,破裂後露出白色卷旋狀﹐形如吐絲。此才是真品菟絲子。

偽品是用「茛菪子」混充使用。按茛菪子屬茄科植物茛菪的乾燥成熟種子偽充菟絲子。該品性狀如卵圖形或略象腎形﹐稍有扁平,臍點處突出。面灰黃色或棕黃色,種皮粗糙,具細密隆起的紋路。無臭味微辛。

鑑驗方法同上,取種子少量泡在水中不變色,

[1] 殷林茂,等•中西醫結合治療幼小子宮46例•河北中醫1992; 14(4):40
Yan Linmao, ed. Integrating Chinese and western medicine to treat Infantile uterus, Herbal Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1992;14(4):40.*

 

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