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tán huā 曇花                  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu    朱 興國編 譯   

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Flos Epiphylli

Botanical name:

拉丁生物學 名﹕

 

Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.

 

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 gekkabejin (月下美人)[1]

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

 taam4 fa1

Other Names:

別名

qiong hua 瓊花,feng hua 鳳花,jin gou lian 金鉤 蓮,yue xia mei ren (beauty under the moonlight) 月下 美人

Common Name:

英文名﹕

 Dutchman's pipe [1], Dutchman's pipe cactus [2]

Distribution:

產地﹕

All over China

中國各地

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

neutral, bland, slightly cold.

平,淡,微寒

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

heart, lung.

心,肺。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

 

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For treatment of cough due to heat in the lung, consumption, spitting out blood, bleeding not during menses, palpitation, imsomnia.

清肺止咳,凉血止血,心安神。主肺咳 嗽;肺痨;咯血;崩漏;心悸;失眠

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

9~18 g

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

do nott drink the raw juice of the herb in case of pixu (spleen deficient).

脾虛者 不可服鮮汁。

[1]http://www2.mmc.atomi.ac.jp/web01/Flower%20Information%20by%20Vps/Flower%20Albumn/ch6-foreign%20flowers/ghekkabijin.htm

[2] http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=EPOX


 

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