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yu xing cao
魚腥草
by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
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picture on another site.
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yu xing cao
ji cai
蕺 菜 |
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Modern
Applications:
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1. For treating
inflammation of the respiratory tract.
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2. For treating over expansion of bronchi.
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3. For treating whooping cough
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4. For water retention in the chest cavity
caused by cancer
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5. For preventing infection after
surgery
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6. For lowering fever
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7. For treating bacterial diarrhea
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8. For treating jaundice type of hepatitis
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9. For treating kidney multiple syndroms
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10. For treating ulceration of the neck of
uterus
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11. For treating inflammation of the pelvic
area
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12. For treating simple type of
inflammation of the cornea
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13. For treating sinus inflammation of the
nose
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14. For treating inflammation ( with pus)
of the middle ear
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15. For treating measles
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16. For treating epidemic type of
tonsillitis
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For treating tumors of the blood vessels
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18.
For preventing leptospira disease
Effectiveness: out of 1603 farm workers who
took yu xing cao pills only one person contacted the
disease.[30]
(formulae to be uploaded)
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Pharmaceutical name: |
Herba cum radice houttuyniae cordatae |
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Latin
botanical name: |
Houttuynia cordata Thunb. |
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Pron. in
Japanese: |
juyaku |
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Pron. in
Korean: |
osaengcho |
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Pron. in
Cantonese: |
yu siang cho |
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Common Name: |
houttuynia,
pig
thigh |
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Distribution: |
along Yangzi River and in southern part
of China |
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Properties
(characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ |
acrid,
bitter and slightly cool
味辛，性微寒。 |
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Channels (meridians) entered:歸經﹕ |
large intestine, lung
肺﹐膀胱﹐大腸經。 |
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Actions & Indications: |
rid of heat and toxin, swellings,
abscesses, expels pus. Use internally or topically. Promote
urination, clear damp heat diarrhea, clear painful urination,
for boils, gonorrhea.
清熱解毒，排膿消癰，利尿通淋。主治肺癰吐膿，痰熱喘咳，喉蛾，熱痢，癰腫瘡毒，熱淋。 |
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Medical
Function: |
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Chemical ingredients: |
揮發油 (evaporating oil) 0.05%:
- 癸酰乙醛(Decanoylacetaldehyde)﹐
- 月桂烯(Myrcene)﹐
- α-蒎烯(α- Pinene)﹐
- d-檸檬烯(d-Limonene)﹐
- 甲基正壬酮(2-Methyheptenone)﹐
- 莰烯(Camphene)﹐
- 乙酸龍腦酯 (Bornyl acetate)﹐
- 芳樟醇(Linalool)﹐
- 石竹烯(Caryophyllene)﹐月桂醛(Dodecanaldehyde)等。
日本產鱼腥草主成分为 (main ingredients of
yu xing cao produced in Janpan:)
- 十烷酸(Decanoic acid)，占38.4%，
- 十一酮-2 (2-Undecanone) 占10.1%，以及對聚伞素﹐
- 芳樟醇(Linalool)﹐
- 桉油素(Cineole)﹐
- 麝香草酚(Thymol)等。
全草含: (whole plant contains:)
- 阿福豆甙 (Afzerin)﹐
- 金丝桃甙(Hyperin)﹐
- 槲皮素﹐
- 蘆丁﹐
- 綠原酸(Chlorogenic acid)﹐
- β-穀 甾醇( β-Sitoterol)﹐
- 豆甾醇(Stigmasterol)﹐
- 菠菜甾醇(Spinasterol)等。
- 蕺菜鹼(Cordarine)。
花及果穗含(flowers and fruits contains:)
葉含 (the leaves contain:)
- 槲皮甙 (Quercetin)
- 無機成分：氯化钾 (Potassium chloride)﹐
- 硫酸钾 (Potassium sulfate)。
本種的鱼腥氣味是由于含有癸酰乙醛
(decanoylacetaldehyde)
(CH3-(CH2)8-COCH2-CHO)
所致。
The fishy
smells is caused by: decanoylacetaldehyde
(CH3-(CH2)8-COCH2-CHO)
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Dosage: |
10 to
25 g (do not boil for
long time). External use: according to need
10∼25g。不宜久煎。外用適量。 |
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Samples of formulae: |
See:Acute
infection, diarrhea |
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Cautions: |
Juice from fresh yu xing cao inhibits staphylococcus aureus.
After heating, it is less effective. Heating may
cause the essential oil, an active ingredient to evaporate. Thus it
becomes less effective.
Toxicity is mild. Vaginal applications have caused
inflammation but symptoms subsided after stopping the
applications.
There are reports that
injectiones of yu xing cao
extract had caused allergic reaction of shock [32-33] and death
[34], and also had caused skin atrophy type of skin
inflammation [35]. 本品含揮發油，不宜久煎。
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If you need more information or bibliography in a hurry see
Research Librarian.
leptospira (Source: Merriam-Webster's
Medical Dictionary)
A genus of extremely slender aerobic spirochetes (family
Leptospiraceae) that are free-living or parasitic in mammals and include
a number of important pathogens (as L. icterohaemorrhagiae of
Weil's disease or L. canicola of canicola fever)
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