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Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Rhizoma Cimicifugae

Biological name:

拉丁名：

Cimicifuga foetida, L. var, intermedia, Regel (sheng ma 升麻)

Cimicifuga heracleifolia, Kom. (da san ye sheng ma大三葉升麻)

Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim. (xing an sheng ma興 安 升麻)

Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. (bei mei sheng ma 北美升麻)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

shoma

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

sungma

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

sing1 maa4

Other Names:

別名﹕

xi sheng ma, hei sheng ma, jue long ya gen, bei sheng ma﹐lu sheng ma, ji gu sheng ma, xi sheng ma, chuan sheng ma.

西升麻﹐黑升 麻﹐窟窿牙根﹐北升麻﹐綠升麻﹐雞骨升麻﹐西升麻﹐川升麻.

Common Name:

英文名：

Bugbane rhizome of Siberia, bugbane rhizome of China (Cimicifuga foetida, L.), black Cohosh Rhizome (Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. )

Distribution:

分佈﹕

Distribution:

1. sheng ma: in northern, southern, middle,  western part of China, Siberia, northern Mongolia, Kashmir, and western Europe

2. da san ye sheng ma: in north eastern part of China

3. xing an sheng ma: in north eastern, northern and middle part of China

4. bei mei sheng ma (Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.) in North America

分佈﹕

1. 升 麻 ﹕分佈於華 南 , 華 中 , 華 北 , 華 西 各 地 ，西伯利亞，蒙古北部，克什米爾，和西歐。

2. 大 三 葉 升 麻 ﹕ 分佈於 東 北 各 地 。

3. 興 安 升 麻 ﹕分 布 東 北 , 華 北 , 華 中 各 地 。

4. 北美升麻：北美洲。

Properties (characteristics)：

性味：

sweet, acrid, slightly cold

味甘,辛，性微寒

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

lung, spleen, large intestine, stomach

歸肺, 脾, 大腸, 胃經 。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

rids of heat and toxin. for influenza, measles, sore and swollen throat, toothache, gingivitis, swollen eyes,  dull headache, migraine, hemorrhoids, rectum prolapse due to chronic diarrhea, prolapse of uterus.

解熱﹐解毒﹐抗炎。 用于治感冒﹐麻疹﹐咽喉腫痛 ﹐牙痛﹐牙周 炎﹐眼睛腫脹﹐偏頭痛﹐痔瘡﹐久痢脫肛，子宮下垂。

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

Medical Function:

1. antipyretic

2. inhibits pain

3. inhibits edema

4. calming

5. lower blood pressure

6. inhibits ulcers

藥理﹕

1. 解 熱

2. 鎮 痛

3. 抗 浮 腫

4. 鎮 靜

5. 降 血 壓

6. 抑 制 潰 瘍

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份：

Dosage:

用量：

1.5 ~ 10 g in decoction.

1.5 ~ 10 克。入煎劑。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉 例：

sheng ma ge gen tang 生麻葛根湯

yi zi tang   乙字湯

Modern Research:

Cautions:

注意﹕

Not to use:

1. when measles is fully ripened,

2. breathing difficulty due to heat from yinxu (yin deficient)