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han lian cao   旱蓮草    (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba ecliptae

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Eclipta prostrata LinnEclipta alba (L.) Hassk.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kanrenso

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

hannyonch'o

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hon5 lin4 cou2

Other Names:

別名﹕

wu tian cao, mo han lian, lian zi cao, wu xin cao, han lian cao, shui han lian, mo shui cao, li chang .

烏田草﹐墨旱蓮﹐蓮子草﹐烏心草﹐旱蓮草﹐水旱蓮﹐墨水草﹐鱧腸。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

 

Distribution:

產地﹕

Mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, the Philippine Islands, and other subtropical areas.

臺灣﹐中國大陸﹐韓國﹐日本﹐菲律賓等亞洲熱帶地區。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, sour, and slightly cold.

甘﹐酸,微寒。

Medical functions:

enables lab animals to regain function of the weakened immune system.

Its flavonoids can inhibit lipid peroxidation and damage of DNA. by hydroxyl radical. [1]

能使動物恢復退化的免疫系統。

其總黃酮能有效清除活性氧自由基,對卵磷脂脂質過氧化和DNA氧化損傷有顯著抑制作用。【1】

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

liver, kidney

肝﹐腎經。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For yinxu (yin deficient), vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, diarrhea with blood, excessive bleeding during menopause, and bleeding from external injuries.

功能﹕ 涼血止血,滋補肝腎,清熱解毒。

陰虛﹕牙齒鬆動,鬚髮早白,眩暈耳鳴,腰膝酸軟,血熱。

並用於﹕吐血﹐衄血﹐尿血﹐血痢,崩漏下血,外傷出血。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕【2】

apigenin 芹菜素
luteolin 木樨草素
quercetin 槲皮素
apigenin-7-O-glucoside 芹菜素-7-氧-葡萄糖苷
luteolin-7-O-glucoside 木樨草素-7-氧-葡萄糖苷
ecliptine 鯉腸素

Dosage:

用量﹕

 10~20克;濃縮中藥:0.52克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Premature white hair and patchy baldness:

Formula 1: squeeze han lian cao to get juice. Massage into scalp.

Formula 2:

Name of Formula: sang shen hei fa wan (ben cao gang mu)

Composition:

Preparation: Soak nu zhen zi in white rice wine for a day. Drain, then steamed thoroughly, and dry under the sun and then make into fine powder. Store sang shen zi in a dry place till dry and make into fine powder. Store han lian cao in a dry place till dry and make into fine powder. Mix all 3 powder together and mix with cooked, evaporated honey and make into pills with the sizes of sweet peas.

Take 70 to 80 pills per day with lightly salted water.

Editor's note: in cases of yinxu (yin deficient), use plain drinking water instead of salted water.

少年白髮和斑禿﹕將新鮮旱蓮草榨汁,外用塗於患處,

桑堪黑髮丸《本草綱目》

處方: 女貞子 620克,桑椹300克,旱蓮草300克。

用法:女貞子(冬青樹子)浸入白酒中,日內取出蒸透晒乾,研細末(最好選用農曆十月採收的);桑椹子(農曆月收,陰乾)為末;旱蓮草(五月收,陰乾)為末,共和勻,煉蜜丸如梧子大,每服70~80丸,淡鹽湯送下。

功效:強腰膝,治白髮。

主治:肝腎陰虛,腰膝無力,衰老髮白。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

not suitable for pixu (spleen deficient) weak digestion.

脾虛者不宜用。

【1】http://journal.shouxi.net/qikan/article.php?id=464564

【2】 林朝朋,芮漢明,潘艷麗. 墨旱蓮黃酮類化合物的水提取研究[J].廣州食品工業科技,2005,20(3):21.

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