Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Cornu Bubali

Zoological name water buffalo:

水 牛 學名﹕

Bubalus bubalis

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

sui gyuu kaku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

mulso gak

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

seoi2 ngau4 gok3

Other Names:

別名﹕

mainly produced in eastern and southern parts of China.

主產於華東，華南地區。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

water buffalo horn

Distribution:

產地﹕

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

salty, cold.

鹹. 寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

heart, liver, spleen, stomach.

心 ，肝，脾，胃

藥理﹕

sedative effect, anticonvulsant, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory, anti-virus, shortens bleeding time, lowers the penetrating quality of capillaries.

鎮靜，鎮 驚 ，抗菌， 抗炎，抗 病毒，縮 短出血，降 低毛细血管通透性等。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in febrile diseases resulting in  headache, delirium, manic behavior, rash, vomiting of blood, nose bleeding, convulsion of children, painful and swollen throat.

For skin allergy: grind with water and apply to affected area.

It is suitable where heat is high resulting in purpura and different types of bleeding. It is not suitable for bleeding due topixu (spleen deficient) .

治熱病頭痛，發 高 熱 神昏，斑疹，吐血 ﹐ 鼻衄，小兒驚風，喉痺咽腫。

用 水 研 磨 ﹐外 敷 治 皮 膚 過 敏 反 應 。

水牛角適 用 於 熱 盛 而迫血妄行的皮下血斑等多種 出血。如果是因脾虛，脾不统血的皮下血斑，牙龈 出血者，則 不 可 用水牛角止血。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

1. Internal consumption with grinding with water: 6 to 15 g.

2. In decoction: 30 to 120 g, or

3. Make into pill or powder form

4. External use: grind with water and apply to affected areas.

1. 内服: 磨汁或研末，6～15 克 ；

2. 煎湯 ，30 ~ 120 克 ；或

3. 人丸，散。

4. 外用: 磨汁塗 患 處 。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

xi jiao di huang tang (shui niu jiao can be used instead of xi jiao)

犀角地黃湯  (水牛角可以用來代替犀角)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

A small number of patients, after taking this herb, showed discomfort of the stomach, flatulence, diarrhea, nausea, or insomnia.

Not to use during pregnancy. Not to use where there is no heat orin cases of pixu (spleen deficient) .

少数病人服用後 出現 胃部不 適 ，腹 部 脹 ，腹瀉 ，惡 心 等。亦有少数病人出现失眠。

孕婦慎用。 非實 熱 者不宜用。脾 虛者不宜使用。