Pharmaceutical name:
英文藥名﹕
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Medulla Tetrapanacis papyriferis |
Botanical name:
學名﹕
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Tetrapanax
papyriferus (Hook.) K .Koch |
Pron. in Japanese:
日語發音﹕
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tsuso |
Pron. in Korean:
韓語發音﹕
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tongcho |
Pron. in Cantonese:
粵音﹕
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tung1 cou2 |
Other Names:
別名﹕
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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。
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Common Name:
英文名﹕
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rice
paper
plant pith |
Distribution:
產地﹕
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mainly produced in Taiwan, Guizhou, Guangxi,
Yunnan provinces of China.
主產臺灣,貴州,廣西,雲南。
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Properties
(characteristics)﹕
性味﹕
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sweet, bland, slightly cold, nontoxic.
甘 ,淡,微寒
,無毒。
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Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕
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lung, stomach. 歸肺,胃經。
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Medical functions:
藥理﹕
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- diuretic effect
- increases excretion of potassium in urine
- lactagogues (promoting
the flow of breast milk)
- polysaccharide of tong cao possesses the effect
of regulating auto-immune system and anti-oxidant
- 利尿作用。
- 增加尿鉀排出量。
- 促進乳汁分泌。
- 通草多糖具有調節免疫和抗氧化的作用。
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Actions
& Indications:
主治﹕
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Being used in typhoid, paratyphoid with
dark urine, pain in gonorrhea, edema scanty urine, and lack of
mother's milk. 用於濕溫 (瘟)(腸
傷寒及副傷寒)尿赤,淋病澀痛,水腫尿少,乳汁不下。
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Chemical
ingredients:
化學成份﹕
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chikusaikoside
I, II [2] |
草柴胡甙 I, II |
tetrapanax papyriferus saponins R-3,
R-1-a, R-4b [2] |
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chikuetsusaponins I-B, IV [2] |
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papyriogenins A,C,D,E [2] |
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16-epi-saikogenin C [2] |
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inositol |
肌醇 |
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聚戌糖 |
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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] |
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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) |
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Dosage:
用量﹕
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2~5 g |
Samples of formulae:
處方舉例﹕
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cui ru tang 催乳湯 |
Modern
Research:
現代研究﹕
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Toxicity & Cautions:
毒素與禁忌﹕
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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。
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