Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Herba Aloes
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Aloe barbadensis Miller, Aloe ferox miller 好望角蘆薈 Aloe arborescens 木力蘆薈 Aloe vera 吉拉索蘆薈 Aloe perryi 索科特拉蘆薈
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	rokai
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	nohwa
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	lou4 wai3
Other Names: 別名﹕
Common Name: 英文名﹕	aloe vera, burn plant
Distribution: 產地﹕	throughout southern China 中 國 南 方 地 區 。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	bitter, cold. 苦 ﹐ 寒 。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	large intestine, liver, stomach 大 腸 ﹐ 肝 ﹐ 胃 。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕	Laxative effect Healing wounds and burns Antineoplastic effect on certain tumors and ascitic hepatic carcinoma. Inhibitory effect on frog heart specimens Antifungal effect 致 瀉 作 用 。 抗 腫 瘤 ﹐ 抗 腹 水 性 肝 癌 。 抑 制 離 體 青 蛙 肝 臟 作 用 。 抑 制黴 菌 作 用 。
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	for constipation, dizziness, red eyes, and irritability due to heat buildup (yinxu (yin deficient)  with heat) Kills intestinal parasites, especially roundworms. for treatment of ringworms. for burns and wounds for treatment of liver yang over active   陰虛 有 熱 而 便 秘 ﹐ 頭 暈 ﹐ 眼 紅 ﹐ 煩 躁 易 怒 。 殺 蟲。 治 金錢癬。 創 傷 ﹐ 燒 傷 。 治 肝 陽 上 昇 。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	1. aloeemodin, aloin, barbaloin, isobarbaloin, homonataloin, chrysophanol, chrysophanol glucoside, anthranol, isoelutherol glucoside, aloesaponarin, helminthosporin, aloesin, (6"-O-p-coumaroylaloesin), (2"-O-p-coumaroylaloesin), (2"-O-p-feruloylaloesin), aloenin, (7-hydroxyaloin), tetrahydroanthracene glucoside. 2. quercetin, campherenol, rutin 3. glucose, mannose, arabinose, rhamnose, fructose, sucrose, xylose, glucuronic acid, . 5. cholesterol, campesterol, sitoterol. 6. capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, margaric acid, stearic acid, palmitoleic acid, hexadecadienoic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, lactic acid, P-coumaric acid. 8. beta-carotene. 9. bradykininase, magnesium lactate, glyoxalase.
Dosage: 用量﹕	0.3 to 1.5 g in pill or powder form.
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	Contraindication during pregnancies and menstrual periods, rectal bleeding. Not to use in case of pixu (spleen deficient) . 懷 孕 或 月 經 期 間 ﹐或 直 腸 出 血 ﹐  或 脾虛  者 忌用 。