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e zhu  莪朮    (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu          Click here to see picture 按此看圖。

Present Day Applications:

現代應用﹕

cancer of the neck of uterus,  leukemia,  liver cancer,  enlargement of liver and spleen.

現代用於子宮頸癌, 白血病, 肝癌, 肝脾腫大。

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Rhizoma Curcuma phaeocaulis

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Curcuma zedoaria (berg) Rosc.(莪朮)

Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton (蓬莪朮)

Curcuma kwangsiensis S .G. Lee et C. F. Liang (廣西莪朮)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

gajutsu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

ach'ul

Pron. in Cantonese

粵音﹕

ngo4 seot6

Other Names:

別名﹕

feng e zhu, lan xin jiang,  hei xin jiang,  jiang qi, feng zhu, guang zhu, wen zhu, shan jiang huang, lu jiang.

蓬莪朮,藍心姜, 黑心姜, 姜七, 篷莪, 蓬術,廣朮, 文朮, 山姜黃, 綠姜。

Common Names:

文名﹕

English: zedoary rhizome, zedoaria

Indonesia: kunir putih; temu

Vietnamese: nghệ đen

Thai:  khamin khao.

Urdu (Pakistan and certain part of India:  kachoor.

Distribution:

產地﹕

Mainly in Sichuan,  Fujian,  Guangdong. Guangxi e zhu is mainly produced in Guangxi. Wen e zhu is mainly produced in Zhejiang,  Sichuan,  Taiwan,  Jiangxi.

莪朮主產於四川, 福建, 廣東等省。廣 西莪朮主 產于廣西。温莪 朮主產於浙江, 四川, 臺灣, 江西等省

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

slightly fragrant,  slightly bitter and acrid.

微香,味微苦而辛

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

liver, spleen.

肝 ,脾。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

Medical functions:

  1. anti tumor

  2. antibiotic

  3. inhibits platelet coagulation

  4. improves immune system

  5. improves memory [1]

  6. improves circulation in the arteries in the thighs

  7. relieves pain, especially in e zhu treated with vinegar

  8. prevention of leukopenia

藥理﹕

  1. 抗腫瘤

  2. 抗菌

  3. 抗血小板凝集

  4. 增强免疫系统

  5. 增強記憶力 [1]

  6. 增加股動脈血流量

  7. 止痛,尤其醋制能增加止痛之功

  8. 抗白血球减少症

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Promotes qi flow and rids of blood stasis,  amenorrhea due to blood stasis; distension and pain due to stagnation of undigested food; early stages of cancer in the cervix uteri (neck of uterus).

行氣破血,消積止痛。癥瘕痞塊,瘀血經閉,食積脹痛;早期子宮頸癌。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

  • Essential oil (1~1.5%): the main ingredient iscurzerenone.

  • 含揮發油1-1.5%, 油的组成為多種倍半萜衍生物和桉油精等,其中以莪朮酮(Curzerenone)為 主要成分。 

  • 焦莪朮酮(Pyrocurzerenone),

  • 蓬莪朮环氧 酮 (Zederone),

  • 莪 朮酮 (Zedoarone),

  • 莪 朮环二烯 (Furanodiene),

  • 蓬莪朮烯(Curzerene, Isofuranogermacrene),

  • 蓬莪朮环二 烯酮 (Furanodienone),

  • 異蓬莪朮环 二烯酮 (Isofuranodienone)

  • 蓬莪朮烯酮 (Curzerenone),

  • 表蓬莪朮烯 酮 (Epi-curzerenone)

  • 姜黄二酮  (朮雙) (Curdione),

  • 姜黄醇酮 (Curcolone),

  • 莪朮烯醇 (姜黄环氧奥烯醇)(Curcumenol),

  • 原姜黄环氧 奥烯醇 (Procurcumenol),

  • 莪 朮烯醇 (異姜黄环氧奥烯醇)(Isocurcumenol)

  • 姜黄环氧奥 烯醇 (莪朮 醇)(Curcumol),

  • 姜黄奥二醇 (Curcumadiol).

  • 姜黄素 (Curcumin),

  • 欖香烯 (Elemene)

  • 去氢姜黄二 酮 (Dehydrocurdione).

  • 川芎嗪(tetramethylpyrazine

  • 含澱粉64% (Starch 64%)

Dosage:

用量﹕

3-10g

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 to be loaded

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

See on memory improvement in another site.

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

Use care in cases of blood deficient (xuexu) with qixu (qi deficient)  or pixu (spleen deficient) . Not to use in cases of pregnancy or excessive bleeding during menses.

 血虛氣 虛脾虛 無積滯者慎服。月經過多及 孕婦忌服。

 

[1] Zhong Yao Cai. 1998 Oct; 21(10): 522-3.

Note:

See the differentiating jiang huang, yu jin, shu gu jiang huang  and e zhu

按此看姜黄,鬱金,束骨姜黄,莪朮之分別    

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