Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名： | Herba cum radice houttuyniae cordatae |
Biological name: 拉丁名： | Houttuynia cordata Thunb. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音： | juyaku |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音： | osaengcho |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粤語發音： | jyu4 seng1 cou2 |
Other Names: 別名： | ji cai 蕺菜﹐zhe er gen折耳根﹐yu chao cao魚躁草 |
Common Name: 英文名： | houttuynia, pig thigh |
Distribution: 分佈： | along Yangzi River and in southern part of China |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, bitter and slightly cool 味辛，性微寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | large intestine, lung 肺﹐膀胱﹐大腸經。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治： | rid of heat and toxin, swellings, abscesses, expels pus. Use internally or topically. Promote urination, clear damp heat diarrhea, clear painful urination, for boils, gonorrhea. 清熱解毒，排膿消癰，利尿通淋。主治肺癰吐膿，痰熱喘咳，喉蛾， 濕熱下痢，癰腫瘡毒，熱淋。 |
Medical Function: 藥理﹕ | The main antibiotic ingredient is decanoylacetaldehyde (an essential oil). The essential oil of yu xing cao can inhibit HIV-1 (AIDS-virus) in vitro . Its potassium salt and quercitin can enhance the function of capillaries, and can improve blood flow and promote urination.
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份： | Chemical ingredients （化学成份）: 揮發油 (evaporating oil) 0.05%: 日本產鱼腥草主成分为 (main ingrediants of yu xing cao produced in Japan:) (ρ-Cymene) ﹐芳樟醇(Linalool)﹐ 桉油素(Cineole)﹐ 麝香草酚 等(Thymol & etc)。 全草含 (whole plant contains:) 阿福豆甙 (Afzerin)﹐ 金丝桃甙(Hyperin)﹐ 槲皮素 (Quercitin) ﹐ 蘆丁(芸 香醇) (Rutin﹐) 綠原酸(Chlorogenic acid)﹐ β-谷甾醇( β-Sitoterol)﹐ 豆甾醇(Stigmasterol)﹐ 菠菜甾醇(Spinasterol),s 蕺菜鹼(Cordarine)。
花及果穗含 (flowers and fruits contain:) 異槲皮甙(Isoquercitrin)﹐ 檞皮素 (quercitin )
葉含 (leaves conain:) 本種的鱼腥氣味是由于含有癸酰乙醛 (decanoylacetaldehyde) (CH3-(CH2)8-COCH2-CHO) 所致。
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Dosage: 用量： | 10 to 25 g (do not boil for long time). External use: according to need 10∼25g。不宜久煎。外用適量。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例： | See:Acute infection, diarrhea |
Modern Applications: | 1. For treating inflammation of the respiratory tract. 2. For treating over expansion of bronchi. 3. For treating whooping cough 4. For water retention in the chest cavity caused by cancer 5. For preventing infection after surgery 6. For lowering fever 7. For treating bacterial diarrhea 8. For treating jaundice type of hepatitis 9. For treating kidney multiple syndroms 10. For treating ulceration of the neck of uterus 11. For treating inflammation of the pelvic area 12. For treating simple type of inflammation of the cornea 13. For treating sinus inflammation of the nose 14. For treating inflammation ( with pus) of the middle ear 15. For treating measles 16. For treating epidemic type of tonsillitis 17. For treating tumors of the blood vessels 18. For preventing leptospira disease:
Effectiveness: out of 1603 farm workers who took yu xing cao pills only one person contacted the disease.[30] (formulae to be uploaded) |
Cautions: 注意： | Juice from fresh yu xing cao inhibits staphylococcus aureus. After heating, it is less effective. Heating may cause the essential oil, an active ingredient to evaporate. Thus it becomes less effective. Toxicity is mild. Vaginal applications have caused inflammation but symptoms subsided after stopping the applications. There are reports that injectiones of yu xing cao extract had caused allergic reaction of shock [32-33] and death [34], and also had caused skin atrophy type of skin inflammation [35]. 本品含揮發油，不宜久煎。 |
