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da bai qu cai 大白屈菜

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba Chelidonii

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Chelidonium majus L.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

daai6 baak6 gwat6 coi3

Other Names:

別名﹕

bai qu cai 白屈菜，xiong huang cao 雄黃草，guan yin cao 觀音草， di huang lian 地黃連，shan huang lian 山黃連，niu jin hua 牛金花(《植物名匯》)，tu huang lian 土黃連(《東北藥植志》)，ba bu jing 八步緊，duan chang cao (Beijing) 斷腸草（北京），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 Calandine Herb

Distribution:

產地﹕

Sichuan, Xinjiang, northern and east northern part of China, northern Asia, western Asia, and Europe. Mainly produced in north eastern and northern parts of China.

分佈在四川，新疆，華北和東北；亞洲的北部和西部，歐洲也有。主產東北，華北。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, cool, toxic.

苦，涼。有毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

In general it is used in pain, coughing, gastritis, ulcer of stomach, abdomen pain, diarrhea, 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-，γ-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（rutoside）等 etc。

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﹕

Take decoction orally: 3 to 9 g. External application: use appropriate amount. Grind and make into paste and apply to affected areas.

內服：煎湯，3 ~ 9 克。外用適量，研粉調膏或搗爛敷患處。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

It may trigger autoimmune system and induce hepatitis.