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zhi mu  知母   (in English and Chinese 中英文)
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Anemarrhena Rhizome

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Anemarrhena aspodeloidea Bunge.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

chimo

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

chimo

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

zi1 mou5

Other Names:

別名﹕

suan ban zi cao 蒜瓣子草, lian mu 連母

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Common Anemarrhena Rhizome

Distribution:

產地﹕

Mainly in Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, North Eastern Provinces.

主產地區﹕河北, 陝西, 内蒙古, 陝西,東北。
 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

cold, bitter, sweet.

性寒,味苦﹐甘。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. lowers blood sugar

  2. antipyretic,

  3. sedative

  4. antibiotic

  5. timosaponin AIII possesses anti-thrombotic effect [1]

 

  1.  降 血 糖

  2.  解 熱

  3.  鎮 靜

  4.  抗生素作用

  5. 知母皂AⅢ有抗血栓形成的功效。

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

yinxu (yin deficient)  with  afternoon fever and night sweating, constipation; toothache due to heat in stomach, diabetes with heat syndrome, edema, cough due to heat in the lung, constipation, and difficulty in urination..

滋 陰 降 火 , 潤 燥 滑 腸 , 滋 腎 水 。胃 火 牙 痛 ,陰 虛 發 熱 , 骨 蒸 潮 熱 , 盜 汗 , 消 渴﹐ 肺 熱咳嗽﹐ 二便不利。。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

  1. 固醇類皂甙 (steroid type of saponin),

  2. 知 母皂甙 ( timosaponin A1﹐ A2﹐ A3﹐ A4﹐ B1﹐ B2﹐ A - I﹐ A - III )

  3. 黃酮配 糖體 ( xanthone C-glycoside ) ,

  4. 芒果甙 ( mangiferin ) ﹐

  5. 鞣質 (tannin)﹐

  6. 粘液 (jelly)﹐

  7. 烟酸 (niacin)﹐

  8. 胆鹼 (choline)

  9. 脂肪 (fat)。

Daily Dosage:

每日用量 ﹕

10 to 20 g. Concentrated Extract: 0.5 to 2 g.

10~20 ;濃縮中藥:0.52.

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

suan zao ren tang 酸棗仁湯

bai hu tang  白虎湯

bai hu jia gui zhi tang  白虎加桂枝湯

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

Do not use in cases diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient). Use with care for those who are prone to bleeding.

脾 虛﹐ 大 便 溏 泄 者 忌 用 。容易出血者小心應用。

[1] Military Medical Journal, 2006, issue 4.

[1] 军事医学》2006年第04期 作者:李素燕;赵振虎;裴海云;熊呈琦;韩颖;马百平;毛秉智;从玉文

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