Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Nelumbinis Plumula |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Nelumbo nucifera Gaerth. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | renshin |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | yonsim |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | lin4 sam1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | yi 薏,ku yi 苦薏,lian yi 蓮薏,lian xin 蓮心,lian hua 蓮華。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | lotus plumule |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Mainly produced in Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang provinces. 主產湖南,湖北,福建,江蘇,浙江等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, cold. 苦,寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | heart, lung, kidney. 心,肺,腎。 |
Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | For treatment of high fever, delusion, over sweating, dry mouth and thirst, insomnia, spermatorrhea and hypertension. 溫病至極之高熱,神昏譫語,出汗過多,口乾口渴 ,失眠,遺精,高血壓。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Liensinine 蓮心鹼,isoliensinine 異蓮心鹼,neferine 甲基蓮心鹼, nuciferine 荷葉鹼,pronuciferine 前荷葉鹼,lotoflavin 牛角花素,methyl-corypalline 甲基紫堇杷靈, higenamine去甲基烏藥鹼, flavonoid 黃酮類:水 犀草甙,hyperin 金絲桃甙,butin 芸香甙等。 |
Dosage: 每日用 量﹕ | for decoction: 3 g to 15 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 ~ 2 g. 煎湯,3 克~15 克;浓 缩中药 0.5~2.0克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For: promoting urination and bowel movements Name of formula: lian xin san 《source: Pu Ji Fang 》 Composition: lian xin 49 pieces, bake on earthen tile, make into powder. Add a little tea leaves, a spoon of honey and mix with drinking water. Make into one serving. 蓮心散《 方源:普濟方》: 主治: 大小便不通。 組成:蓮心49粒 (瓦上焙干,為末),建茶1小挑,蜜1匙。 以上作1服,水半盞,調勻服之。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | 蓮子心提取液對超氧陰離子和羥自由基的清除作用 Scavenging Effects of Lotus Germ Extraction on Superoxide Anion and Hydroxyl Radical |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) 脾虛者忌服。 |