| Pharmaceutical name: |
Folium Pyrrosiae |
| Latin botanical
name: |
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw. and Pyrrosia
sheareri (Bak.) Ching (da shi wei)
Pyrrosia petiolosa (Christ) Ching, (xiao shi wei)
|
| Pron. in Japanese: |
sekii |
| Pron. in Korean: |
sokwi |
| Pron. in Cantonese: |
sek wai |
| Common Name:
英文名﹕ |
pyrrosia leaves |
| Distribution: |
Pyrrosia lingua （Thunb.）Farwel (shi wei 石韋) :South of Yangtze
River of China;
Pyrrosia sheareri Bak( shan shi wei 山石韋 ): jiang Xi, Hun nan, Gui Zhou, Si Chuan;
Pyrrosia petiolosa (xiao shi wei 小石韋): hei Long Jiang, Liao ning, He Bei,
Shan Dong, Zhei Jiang, jiang Su, Jiang Xi, Si Chuan, Hu Bei
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| Properties (characteristics)﹕
性味﹕ |
苦﹐ 甜﹐ 微寒。
bitter, sweet, slightly cold
|
| Channels (meridians)
entered: 歸經﹕ |
膀胱﹐肺。 bladder and lung |
| Actions &
Applications:歸經﹕ |
清濕熱 ﹐
用于小便刺痛﹐淋病﹐咳嗽﹐卻痰。 clears
damp-heat
and unblocks painful
urinary
dysfunction, gonorrhea, cough and for expelling phlegm |
| Chemical ingredients:
化學成份﹕
|
saponins, tanin, anthraquinones, beta-sitosterol,
mangiferin, isomangiferin, trifolin,
kaempferol, diploptent, fumaric acid, allomuleic acid, boletic acid,
caffeic acid, 2-butenedioic acid, chlorogenic acid, fructose, glucose, resin and cane
sugar. |
| Modern usage: |
1. chronic bronchitis 2. asthma 3. acute
inflammation of glomerulus of the kidneys 4. ureter stones 5. chyluria 6 anemia caused
by benzene toxicity. |
| Cautions:
注意﹕ |
Use cautions in absence of damp-heat
如無濕熱 須小心應用 |
| Side effects: |
Might create anxiety, feeling of hunger, enlarged volume of
urine and dizziness. Symptoms subside after stopping using the herb. |
