Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Uvae Ursi, Folium Uvae Ursi |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kuma kokemomo （熊苔桃） |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | hung 4 mui4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | bearberry, kinnikinnick, pinemat manzanita, carillo, mealberry, mountain box, mountain cranberry, hog cranberry, sandberry, sagackhomi, bear's berry, arberry. |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | northern latitudes and high mountains of Europe, Asia and America. 歐洲，亞洲，與美洲，北部與高山 地區。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter 味苦 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | Arbutin exercises an antiseptic effect on the urinary mucous membrane, inhibits production of melanin, heals cuts and anti-inflammatory. 抑制黑色素的生成，利 尿, 防腐, 潤膚 ，愈創，殺菌和協同抗炎。。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | inflammatory infection diseases of the urinary tract, urethritis, cystisis, kidney stones, hemorrhoids. As diurectics. For external use: as an astringent wash for cuts and scrapes. 用於腎及膀胱感染, 腎結石, 糖尿病及痔瘡。 當作利尿劑。 外用﹕割傷﹐劃傷。煎湯洗患處。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | - arbutin (crystallizable glucoside) 熊果苷
- hydroquinone glycoside, 苯二酚甙
- methylarbutin, 甲基熊果酚甙
- ericolin (an ill-defined glucoside), 石南素
- ursone (a crystalline substance of resinous character), 烏索酸,熊果酸
- gallic acid, 没食子酸
- ellagic acid, (a yellow colouring principle resembling quercetin)s 聯二沒食子酸內酯, 逆沒食子酸, 並沒食子酸, 胡頹子酸, 鞣花酸,
- myricetin. 楊梅黄酮
- tannin (6 to 7 per cent). 單寧 （6～7%）
- ash about 3 % .灰 份大约3%
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 3 g in decoction. 煎湯用3克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | The water extract of the leaf increases the inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on the allergic and inflammatory activities. [1] 熊果樹葉之水煎剤可增强地塞米松之抗過敏與抗發炎作用。【1】 |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | |
