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yi yi ren 薏 苡 仁,

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名:

Semen coicis

Latin botanical name: 拉丁名:

 Coix lacryma-jobi, Linn.

Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音

 yokuinin

Pron. in Korean:

漢語發音:

eui-i-in

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵語:

   

Other Names :

別名:

yi mi ren 薏米仁﹐yi ren 苡仁﹐mi ren 米仁

Common Name:

英文名:

Job's-tear

Distribution:

分布:

South east Asia, Taiwan and Mainland China.

原產於越南﹐泰國﹐印度﹐緬甸等東南亞一帶(1)。東漢光武帝建武19(西元43)馬援將軍從越南引入中原(2),目前主要栽培於東南亞及中國福建, 河北,遼寧,江蘇,浙江等地。

Properties (characteristics)

性味:

sweet, bland, slightly cool

甘﹐淡,微寒。
 

Channels (meridians) entered: 

歸經:

spleen, stomach, lung

脾﹐胃﹐肺。

Actions & Indications: 主治:

For lung abscess, vagina yeast infection, stones in the urinary tract, difficulty in urination, rid of pain and edema, arthritis pain in joints and muscular rigidity.

健 脾 , 補 肺 清 熱 , 去 風 利 濕 止癢 。筋 脈 拘 攣 , 屈 伸 不 利 , 濕 痺 ,腳 氣 水 腫 , 白 帶 , 腎結石,膀胱結石,神經痛,小 便 不 利 ,肺 癰 , 淋 濁 。

生用清利濕熱宜生用。 健脾宜炒用。

Medical function:

 

 

 

 

藥理作用﹕    

1. sedative, analgesic and antipyretic

2. effect of oil of yi yi ren on breathing: small amount can stimulate breathing but large amount can suppress it.

3. effect of oil of yi yi ren on ex vitro heart of frog: small amount can stimulate but large amount can suppress it.

4. effect of oil of yi yi ren on striated muscles of frog: small amount can stimulate but large amount can suppress it.

5. anti canceran active ingredient, Coixenolide is an effective therapy for Ehrlich ascites sarcoma.

藥理作用﹕

  1. 鎮靜鎮痛解熱作用

  2. 呼吸功能薏苡仁油對呼吸小量興奮,大量痲痹【中樞性】。

  3. 心血管作用低濃度薏苡仁油對蛙的離體心臟有興奮作用,高濃度則反之。

  4. 肌肉作用低濃度薏苡仁油對蛙的骨骼肌和末梢神經有興奮作用,高濃度則反之。

  5. 抗癌作用 薏 苡 酯 (Coixenolide﹐C38H70O4) 對歐氏腹水腫 (Ehrlich ascites sarcoma) 有效。
     

Samples of formulae:

 處方例子:

 

 

For chronic arthritis: yi yi ren tang

For muscle and joint pain: ma xing yi gan tang

For chronic infection with puss: yi yi fu zi bai jiang tang

For appendicitis: chang yong tang

For stones in the urinary tract: zhu ling tang add yi yi ren

治慢性關節炎﹕薏苡仁湯
治肌肉痛及關節痛﹕麻杏薏甘湯
治慢性化膿性疾患﹕
薏苡附子敗醬湯
治盲腸炎﹕
腸廱湯
治腎臟結石﹐膀胱結石
豬苓湯加薏苡仁
 

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 

 

I. Seed contain:

  1. 51.9% of starch,

  2. 17.6% of protein,  ﹐

  3. 7.2% of oil ﹐

  4. Palmitic acid,

  5. Myristic acid﹐

  6. Coixenolide,

II. Root contains coixol. ( C8H7O3N)

  1. 種子含 澱 粉  51.9%, 蛋 白 質 17.6%   ,棕 櫚 酸  ﹐ 肉 豆 蔻 酸  , 薏 苡 酯  ,脂肪油 7.2% (oil),

  2. 薏苡根中含有薏苡素( C8H7O3N)

Dosage:

用量:


18 g to 38 g, in decoction.

五錢至一兩,煎服。

Cautions:

禁忌:

  1. Not  for long term usage in cases of deficiency (weakness) and coldness.

  2.  In cases of pixu (spleen deficient) use dry fried yi yi ren.

  3. Use caution during pregnancy.

 

  1. 脾虛便 溏者用炒苡 仁。

  2. 大虛大寒者不宜久用。

  3. 孕婦慎服。

 

曾有報導粱米假冒,二者來源,功效均不相同,不可混用

參考文獻﹕

薏苡台中1號之育成曾勝雄 高德錚

http://www.tdais.gov.tw/search/issn/41-50/doc/47-2.doc

1 .  星川清親 1980 新編食用作物 15 p.386~391 養賢堂 東京。

2.  江文章 張子文 1991 薏苡的食療與加工利用 p.1~12 中國飲食文化學術研討會專輯 中國飲食文化基金會。

ma xing yi gan tang: ma huang 5 g, xing ren 4 g, yi yi ren 5 g, zhi gan cao 10 g. Boil with water and use as tea.

.麻杏薏甘湯

麻黃  五克﹐  杏仁 四克﹐    薏苡仁 五克﹐   炙甘草 十克。

水煎服。

 

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