Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Amomi |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Amomum villosum Lour.， 陽春砂 Amomum villosum Lour.var. xanthioides T.L.Wu et Senjen 绿壳砂 Amomum longiligulare T.L. Wu 海南砂 |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語 發 音﹕ | shukusha |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語 發 音﹕ | sa 'in |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音 ﹕ | saa1 jan4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | suo sha mi 縮砂蔤，suo sha ren 縮砂仁，yang sha ren 陽砂仁，yang chun sha 陽春砂。.
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Common Name: 英文 名 ﹕ | bastard cardamom, cardamom seeds, cardamon |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | mainly in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian provinces of China and Vietnan, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia. 主要產於廣東省陽春，信宜，高州等縣；一種是海南殼砂；另一種是進口縮砂密，主產於越南，泰國，緬甸 ， 柬埔寨，印尼等東南亞國家。近年來，廣西，雲南，福建等省也引種了春砂。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, warm and nontoxic. 辛溫無毒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, kidney. 入脾，胃，腎三經 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | digestive tract infection, bloating, stomach ache, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, cold type of diarrhea, fetus over active. 濕濁中阻，脘 痞 不飢，腹痛痞脹，胃痛，噁心嘔吐，食慾減退，寒瀉痢疾，胎動不安。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | Borneol | 龍腦 | | Camphor | 右旋樟腦 | | Bornyl acetate | 乙酸龍 腦酯 | | Linalool | 芳樟醇 | | Nerolidol | 橙花叔醇 | | Saponin | 皂甙 | | | |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 3 to 6 g. Do not cook for long time. 3-6g。入湯剤，宜後下。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | - For flatulence and pain in stomach due to qi stagnation: sha ren, zhi ke, mu xiang
- For vomiting due to qi stagnation: sha ren, chen pi, ban xia
- For diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient): sha ren, gan jiang (dry ginger)
- For calming fetus: sha ren, bai zhu, sang ji sheng, xu duan.
- 行氣開胃：用于氣滞之胃腹胀痛，可配枳壳，木香；
- 用于呕吐: 配陳皮，半夏。
- 脾虛泄泻:常配干姜。
- 顺氣安胎：用于氣機不畅所引起的胎動不安，常配白朮，桑寄生，續斷。
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Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with heat 陰虛有熱者忌用 。 |