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Chelidonium majus 白屈菜

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Herba Chelidonii
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Chelidonium majus
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	kusanoou
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	baek kut chae
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	baak6 wat1 coi3
Other Names: 別名﹕	da bai qu cai 大白屈菜，xiong huang cao 雄黃草，guan yin cao 觀音草， di huang lian 地黃連，niu jin hua 牛金花(《植物名匯》)，土黃連(《東北藥植志》)，ba bu jing 八步緊，duan chang cao 斷腸草，shan xi gua 山西瓜(《遼寧經濟植物志》)，雄黃草(《陝西中藥志》)，shan huang lian 山黃連(《遼寧常用中草藥手冊》)，jia huang lian 假黃連(《東北常用中草藥手冊》)，xiao ye ren xue cao 小野人血草(《陝西中草藥》)。
Common Name: 英文名﹕	greater celandine
Distribution: 產地﹕	Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, provinces, northeastern and northern part of China.; also found in Korea, Japan, Middle Est and Europe. 分佈於我國東北，華北及山東，河南，陝西，甘肅，江蘇，江西等省。朝鮮，日本，中亞地區至歐洲也有分布。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	bitter, cool, toxic. 苦，涼。有毒。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	lung, heart, kidney. 肺，心，腎。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	In general it is used in pain, coughing, gastritis, ulcer of stomach, abdomen pain, diarrhe, jaundice, chronic bronchitis, whooping cough. External application is being used in dermatitis from working in wet rice fields, insect bites. Roots: for treating blood stasis due to overwork, irregular menses, pain during menses. Whole herb with roots: being used in arresting swelling, pain, toxin. It is being used in pain in the digestive tract and ulcers. It is being used in Europe for gall bladder stone and weak digestion. This herb is not commonly used in China today. 一般用於清熱解毒，止痛，止咳。用於胃炎，胃潰瘍，腹痛，腸炎，痢疾，黃疸，慢性氣管炎，百日咳；外用治水田皮炎，毒虫咬傷。 根: 破瘀止痛，主治勞傷瘀血，月經不調，痛經等症。 帶根全草: 能消腫，止痛，解毒，主治蛇咬傷，瘡癤，疔毒，多用為鎮痛藥，治胃腸疼痛及潰瘍等症。 在歐州用於治療膽石症和消化不良。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	白屈菜鹼（chelidonine），白屈菜紅鹼（chelerythrine），血根鹼（sanguinarine）α-，β-，γ-高白屈菜鹼（α-, β-homochelidonine），普托品（protopine），小檗鹼(berberine)，黃連鹼 ( Coptisine )，白屈菜酸 （chelidonic acid），膽鹼 (choline) ，芸香甙 (rutin) 等。 種子含脂肪油 (Seed contains fat)。葉及幼苗含白屈菜醇 (leaves and young shoots contain celidoniol）
Dosage: 用量﹕	for decoction: 3 to 9 g. for external use: appropriate amount. Grind into powder and make into paste or smash and apply to affect areas. 3 ~ 9 克；外用適量，研粉調膏或搗爛敷患處。
Samples of formulae:處方舉例﹕	For treatment of diarrhea and abdomen ache; cough: bai qu cai 1.5 g to 6 g. Boil with water. Take orally. (Northeastern Province Commonly Use Herb Hand Book) 治瀉痢腹痛，咳嗽：白屈菜五分至二錢，水煎服。(《東北常用中草藥手冊》)
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	It may trigger autoimmune system and induce hepatitis. This herb is not commonly used in China today. 可誘發自身免疫性肝炎。此藥现在已少用。