| Present day application: 現代應 用： | chyluria, vaginal yeast infection, bed wetting of small children. 乳糜尿、婦女白帶、小兒遺尿、高脂血症。 |
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | - Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae (绵萆薢)
- Rhizoma Dioscoreae Tokoro (山萆薢)
- Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae (粉萆薢)
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Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Dioscorea sativa L; (山萆薢) Dioscorea collettii Hook. f. var. hypoglauca (palib.) pei et Ting (粉背薯蕷) Dioscorea hypoglauca Palib(粉背薯蕷) Dioscorea collettii Hook.f.(叉蕊薯蕷) Dioscorea todoro Mak.(山 萆薢) Dioscorea gracillima Miq(纖 細薯蕷) Dioscorea futschauensis R.Kun (福 州薯蕷) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | hikai |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | pihae |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | bei1 gaai1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | chuan bi xie 川萆薢，shan bi xie 山萆薢，fen bi xie 粉萆薢。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | fish poison yam rhizome |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Mainly produced in southern part of Henan, southern part of Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, northern part of Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Northern part of Guangdong, Northeastern part of Guangxi provices of China. 分布於河南南部，安徽南部，浙江，福建，台灣北部，江西，湖北，湖南， 廣東北部，廣西東北部等省區。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, neutral and nontoxic. 苦，平，無毒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, stomach and bladder. 歸肝，胃，膀胱經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | - antibiotic effect,
- ridding of parasites effect,
- lowering cholesterol effect,
- inhibiting cancer cell effect
有抗菌殺虫作用，能降低血清膽固醇，可抑制腫瘤細胞。 (出處：中國中醫藥報) |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for treatment of arthritis, glomerulonephritis, chronic prostatitis, chyluria, and chronic pelvic inflammation. 關節炎，腎小球腎炎，慢性前列腺炎，尿路感染，乳糜尿，慢性盆腔炎等。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 薯 蕷 皂 苷 ( Dioscin ) ， 山 萆 薢 元 ( Tokorogenin ) ， 纖 細 薯 蕷 苷 ( Gracillin ) ， 考 蓋 元 ( Kogagenin ) ， 薯 蕷 元 ( Diosgenin ) ， 雅 姆 元 ( Yamogenin ) ， 約 諾 皂 ( Yononin ) ， 山 萆 薢 皂 ( Tokoronin ) 等 。 叉 蕊 薯 蕷 含 二 甲 基 叉 蕊 酚 (Dioscorea collettii Hook.f contains Dimethyl-terephthalate ) ， 纖 細 薯 蕷 含 喃 醇 (Dioscorea gracillima Miq contains Furost-5-ene-3β,22,26-friol 3,26-bis-O-glycoside ) 。 |
Dosage: 用 量﹕ | 10 to 15 g. 10～15 克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方 舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Do not use in cases of shenyinxu (kidney yin deficient) According to Ben Cao Jing Ji Zhu, use with yi yi ren. Incompatible with sunflower roots, da huang, chai hu, mo li, qian hu. According to Ben Cao Jing Shu , do no use if the lower part of the body does not have yeast infection, or dripping after urination, or pain in the penis due to yinxu (yin deficient) or back pain due to shenxu (kidney deficient) . According to Ben Cao Bei Yao, it is not compatible with tea or vinigar. According to Ben Jing Feng Yuan, in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with spermatorrhea, or premature ejaculation due to weakness, frequent urination, urgent feeling the need of defecation, using bi xie may cause sickness to become worse. 腎陰虛者 忌服。
①《本 草經集注》：薏 苡仁為之使。
畏葵根，大 黃 ，柴 胡，牡 蠣，前 胡。
②《本草經疏》：下部無濕，陰 虛火熾，以致溺有餘瀝，莖中痛，及腎 虛腰痛，並不宜服。
③《本草備要》：忌茶葉，醋。
④《本經逢原》：陰 虛精滑及元氣下陷不能攝精，小便頻數，大便引急者，誤用病必轉劇。 |