Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Gracilaria coforvoides (菊花巧味芽 ) ， Gracilaria gigas (大莖巧味芽) ， Gracilaria chorda (野生長種 ) ， Gracilaria lichenoides (東港紗仔) Gracilaria compressa (烏芎) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kanten (寒天) |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | daai6 coi3 (大菜) |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | cai yan 菜燕, yang cai 洋菜, da cai 大菜 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | gracilaria, agar agar (Malay and Indonesian name) |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, salty, cold. 苦，鹹，寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | lung, spleen, kidney 肺 ，脾 ，腎經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for treatment of chronic constipation with intestinal atony, tuberculosis of lymph nodes, tumor of the thyroids, abdominal mass, edema, beriberi, swelling of testicles. 治長期便秘或腸無力,瘰癧，癭瘤，積聚，水腫，腳氣，睾丸腫痛。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Dry long xu cai: 乾基 Crude Fat: 6.22% 粗脂肪 Crude Protein: 71.65% 粗蛋白 Ash: 15.79% 灰份 Fe: 1,041 (mg/100g) 鐵 Ca: 4,896 (mg/100g) 鈣 Wet long xu cai: 濕基 Water: 91.64% 水份 Fat: 0.52% 粗脂肪 Crude Protein: 5.99% 粗蛋白 Ash: 1.32% 灰份 Fe: 87.00 (mg/100g) 鐵 Ca: 409.28 (mg/100g) 鈣 |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | in decoction: 5 to 15 g 煎湯：5 ~ 15 g |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) or qixu (qi deficient) with Blood deficient . Not compatible with gan cao. 如脾虛蕴濕或血虛 兼有氣虛 者勿用之。反甘草。 |