Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Pericarpium Arecae Catechu |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Areca catechu L. (from the peel of ripen seed 成熟之果皮) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | daifukuhi |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | daebokp'i |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | daai6 fuk1 pei4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | da fu zi 大腹子，bing nang pi 檳榔皮，bing nang yi 檳榔衣。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | beetle nut husk |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Originally produced in Malaysia, Indonesia and other south east Asian area. Now it is also grown in Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan, Fujian provinces of China. 原產馬來西亞，印尼。現我國主產於海南、雲南、台灣、福建等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, slightly warm. 味辛、微溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, large intestine, small intestine. 歸脾、胃、大腸、小腸經 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | edema, flatulence, urine stagnation, water retention in legs and feet, burping foul smelling gas, indigestion, fungal infection in the digestive tract. 水腫脹滿，小便停滯，腳氣濕腫，惡阻脹悶，腸胃不和，內傷濕滯。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Daily Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g; Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g. Can be adjusted according to body weight and sickness. 10～20公克；濃縮中藥：0.5～2.0克。可依病症與體質酌量增減使用量。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use in case of qixu (qi deficient) 氣虛者忌用。 |
