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beng da wan, 崩大碗

lei gong gen, 雷公根        (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

  崩大碗

Centella Asiatica L.

source of picture:

Fu Lin Elementary School, Taiwan

臺灣臺 北,福林國小圖鑒

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名:

Herba Centella asiatica

Biological name:

拉丁學名:

Centella asiatica, L.

Hydrocotyle asiatica L.

Hydrocotyle erecta L. F.

Other name:

別名:

han ke cao

蚶殼草

lei gong cao

雷公草

lei gong teng (not to be confused with tripterygium wilfordii)

雷公藤(不是 tripterygium wilfordii)

ji xue cao

積雪草

lao gong gen

老公草

han ke cao

含殼草

di tang cao

地棠草

tong qian cao

銅錢草

na zi cao

吶子草

luo de da

落得打

ben ko wan

崩口碗

Pron. in korean:

韓語發音:

byeongpul 병풀

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音:

tsubo kusa

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音:

bang1 daai6 wun2

Common Name:[3]

外文名:

English :Asiatic pennywort,  Indian pennywort, Indian navelwort, gotu kola (Sinhalese origin)(英 語)

Hindi: ब॒हमामानडुकी, bemgsag, brahma manduki, brahmanduki, brahmi (North India, West India), gotu kola, khulakhudi, mandookaparni, mandukaparni (South India), mandukparni, Thankuni, 北印度語)

Malay/Indonesian: daun kaki kuda (Indonesia), gagan-gagan (Java), kerok batok (Java), antanan (West Java)[23], pegaga, pegagan, rendeng (馬來-印尼語)

Nepalese:braahamii (brahami), brahambuti, ghodtaapre (ghodtapre), ghorataap (ghortap), kholca ghayn (尼泊爾語)

Filipino: takip-kohol, takip-suso(tagalog),(菲利賓語)

Punjabi: brahmibuti (印度旁遮普語)

Sanskrit: brahamamanduki, brahma manduki, brahmi, divya, jalneem, mandukaparni, mandukparni, nandukparni, thankuni (梵語)

Sinhalese: gotu kola (錫蘭語)

Vietnamese: Cây Rau Má (越南語)

Distribution:

分佈:

tropical and sub-tropical areas: southern Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Southern part of mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, burma, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

熱帶與亞熱帶地區: 非洲南部,馬達加斯加,印度,錫蘭,巴基斯丹,中國南部,台灣,越南,泰國,緬甸,老撾國,馬來西亞,印尼,菲利賓等地。

Properties (characteristics)

性味:

cold, acrid, bitter

寒﹐辛﹐苦。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

bladder, spleen, stomach

膀胱﹐脾﹐胃。

Actions & Indications:

being used in:

用於:

inflammation and swelling,

發炎,發腫,

wounds,

傷口,

ridding of toxins,

去毒,

damp heat/infections, bladder infection, infectious diarrhea

下焦湿 熱:膀胱感染,感染性下痢,

as antipyretic,

作退焼藥,

hypertension,

高血壓

leprosy,

麻風,

psoriasis,

銀痟病

eczema,

濕疹

laryngitis,

喉頭炎,

injuries,

跌打損傷,

venous ulcers,

靜脈潰瘍

venous insufficiency/varicose vein

静脉功能不全/靜脈曲張

burns,

焼傷,

phlebitis,

靜脈炎,

rheumatoid arthritis,

風濕性關節炎,

bronchitis,

支氣管炎,

as diuretics, to reduce edema,

作利尿剤,退水腫,

coughing in Children and adults

小兒或大人咳嗽,

hemorrhoids,

痔瘡,

balancing the nervous system

調整神經,

improving memory ,

增强記憶,

improving eyesight.

增强眼力,

ridding of itchiness of mosquito bites by applying externally.

外用止蚊 虫叮之痕癢,

neutralizing toxin of tapioca.

用於中和木 薯之毒,

strengthening circulation and blood vessels.

增强血管與增强循環,

nerve regeneration

神經再生,

inhibiting the forming of too much collagen  inside scar tissues.

抑制疤痕内的多 餘的膠原之産生

impotence

陽痿

coughing blood

咳血

eaten to reduce bleeding[23]

口服以減少出血[23]

The juice can increase the platelet count of people diagnosed with dengue fever

崩大腕的汁能增加登革熱病人的血小板。

Medical Function:

藥理:

  1. anti-cancer. It can induce apoptosis of human breast cancer cells. [1]

  2. effective in improving the microcirculation in venous hypertension and microangiopathy [2]

  3. improving venous insufficiency [10]

  4. improving memory [4] [8][9][7][17][18]: The essential oil of  monoterpenoids, including bornyl acetate, α-pinene, β-pinene and γ-terpinene, are reported to inhibit acetylcholinesterase.

  5.  The extract of beng da wan decreases the Abeta in lab mice.

  6. controlling anxiety [5]

  7. improving condition of diabetic neuropathy [6]

  8. wounds healing, [7][22]

  9. lower Abeta in hippocampi of lab animals that causes Alzheimer's disease[9]

  10. neuroprotective effect on rats that have been experimentally induced to have Parkinson's disease [14]

  11. anti-wrinkle of skin. Asiaticoside has been demonstrated to increase collagen synthesis thus performing an anti-wrinkle activity.[15] [16]

  12. slowing down the progress of the disease ALS [21]

  13. repairing the damaged sciatica nerves [19]

  14. inhibiting pain effect [20]

  15. improve sexual function

 

  1. 抗癌. 本品能致人類乳癌細胞凋亡 [1]

  2. 改善靜脈高血壓的微循環與微血管病 [2]

