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Pharmaceutical name:

herb portulacae oleraceae

Latin botanical name:

Portulaca oleracea L.

Pron. in Japanese:

bashiken

Pron. in Korean:

paeksonpi

Pron. in Cantonese:

ma chi yin

Common Name:

common purslane, pigweed, purslane, pusley, wild portulaca, suberihiyu, スベリヒユ  

Other Chinese Common Name:

1. zhu mu ru 豬母乳，

2. zhu mu cai 豬母菜，

3. chang ming cai 長命菜，

4. wu xing cai 五行菜，

5. ma xian 馬莧，

6. wu fang cai 五方菜，

7. gua zi cai 瓜子菜，

8. ma zi cai馬子菜

Distribution:

All parts of China, other part of Asia and Americas.

Properties (characteristics)﹕

性狀﹕

sour, cold

酸﹐寒

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

large intestine, liver

大腸﹐肝

Medical function:

藥理﹕

1. anti-cancer effect

2. promote normalization of the biological functions of epithelium and healing of ulcers

3. anti-bacteria effect

4. anti-fungus effect

5. anti-blood cell coagulation effect

6. anti-hypertensive effect

1. 有治療腫瘤的作用。

2. 能促進上皮細胞的生理功能趨於正常﹐並能促進潰瘍的癒合。 

3. 抗細菌作用﹕對痢疾桿菌﹐大腸桿菌﹐傷寒桿菌

4. 抑制真菌作用﹕對常見致病性皮膚真菌均有抑制作用。

Actions & Indications: 主治﹕

For treatment of gonorrhea, yeast or bacterial infection of vagina, digestive tract ( diarrhea), and skin like boils and  erysipelas (Saint Anthony's Fire), bleeding in hemorrhoids, cellulitis﹐and tumors .

May lower blood pressure, prevent blood clotting, improve immune system, prevent inflammation, lower low density lipoprotein (LDL), prevent certain cancers and control coronary spasms, prevent or help in cases of manic depression,  Alzheimer's disease, autism, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder (ADD), hyperactivity and migraines, may be due to the omega-3 content of the herb.

主治﹕

淋病 ， 帶下 ， 疳痢 ，血痢 ， 惡瘡，痔瘡出血﹐丹毒 (蜂窩性組織炎)， 癰腫    。

可能降低血壓﹐防止血凝塞﹐增強免疫系統﹐防止發炎﹐降低低密度膽固醇﹐防癌﹐控制冠狀動脈痙攣﹐防止或減輕臟燥憂鬱症﹐ 早老性癡呆 ﹐自閉症 ﹐神經分裂症 ﹐注意力不集中﹐好動 ﹐偏頭痛。此種功能可能由於ω-3脂肪酸之作用。

Chemical ingredients:化學成份﹕

• omega-3 fatty acid (ω-3脂肪酸 )

• Noradrenaline （甲 基 腎 上 腺 素 ）

• Dopamine（ 二 羥 基 苯 乙 胺）

• Dopa （ 二 羥 基 苯 丙 氨 酸）

• Galacturonic acid（ 半 乳 糖 醛 酸）    

• β - Amyrin（香 樹 脂 醇）

• Lupeol （ 蛇 麻 醇 酯）

• oxalic acid (草酸）

• magnesium (鎂)

• iron (鐵)

• Potassium salt (鉀鹽)

• Vitamin A (維生素甲)

• Wax (臘質).

Among known green vegetable, ma chi xian contains the highest amount of omega-3.

Dosage:

用量﹕

dry herb: 15 to 60 g.

Fresh herb: 60 g to 120 g

亁馬齒莧：15 ~ 60 克。

新鮮的：60 ∼ 120 克。

Samples of formulae:

Vagina bacterial infection

見陰道細菌感染編。

Modern Research:

to be loaded

Caution:

not to use in case of pixu (spleen deficient) and stomach cold from stomach deficient, or during pregnancy

脾胃虛寒﹐懷孕期間忌用。