xian mao, Complementary and Alternative Healing University

xian mao 仙茅

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Rhizoma curculiginis

Biological name:

拉丁學名：

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

sembo

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

sinmo

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

sin1 maau4

Other Names:

別名:

xiao xian mao, du jiao si mao, shan zong, di zong, qian nian zong, fan long cao

小仙茅﹐獨腳絲茅﹐山棕﹐地棕﹐千年棕﹐番龍草。.

Common Name:

英文名：

golden eye-grass rhizome

Distribution:

分佈：

Sichuan, Yunan, Guizhou

四川，云南，贵州。

Properties (characteristics):

性味:

acrid, hot, mildly toxic

辛，熱。有微毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經:

kidney, liver, spleen.

腎﹐肝﹐脾。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

Tonifies kidneys, and improve yangxu (yang deficient), strengthen muscles; for impotence, lower back and knee pain, cold chest and abdomen, urinary incontinence due to kidney deficient.

溫腎陽，壯筋骨。陽萎精冷，遺尿崩漏，心腹冷痛，腰腳冷痺，癰疽火毒。

Medical Function:

藥理:

xian mao alcohol extract possesses effects of: resistance of high temperature, lack of oxygen, adapting high altitude, calming, antioxidant, liver protection, anti-seizures, effect of androgen.

仙茅醇浸劑有: 抗高溫，耐缺氧，適應高原，以及鎮靜﹐抗氧化 ﹐ 保肝作用 ﹐ 抗驚厥﹐雄性激素樣作用。

Chemical Ingredients:

化學成份:

to be loaded

Dosage:

3 to 10 g,

3-10 克。

Commonly Used formulae:

常用配方:

to be loaded

Modern Research:

现代研究：