| qian cao gen 茜草根 qian cao 茜草 by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Radix et Rhizoma rubiae | Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Rubia cordifelia L. | Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | seisokon | Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | ch'onch'ogun | Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | sin3 cou2 gan1 | Other Names: 別名﹕ | si lun cao 四輪草，la la man 拉拉蔓，xiao huo xue 小活血，guo shan teng 過山藤，mao shou 茅搜，ru lu 茹蘆，di xue 地血，ran fei cao 染緋草，xue jian xi 血見悉，feng che cao 風車草，guo shan long 過山龍。 | Common Name: 英文名﹕ | India Madder Root And Rhizome | Distribution: 產地﹕ | Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan provinces of China. Those produced in Henan, Shanxi, and Qingliu, Dafengshan of Fujiang are well known. 分布於黑龍江，吉林，遼寧，河北，河南，山東，山西，內蒙古，江蘇，安徽，浙江，江西，福建，台灣，湖北，湖南，廣東，廣西，陝西，寧夏，甘肅，青海，四川，貴州，雲南等省區。 | Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, cold 寒，苦。 | Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | heart, liver 心，肝。 | | Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | | Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Roots help menses, promote blood circulation, promote urination, stop coughing blood or vomiting blood, nose bleeding, used in missing menses due to blood stasis, cold damp heat bi, injuries from impacts and in jaundice and edema. 根用于：吐血，衄血，崩漏下血，外傷出血，血滯經閉，關節痹痛，跌撲腫痛，黃疸，水腫。 | Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 1. RA series cyclic hexapeptides. 2. purpurin, alizarin, munjistin, pseudopurpurin [1], [2-methyl-1, 3, 6-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone], [1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone], [1, 2, 4-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone], [2-methyl-1,3, 6-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone], [1, 2-dihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone-2-beta D-xylosyl (1-->6)beta-D-glucoside], [1, 3-dihydroxy-2-hydroxymethyl-9, 10-anthraquinone-3-O-beta-D-xylosyl (1-->6) beta-D-glucoside], [2-methyl-1, 3,6-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone-3-O-beta-D-xylosyl (1-->2) beta-D-(6'-acetyl) glucoside][2], [2-methyl-1-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone], [2-methyl-1, 3, 6-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone-3-O-(6'-acetyl)-alpha-L-rhamnosyl (1-->2)-beta-D-glucoside], 92-methyl-1, 3, 6-trihydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone-3-O-alpha-L-rhamnosyl (1 -->2)-beta-D-glucoside], [2-methyl-1, 3,6-trihydroxy-3-O-(6'-acetyl)-beta-D-glucoside][6]. 3. rubilactone, furomollugin, 3'-carbomethoxy-4'-hydroxy-naphtho [1', 2'-2,3] pyran] dihydromollugin, [3-carbomethoxy-2-(3'-hydroxy) isopentyl-1, 4-maphtho-hydroquinone-1-O-beta-D-glucoside[5], 2-carbomethyoxy-3-isoprenyl-1, 4-naphtho-hydroquinone di-beta-D-glucoside], rubimallin. 4. daucosterol [6]. | Dosage: 用量﹕ | as diuretics: 9~12 g per day; to promote menses: 15~30 g per day, as decoction. | Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | For nose bleeding, coughing blood, vomiting blood, bleeding in the uterus, over bleeding during menses: qian cao root 7 g, ai ye 5 g, che bo ye 6 g, sheng di huang 10 g, water 500 cc, simmer till 200 cc. strain and add e jiao 10 g, dissolve, make into 3 servings, per day. 鼻血，咳血，吐血，子宮出血，經期出血過多：茜草根 7克，艾葉5克，側柏葉6克，生地黃10克。加水500 cc. 煎成200cc. 過濾後加阿膠10克，溶後，作三份。每天一劑。 | Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | | Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | do not use in cases of stomach or spleen cold from deficiency (pixu (spleen deficient) 腹冷脾虛 者忌用。 |
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