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mu zei 木賊
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

herb Equiseti hyemale

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Equisetum hyemale Linn

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

mokuzoku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

mokchok

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

muk6 caak6

Other Names:

別名﹕

jie jie cao 節節草,jie gu cao 節骨草,jie gu mu 接骨木,bi tou cao 筆頭草,jie gu tong 接骨筒,jie gu cao 接骨草,bo jie cao 剝節草,mu zei cao 木賊草。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

scouring rush, shave grass.

Distribution:

產地﹕

Distributed in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Europe, and Northern America.  In China mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan.

分佈於中國,日本,朝鮮,俄羅斯,歐洲,北美洲等地;中國產於黑龍江,吉林,遼寧,內蒙古,北京,天津,河北,陝西,甘肅,河南,湖北,四川重慶,台灣等地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bitter, neutral.

甘,苦,平。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

lung, liver.

肺,肝。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

anti-inflammatory [1]

anti-oxidation[1]

抗發炎 [1]

抗氧化[1]

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

influenza, jaundice type of hepatitis, worm parasite of small children, conjunctivitis, cataract , nephritis, stone in urinary tract, hematuria, blood in stool, bleeding not during menses, dysentery, scabies.

感冒,黄疸型肝炎,小兒疳积,結膜炎目翳,腎炎,尿路结石,尿血,便血,血崩,痢疾,疥廯。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 
palustrine犬 問荊碱
dimethyl sulfone甲基磺酰甲烷
thymine胸嘧啶
flavonone glycosides, mainly:黃酮甙, 主要是::
   glycosides of kaempferol  山柰酚的甙
   glycosides of quercetin  槲皮素的甙

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

For decoction: 3 to 10 g.

入煎剤: 3-10 克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For treatment of dry eyes, blurry vision: mu zei 3 g, jue ming zi 3 g. Make into decoction and use as tea for daily consumption.

治目澀,視物不清: 木賊草3克,明 子3克代茶頻飲。清熱瀉火。
 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

According a classical text, it is mainly used in wind-heat type of acute cataract because it can disperse the toxin in the gall bladder and liver. People with chronic cataract  and with xue xu (blood deficient) is not suitable.

《本經逢原》: "主目病風熱暴翳,取其發散肝膽風邪,久翳及 血虛者非宜,多服令人目腫。"  

[1] Natural Product Sciences 2008, vol 14, 4th issue

 

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