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shi cao    蓍草 yarrow  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Edited by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名:

Herba Achilleae alpinae

Biological name:

拉丁名:

Achillea alpina Linn.

Achillea sibirica Ledeb.

Achillea millefolium Linn.

Common Names:

英文名:

yarrow, milfoil, thousand weed, nose bleed, carpenter's weed, bloodwort, devil's nettle, yarroway, soldier's wound wort and knight's milfoil.

Distribution:

分佈:

Europe, America and most part of Asia

欧洲,美洲,大部份之亞洲。

Properties (characteristics)

性味:

bitter, astringent, pungent and mildly toxic

苦,刺激性,有小毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經:

lung, kidney.

肺,腎。

Actions & Indications:

主治:

Diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, and  stimulant. Used in consumption and high blood pressure as a vaso-dilator. In the West it has been used in: colic, common cold, sore throat from cold, Crohn's disease, indigestion and heartburn, painful menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, ulcerative colitis, and overactive thyroid, tooth ache, rheumatism, and hemorrhoids.

作為發汗剤,收剤,補剤,刺激剤用。用於肺病,高血壓 (血管擴張剤)。在西方,用於治疝气,傷風,喉嚨痛,發炎性腸道疾病消化不良胸口爍痛,經痛,經前期綜合徵潰瘍性結腸炎,甲狀腺機能亢進,牙痛,風濕,痔瘡。

Other interesting uses:

其他:

It is an effective mosquito repellant. In ancient China it was used as tools for performing forecastings in using Yi Jing (I Ching).

作驅蚊剤很有效。在中國古時作占卜用。

Chemical ingredients:

 

 

化學成份﹕

  • (+)-camphor, chamazulene, cineole,

  • achillein, achilleic acid, aconitic acid,  inulin, resin, tannin,

  • ash of nitrates, phosphates, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride,

  • antibiotic and anti inflammatory ingredients: α-furoic acid, succinic acid, and fumarc acid.

  • alkaloids, flavonoids, sterol etc.

 

  • 油中含d-樟脑((+)-Camphor)﹐兰香油薁(Chamazulene)﹐桉油 素(Cineole)。

  • 蓍草苦素(Achillin),乌头酸(Aconitic acid),菊糖(Inulin), 樹脂﹐鞣酸。

  • 硝酸鹽﹐氯化鉀﹐氯化鈣﹐磷等。

  •    三種抗菌消炎的有效成分﹕α-呋喃酸(α-Furoic acid)﹐ 丁二酸(Succinic acid)﹐反丁烯二酸(Fumarc acid)。

  • 生物碱 (alkaloids)﹐内酯香豆精﹐黄酮 (flavonoids) ﹐酚性物﹐甾醇 (sterol) 等。

Caution:

禁忌:

there are reports of allergic reactions.

有過敏報告。

 

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