Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Praeparatio Fructus Ulmus macrocarpae |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Ulmus macrocarpa Hance |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | bu i |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | muje |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | mou4 tai4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | | dian tang | 殿蓎（《本經》） | | wu yi | 無夷（《爾雅》郭璞注） | | wu yi ren | 蕪荑仁（《千金方》） | | shan yu zi | 山榆子（《千金·食治》） | | shan yu ren | 山榆仁（《本草拾遺》） | | bai wu yi | 白蕪荑（《聖惠方》） | | da guo yu hu | 大果榆糊（《藥材學》） | | da guo yu | 大果榆 |
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ | fruit made from stinking elm, ulmus |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Distributed in northeastern China, northern China, and Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan provinces, and other places. 分佈於東北、華北及陝西、甘肅、青海、江蘇、安徽、河南等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, acrid, warm. 苦，辛，溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach. 脾，胃。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | rid of parasites anti fungus 驅蟲 抗真菌 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Malnutrition in children; chronic diarrhea, dysentery; malignant sore; scabies, tinea (including ringworm, athlete's foot and jock itch) [2] 小兒疳積；久瀉久痢；惡瘡；疥癬, （包括金錢癬，香港腳，股癬) [2] |
Chemical ingredients: [2] 化學成份﹕【2】 | contains a variety of vegetable oils, vitamins, tannins, sugars, a little alkaloids and saponins. 含多種植物油及維生素，鞣質，糖類， 並含少許生物鹼及皂甙。 |
Dosage: 用 量﹕ | Oral, in decoction 3 to 10 g, or mix into pills, plaster, and powder. External application: use appropriate amount. Grind into powder and mix into paste and appy. 內服，煎湯：3～10 克。或入丹，膏，丸，散。外用適量，研末調敷。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉 例﹕ | For treatment of parasites: syndrome: pain occurs immediately during eating, pale and yellowish colour in the face, pain can happen anytime. Prescription: wu yi kernels 60 g. Stir fry with flour till light brown. Make into powder. Mix 2 to 4 g with cooked rice water. Drink any time (Qian Jin Fang) 治脾胃有虫，食即痛，面黃無色，疼痛無時：蕪荑仁二兩，和麵炒令黃色，為末，非時，米湯飲調二錢匕(大若2~4克)。（《千金方》）[1] |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | those with pixu (spleen deficient) condition should use with care. 脾虛者慎服 |
