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tong cao 通草   (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Medulla Tetrapanacis papyriferis

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Tetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K .Koch

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

tsuso

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

tongcho

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

tung1 cou2

Other Names:

別名﹕

 da tong cao 大通草,tong hua 通花,fang cao 方草,tong tuo mu 通脫木,huo duo 活奪,li nan 離南。

處方用名:通草,方通草,絲通草,穿 方通

Common Name:

英文名﹕

rice paper plant pith

Distribution:

產地﹕

mainly produced in Taiwan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan provinces of China.

主產臺灣,貴州,廣西,雲南。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bland, slightly cold, nontoxic.

甘 ,淡,寒 ,無毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, stomach.

歸肺,胃經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. diuretic effect
  2. increases excretion of potassium in urine
  3. lactagogues (promoting the flow of breast milk)
  4. polysaccharide of tong cao possesses the effect of regulating auto-immune system and anti-oxidant

 

  1. 利尿作用。
  2. 增加尿鉀排出量。
  3. 促進乳汁分泌。
  4. 通草多糖具有調節免疫和抗氧化的作用。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in typhoid, paratyphoid with dark urine,  pain in gonorrhea, edema scanty urine, and lack of mother's milk.

用於濕溫 ()(腸 傷寒及副傷寒)尿赤,淋病澀痛,水腫尿少,乳汁不下。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 
   
chikusaikoside I, II [2] 草柴胡甙 I, II
tetrapanax papyriferus saponins R-3, R-1-a, R-4b [2]  
chikuetsusaponins I-B, IV [2]  
papyriogenins A,C,D,E [2]  
16-epi-saikogenin C [2]  
inositol 肌醇
  聚戌糖
  多聚基戌糖
arabinose 阿拉伯糖
lactose 乳糖
galacturonic acid 半乳糖醛酸
flavonoids from fruits and flowers:[1]  
kaempferol 7-O-(2-E-p-coumaroyl-alpha-l-rhamnoside) 山奈酚7 - O(2-E-p-香豆酰-α- L -鼠李糖甙)
 kaempferol 7-O-(2,3-di-E-p-coumaroyl-alpha-l-rhamnoside) 山奈酚7 - O(2,3-E-p-香豆酰-α- L -鼠李糖甙)
   

 

Dosage:

用量﹕

2~5 g

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

cui ru tang 催乳湯

Modern Research:

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Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

yinxu (yin deficient) with qixu (qi deficient) and without damp-heat or during pregnancy should no use.

 氣 虛兼有陰 虛,內無濕 熱 者及孕婦忌用。

[1] J Nat Prod. 2005 Dec;68(12):1773-5.

[2] www.wpro.who.int/internet/files/pub/97/273.pdf

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