  3. 改善 静脉 功能不全 [10]

  4. 改善 記憶 力 [4] [8][9][7][17]: 據報導崩大碗的精 油中的單萜, 包括乙酸龍腦酯,α-蒎烯,β-蒎烯和γ-鬆油烯能抑制乙 酰膽鹼酯酶

  5. 崩大碗的提取物能降低實驗室小鼠腦中海馬體的 阿爾茨海默氏 病 β-澱粉酶 [9]

  6. 控制憂慮 [5]

  7. 改善糖尿病性神經病變 [6]

  8. 癒合 傷口 [7][22]

  9. 長期 服用 可能對肝臟有毒 [13]

  10. 對實 驗室 人工引起帕金森氏病大鼠有保護神經作用 [14]

  11. 促進 膠原 之合成而有防止皺紋之形成[15] [16]

  12. 可放緩肌萎縮性侧索硬化症之進展 [21]

  13. 促進 受損 坐骨神經功能恢復[19]

  14. 鎮痛 作用[20]

  15. 增強 性功能

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份:

Pentacyclic triterpenoid saponins (centelloids):

五環三萜皂類 化合物:

asiaticoside

積雪草

centelloside

斯理蘭卡積雪草

madecassoside (C48H78O20)

羟基积雪草

brahmoside

玻熱模

brahminoside

玻熱米

thankuniside

参枯尼甙

sceffoleoside

 

centellose

积雪草低聚糖

indocentelloside

印度雪草甙

centellic acid

斯理蘭卡積雪草

madecassic acid, syn. brahmic acid, madasiatic acid (C30H48O6)

羥基積雪草酸, 異名:玻 熱酸, 馬塔積雪草酸 (C30H48O6)

asiatic acid (C30H48O5)

積雪草酸 (C30H48O5)

isobrahmic acid

異玻熱米酸

Other:

其他:

quercetin

槲黃素

geraniol

牻牛兒醇

linalool

芳樟醇

β-carotene

β-胡蘿卜素

stigmasterol

豆固醇

vitamin k

維生素 k

Dosage:

用量:

30 ~50 g.

30 ~50 克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例:

For pimples﹕ beng da wan 38 g, mung bean 38 g, salt to taste. Add 2 liters of water. Simmer for 1 hour to make soup.  Do not use sugar.

For treatment of venous insufficiency: use about 38 g and make into decoction. Use daily for about one to two months.

Long term usage may be toxic to liver [13]

治粉刺:崩大碗一兩﹐綠 豆一兩,加少許食 鹽調味煲湯(不可用糖)。
静脉功能不全:崩大碗一兩, 煲湯。每天服用。連服一两個月。

長期服用可能對肝臟有毒。[13]

Warning:

禁忌

According traditional practice this herb should not be used during pregnancy or during breast feeding. but in different modern studies on animals, it did not show any harm when the herb was given to pregnant animals,[11] In another studies showed no side effect when given to pregnant women. [12]

Consuming large amount causes nausea and dizziness.

Those with pixu (spleen deficient), should use with care. Traditional usage, in the West,  is to use a few leaves with a few slices of ginger added.

Long term usage may be toxic to liver [13]

Do not over cook. Heating too long can damage the chemical ingredient, that mimic Levodopa.

脾虛者 小心使用。傳統上,西方民間,每次用幾片 葉子,另加幾片生薑。

根據傳統懷孕或哺乳期間忌服。但根據現代研究給懷孕的動物服用崩大碗並沒有發現不良反應[11]。 另有報導,此藥對懷孕婦人沒有不良影響[12]。

服用大劑量可致頭暈反胃。

長期服用 可能對肝臟有毒 [13]

不可久煎。如加熱過久其有效成份左旋多巴胺會被破壞。

Note: Too much collagen inside the scare tissue may cause collagenoma.

膠原太多可能形成膠原瘤。

[1]Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med. 2009; 6(1): 9–16.

[2] Angiology. 2001 Oct;52 Suppl 2:S15-18.

[3] http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Centella_asiatica/

[4] Nalini k, Aroor AR, karanth kS, et al. Effect of Centella asiatica fresh leaf aqueous extract on learning and memory and biogenic amine turnover in albino rats. Fitoterapia. 1992;63:232-237.

[5] J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2000 Dec;20(6):680-684.

[5] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16105244

[6] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16105244

[7] J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Nov 6; [Epub ahead of print]

[8] J Alzheimers Dis. 2008 Apr;13(3):341-9.
[9]
Phytother Res. 2009 Jan;23(1):14-9.

[10] Angiology. 1990;41: 533-540.

[11] Ann Plast Surg. 1979;3:13-21.

[12] Ann Obstet ginecol Med Perinat. 1985;106:337-341

[13] Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2005 Feb;97(2):115-24.

[14] J Toxicol Sci. 2010;35(1):41-7.

[15] Ann Pharm Fr. 1995;53(1):38-42.

[16] Exp Dermatol. 2008 Nov;17(11):946-52. Epub 2008 May 21.

[17] Phytother Res. 2007 Dec;21(12):1142-5.

[18] 中國老年學雜誌﹒2006,26(10):1363-1365

[19] The Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2005, 57(9): 1221-1229

[20] 中醫藥學報,2001,29(6):53-54

[21] 中國醫藥報, 2006-11-17

[22] Phytother Res. 1999 Feb;13(1):50-4.

[23] Food Chemistry, 121 (2010), 12311235

Further reading on ingredients:

http://www.paper.edu.cn/index.php/default/famous/famous_detail/2087/

http://www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/apps/Healthgate/Article.aspx?chunkiid=21763#ref16

 

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