Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名：

Pseudobulbus Shancigu

Biological name:

拉丁學名：

Cremastra variabilis (Bl.) Nakai

Cremastra appendiculate

Pleione bulbocodioides

Pleione yunnanensis

(sometime Iphigeniae Indicae Kunth. et Benth, a toxic plant, mistakenly identified as shan ci gu)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

sanjiko

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

sanjago

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

saan1 ci4 gu1

Common Name:

英文名：

bulb of Chinese tulip, cremastra

Distribution:

分佈：

Guizhou, Sichuan (cremastra),

Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangdong (Tulipa)

Properties (characteristics):性味﹕

sweet, cold, acrid, slightly toxic

味甘微辛﹐性寒﹐有小毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, stomach

肝﹐胃。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

clears heat and fire toxicity. For boils, TB of the lymph nodes, breast cancer, cancer of cervix uteri,( cervix, neck of uterus, neck of womb),

lung cancer, tumor of the lymph.

Can be use internally and externally

External use: make into paste and apply to affect parts.

用於瘡瘍腫毒﹐瘰癘結核以, 乳腺癌﹐宮頸癌﹐肺癌﹐淋巴 肉瘤等

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

Chemical ingredients:

Dosage:

3 to 6 g as decoctions. For external use: use appropriate amount.

Samples of formulae:

For leukemia: dan fan san 蛋礬散

Modern Research:

Toxicity:

The ingredient  colchicine is  very toxic.

Symptoms of toxicity: frequent vomiting, intensive  pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, bleeding of the digestive tract, dehydration, acidosis, shock, anxious, coma, lack of urine.

It might cause death in serious cases

Cautions:

Not to be used in deficient cases (weak).

Allergic reaction: frequent vomiting, intensive pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, bleeding of the 

digestive tract, dehydration, acidosis, shock, anxious, coma, lack of urine. 

It might cause death in serious cases

禁忌：虚証忌用。