Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Embeliae |
Biological name: 拉丁文學名﹕ | Embelia oblongifolia hemsl (長圓葉酸藤果) Embelia ribes Burm. f. (白花酸藤) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | duo mai suan teng zi 多脉酸藤子，suan teng zi 酸藤子，suan teng guo 酸藤果，shen yan suan ji 山鹽酸雞，suan cu teng 酸醋藤，ru di long 入地龍。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | embelia, false black pepper, flase pepper. |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Ranges from India to Southern China and south to Indonesia; East Africa. |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, sour, neutral, astringent, sharp 甘﹐酸，平﹐涩﹐銳 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | |
Medical functions: 藥理： | 白花酸藤果实的50％乙醇提取物和苯提取物，给成熟的雄性大鼠灌胃後，皆能不同程度地使其動情周期延長［1］。摁貝素有驅絛虫作用（對蛔，鉤虫無效)。其瀉下作用很輕，故應同時服用瀉藥［2］。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for parasites of the skin, skin fungal infections, flatulence, constipation, hemorrhoids, pneumonia, mouth ulcers, toothache and sore throat, insanity and heart diseases, parasites of the intestine, sinusitis, edema, weak digestion, lack of appetite. 用於皮膚寄生蟲病，皮膚霉菌，食後腹脹，便秘，痔瘡，肺炎，口瘡，牙痛，喉嚨痛，精神病，心臟病，腸寄生蟲，亞瑪蟲 （鼻竇炎），浮腫，水腫，消化不良，食欲不振。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | Taking orally: 3 to 5 g grounded. Mix into pills or powder. 内服:研末，3～5g；或入丸，散。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ |
1．治胃腸，肛門，陰道虫病，皮癬，疥瘡 信筒子7g，阿魏
6g，紫丱(钅丱)5g，高莨姜
4g，麝香 3g，鐵杆蒿炭2g，蓽茇1g。制成散劑。每次1.5～3g，每日2～3次，溫開水送服。（《診治明醫典》七味信筒子散)
2．治消化不良，胃腹脹滿，噯氣
芡實30g，干姜25g，胡椒20g，信筒子15g，訶子10g，蓽茇，石榴各5g。制成散劑。每次1.5～3g，每日1～2次，溫開水送服。（《診治明醫典》七味芡實散) |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | |