Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Armeniaca mume

Latin botanical name:

拉丁文植物學名﹕

Armeniaca mume Sieb.

Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc (incorrected name listed by Chinese medicine Dictionary 中華人民共和國藥典. Now has been corrected.)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 u bai

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

o mae

Pron. in Cantonese：粤語發音：

wu1 mui4

Pron. in Fujianese:

o bui

Common Name:

 plum

Distribution:

Originated in China. Produced in Sichuan, zhejiang, Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou. Those produced in Changxin  長新 of Zhejiang is deemed best.

Properties (characteristics)：

Sour. Warm

Channels (meridians) entered:

large intestine, liver, lung, spleen

Actions & Indications:

relieving coughs, diarrhea, pain from colic caused by ascaris, alleviates thirst caused by yin deficient,  rid of ascaris worms, stopping bleeding, treating corns and warts (external use),

用於肺虛久 咳不止﹐久瀉久痢﹐虛熱口渴﹐蛔蟲所致的嘔吐腹痛, 外用於皮膚疣。

Medical Function:

antibiotic effect on Staphylococcus. Stimulates the production of bile and induce contraction of bile duct which promote getting rid of round worms in the bile duct. Treatment of hook worms. Anti allergic effect of albumen shock of lab guinea pigs.

Chemical ingredients:

Vaporizing ingredient: n-hexanal, trans-2-hexenal, n-hexanol, trans-2-hexen-1-ol, cis-2-hexen-1-ol, linalool, a-terpineol, geraniol, trimethyltetrahydronaphthalene drivs, tetradecanoic acid, benzaldehyde, terpinen-4-ol, benzylalcohol, hexandecanoic acid ^(1). b-sitosterol. 

Lipids: neutral lipids, glycolipids, phospholipids, triglycerides, free sterols, sterol esters, 1, 2; 1,2 -glycerides, free fatty acid, ceryl alcohol, pectic acid.

Simple acids: citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid^(5-7), oxalic acid, fumaric acid ⁽²⁾, hydrocyanic acid.

Amino acid: aspartic acid, asparagine, serine, glycine, alanine, glycinamide.

Others: lup-20-(29)-ene, 7b, 15a-diol-3b-palmitate, stearate, arahidate, behenate, lignocerate ⁽⁷⁾; rhamnocitrin-3-O-rhamnoside,  kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside ⁽⁷⁾ ;  amygdalin, b-glucosidase ^(3), superoxide dismutase⁽⁹⁾, gibberellin A₃₂ .

Dosage:

3 to 9 g

Samples of formulae:

Modern Research:

to be loaded

Cautions:

Do not use wu mei  in cases of internal heat excess (high fever with infection) and stagnation or unresolved exterior disorders, (as in cold or flu without sweat). Using wu mei together with sulfonamides may cause bleeding in the urinary tract.

烏梅酸澀收 斂，凡有表邪、或內有實熱積滯者，不宜服用。
烏梅與磺胺類藥 (sulfonamides) 同時使用可能會引起血尿。

Last update: Feb 5, 2008;  7:30  a.m. LAH