Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Flos Hylocerei |
Botanical name: 拉丁生物學名﹕ | Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. et Rose |
Japanese: 日語﹕ | byakurenkaku (白蓮閣) |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | gim3 faa1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | - liang tian che 量天尺花，
- ba wang hua 霸王花(《嶺南採藥錄》)，
- tan hua 曇花(《廣州植物志》)，
- qi xin jian hua 七星劍花，
- long gu hua 龍骨花(《廣東中藥》Ⅱ)，
- ba wang bian 霸王鞭(廣州空軍《常用中草藥手冊，)。
The fruit are called hong long guo (red dragon fruit), huo long guo (fire dragon fruit), xian ren zhang guo (cactus fruit).
其果實被稱為紅龍果，火龍果，仙人掌果
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ | red pitaya |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Australian, Taiwan, Haiwaii, and Hainan, also in Fujian, Guangdong provinces of China. 分布在澳大利亞，台灣島，夏威夷以及中國大陸的海南，福建，廣東等地， |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, slightly cold. 甘，微寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | lung 肺 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | For treatment of infection, soothing the lungs. Being used in TB, bronchitis, TB of lymph nodes in the neck, tonsillitis. 清熱潤肺。治肺結核，支氣管炎，頸淋巴結結核，腮腺炎。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 卅一烷 (Hentriacontane)， β-谷甾醇(β-Sitosterol) |
Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | For oral consumption: 9 to 18 g in decoction. 內服：煎湯，9~18 克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For arresting pain, getting rid of hot phlegm and cough: make soup with pork and take orally. "止氣痛，理痰火咳嗽，和豬肉煎湯服之。"②《嶺南採藥錄》 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | |