Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Rhizoma Dioscoreae nipponicae |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Dioscorea nipponica Makino Dioscorea nipponica Makino subsp.rosthornii(Prain et Burkill) C.T.Ting synonyms: [4] Dioscorea acerifolia Uline ex Diels. Dioscorea giraldii R. Knuth |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | cyun1 saan1 lung4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | chuan long gu | 穿龍骨 | chuan di long | 穿地龍 | gou shan yao | 狗山藥 | shan chang shan | 山常山 | chuan shan gu | 穿山骨 | huo teng gen | 火藤根 | fen bi xie | 粉萆薢 | huang jiang | 黃姜 | tu shan shu | 土山薯 | zhu gen shu | 竹根薯 | tie gen shu | 鐵根薯 | xiong jiang | 雄姜 | huang bian | 黃鞭 | di long gu | 地龍骨 | shan hua la | 山花啦 | jin gang gu | 金剛骨 | chuan shan long | 串山龍 | chuan long shu yu | 穿龍薯蕷 | ye shan yao | 野山藥 | ji tou gu | 雞頭骨 |
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ | |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places. 內蒙古、黑龍江、吉林、遼寧、河北、河南、山西、陜西、甘肅、四川、貴州、湖北、湖南、山東、安徽、江蘇、浙江、江西等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, bitter, warm. 甘,苦,溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | |
Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | arresting cough expelling phlegm soothing asthma cardiovascular effect:In a rabbit study the total saponins of 10mg/kg can significantly reduce blood cholesterol and blood pressure, lower heart rate, increase heart contraction amplitude, increase urine output, reduce the β / α ratio of lipoprotein improving coronary circulation. It may be effective for patients with mild atherosclerosis. Anti-cancer effect: chuan shan long inhibited the invasion of oral cancer cells and may have potential use as a chemopreventive agent against oral cancer metastasis.[1] inhibitory potential against fat absorption thus may have anti obesity effect. [4] anti-inflammatory effect [6] 鎮咳 祛痰 平喘 對心血管作用:總皂甙10mg/kg能顯著降低兔血膽甾醇及血壓,延緩心率、增強心收縮振幅、增加尿量、降低β/α脂蛋白比例,改善冠狀循環,認為對輕度動脈粥樣硬化病人有效。 可能對脂肪吸收有抑制作用,而有減肥作用。【4】 抗炎作用【6】 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for improving circulation, relaxing muscles, helping digestion and as diuresis, expectorant, stopping malaria, arresting muscle and joint pain due to wind,cold and dampness, chronic bronchitis, indigestion, injuries and sprain, treating malaria, and carbuncles. 活血舒筋,消食利水,祛痰截瘧。治風寒濕痹,慢性氣管炎,消化不良,勞損扭傷,瘧疾,癰腫。 |
Chemical ingredients: [2] 化學成份﹕【2】 | dioscin | 薯蕷皂甙 | gracillin | 纖細薯蕷皂甙 | asperin | 穗菝葜甾甙 | 25-D-spirosta-3,5-diene | 25-D-螺甾-3,5-二烯 | piscidic acid | 對羥基苄基酒石酸 |
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Dosage: 用 量﹕ | Oral: make into decoction, 15 to 30 g. (fresh herb, double the amount), or soak in rice wine. External application: smash and apply. 內服:煎湯,0.5~1兩(鮮者1~2兩);或浸酒。外用:鮮品搗敷 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉 例﹕ | For sore loin and legs, numbness in muscle: Prescription: fresh chuan shan long roots and rhizoma 60 g, some brown sugar. Simmer with a pot of water. Use as tea. It can be reboil 5 or 6 times. [5] 治腰腿酸痛,筋骨麻木:鮮穿山龍根莖二兩。水一壺,可煎用五、六次,加紅糖效力更佳。[5] |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Injectiones made from decoction on mice the LD50 on the first group was 9.9 g crude drug / kg. The LD50 of the second goup was 19 g crude drug / kg. Oral saponins, the LD50 was 2.21 ± 0.14 g / kg. 小鼠腹腔註射煎劑半數致死量第一批制劑為9.9克生藥/公斤,第二批為19克生藥/公斤。口服總皂甙,小鼠半數致死量為2.21±0.14克/公斤 |