Pharmaceutical name:
英文藥名﹕ | Radix Stemmacanthae |
Botanical name:
學名﹕ | Stemmacantha uniflora（L.）Dittrich (祁州漏蘆) Echinops latifolius Tausch (藍刺頭，禹州漏蘆) |
Pron. in Japanese:
日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean:
韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese:
粵音﹕ | lau6 lou4 |
Other Names:
別名﹕ | du hua shan niu bang (literally means lone flower mountain burdock) 獨花山牛蒡, he shang tou hua ( literally means monk's head flower) 和尚頭花。 獨花山牛蒡，和尚頭花。 |
Common Name:
英文名﹕ | uniflower Swiss centaury |
Distribution:
產地﹕ | Stemmacantha uniflora（L.）Dittrich is produced in northern part, northeastern part and northwestern part of China. Echinops latifolius Tausch is produced in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei provences. 祁州漏蘆主產東北，華北，西北；藍刺頭主產於河南，安徽，江蘇，湖北等地。 |
Properties
(characteristics)﹕
性味﹕ | bitter, cold. 苦，寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | stomach. 胃經。 |
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Medical functions:
藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications:
主治﹕ | for boils, carbuncles, acute mastitis, unable to discharge milk. 癰腫瘡毒，乳癰腫痛； 乳房脹痛，乳汁不下。
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Chemical ingredients:
化學成份﹕ | |
Dosage:
用量﹕ | 3 to 12 g. 3-12 克。 |
Samples of formulae
:處方舉例﹕ | for treatment of carbuncles use: lou lu, da huang, lian qiao, zi hua di ding for treatment of acute mastitis use: lou lu, guo lou, bei mu, pu gong ying 用治癰腫瘡毒，常與 大黃 ，連翹，紫花地丁等藥同用；
用治乳癰腫痛，常與 瓜 蔞，貝母，蒲公英等藥同用。
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Modern Research:
現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions:
毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in cases of
qixu (qi deficient), boils being flat or collapsed and in pregnancy.
氣虛，瘡瘍平塌及孕婦忌服。 |