Complementary and Alternative Healing University  click here for Home Page現代醫藥詞典
 

Table of Contents

List of Health Problems

Chinese Herb Dictionary

Qigong

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Acupuncture

Prescribed Drug Dictionary

Biochemistry Dictionary

Lecture Slides

Research Librarian

General Online Library

Search

Research Sites

Viagra

Massage/Acupressure

Hypnotherapy

Tell us what you want

Notify Changes & New Information
　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

　

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

　

　

　

　

　

　

wu mei 烏梅﹐bai mei 白梅﹐

mei 梅 , lu e mei  綠萼梅        

 By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

　

See picture on another site.

Pharmaceutical name:

Fructus Armeniaca mume

Latin botanical name:

Armeniaca mume Sieb.

Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc (incorrected name listed by Chinese medicine Dictionary)

Pron. in Japanese:

 u bai

Pron. in Korean:

o mae

 Cantonese:

u mooi

Pron. in Fujianese:

o bui

Common Name:

 plum,  prune (dried plum)

Distribution:

Originated in China. Produced in

 Sichuan,  Zhejiang, Guangdong,

 Fujian,   Hunan, Guizhou.

 Those produced in Changxin and

 Zhejiang are 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,  rid of ascaris worms, stopping bleeding, treating corns and warts (external use), 

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:

not to use in cases of internal heat excess and stagnation or unresolved exterior disorders.

Wu mei (literally means black prunes):

The fruit are collected before they are almost ripe and baked in

low heat  till brown in color and are covered until they turned black.

Bai mei (literally means white prunes): After the green plums are collected and pickled in salt water then dried under the sun.

Lu e mei : The flowers are being used.

The variety that has green calyx is called lu e mei,

literally means plum (flowers) with green calyx.

Uses: to disperse liver stagnation, to calm stomach, to transform phlegm, treat mei he qi (plum seed qi), lack of appetite.

 

烏梅﹕五月立夏前後梅果將成熟﹐採集後 以低溫焙至呈黃褐色，再悶至黑色。

青梅﹕梅果未成熟尚青﹐採集後以鹽醃﹐日晒曝乾﹐是為白梅。

綠萼梅即綠萼梅花的含苞花蕾，綠萼花白，稱之為綠萼梅。
其作用為疏肝、和胃、化痰，治梅核氣、肝胃氣痛、食欲不振、眩暈。

註﹕

烏梅、梅花（梅）
　 　  原文：Prunus mume（Sieb.）Sieb. et Zucc.（61、268页）
  　　  補正：Armeniaca mume Sieb.
　　　 注解：本種為杏屬（Armeniaca）植物，而《藥典》所採用的本種屬名（Prunus），現為李屬的屬名。《藥典》所載其學名為異名。　(沈保安﹐安徽省芜湖市药品检验所 241001)

Bibliography

 

Last update: July 28, 2003; 10:25

More material to be loaded. If you need more information or bibliography in a hurry email our research librarian. The link is located on the left menu.There is a research fee charged.