she chuang zi  蛇床子
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Present Day Applications: 現代應用﹕	For treatment of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection. 治療懷孕婦人巨細胞病毒感染 (Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection).
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Fructus Cnidii Monnieri
Latin botanical name: 拉丁文學名﹕	Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss. Selinum monnieri L.
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	jashoshi
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	susangja
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕	seh chong tzee
Other Names: 別名﹕	she li 蛇粟﹐she mi 蛇米﹐Taiwan chuan xiong 台灣川芎，jia yuan sui 假芫荽，ye hu lo fu zi 野胡籮蔔子。
Common Name: 英文名﹕	cnidium seeds
Distribution: 產地﹕	Mainly in Hebei, Shandong, Zejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Taiwan provinces of China 主產於中國河北﹐山東﹐浙江﹐江蘇﹐四川﹐台灣。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	acrid, bitter, warm 味辛﹐苦，性溫。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	kidney, triple warmer. 入腎, 三焦二經。
Medical functions: 藥理﹕	anti-histamine, anti-itch, anti-allergenic effect [1] dilates blood vessels anti arrhythmia anti-fungal, anti-bacterial sedative effective improve immune system influence on the pituitary-adrenocortex and thyroid axis. improves bone strength (coumarins from fruits of cnidium inhibit formation and differentiation of multinucleated osteoclasts of rats). osthol  (osthole) 歐芹酚甲醚 relaxes the corpus cavernosa 海棉體 of the penis, thus helps  blood flow and erections
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	for:  impotence due to condition of shenyangxu (kidney yang deficient) dampness, pain parasites women with difficulty in conceiving due to weak sexual function yeast infection with low body function eczema or itchy vagina (external use) itchy skin trichomoniasis rectal prolapse hemorrhoid 用于: 腎陽虛 陽痿， 宮冷，不孕， 寒濕帶下， 濕痺腰痛, 外治外陰濕疹， 婦人白帶﹐陰癢﹔ 皮膚騷癢﹐ 滴虫性陰道炎。 脫肛， 痔瘡。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	Chemical ingredients: Containing 1.3% of essential oil: (L-Pinene)﹐bornyl isovalarate﹐osthol 1% (an effective ingregient for treatment of trichomoniasis),  columbianadin﹐berapten﹐cnidiadin﹐isopimpinellin 化學成份﹕ 含揮發油約1.3%，主要為左旋蒎烯  (L-Pinene)﹐異缬草酸龍腦酯（bornyl isovalarate）﹐歐芹酚甲醚(osthol) 約1% (為治療陰道滴蟲病有效成分)。二氫歐山芹醇 (Columbianadin)﹐佛手柑内酯(berapten)﹐蛇床子素（cnidiadin）﹐異茴芹素（isopimpinellin） 另據報道，國產蛇床子尚含哥倫比亞綠草素0.20%﹐圓當歸素0.0012%﹐食用白芷素0.073%﹐佛手柑內酯0.097%﹐異茴芹內酯0.026%﹐O-乙醯二氫歐山芹素0.021%﹐二氫歐山芹素﹐O-異戊醯二氫歐山芹素0.010%，3-異丁醯氧-O-乙醯二氫歐山芹素0.081%﹐O-異丁醯二氫歐山芹素0.0041%等。等。
Dosage: 用量﹕	Internal use:3 to 9 g in decoction . External use: use accordingly for washing with decoction or make into powder and use as paste. 3～9g﹔外用適量，常用來煎湯熏洗，或研末調敷。
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕	trichomoniasis 滴虫性陰道炎。
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕	邱文慧教授﹕中草藥與壯陽的相關研究報告
Cautions: 禁忌﹕	do not use in cases of liver fire is high with/or priaprism. Some traditional sources it antagonizes mu dan pi, ba dou, and bei mu   下焦有濕熱，或腎陰不足，相火易動﹐ 肝火旺及陽強者以及精關不固者忌服。 《本草經集注》：“ 惡 巴豆﹐貝母﹐ 牡 丹皮” 《本草經疏》：“腎家有火及下部有熱者勿服。” 《本經逢原》：“腎火易動，陽強精不固者勿服。”

[1]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12081154&dopt=AbstractPlus