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Last update: Jan 12, 2013; 12:226 p. LAH

yu zhu  玉竹  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

by Joe Hing Kwok Chu 朱興國譯

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati

Latin name:

學名﹕

Polygonatum Modoratum (Mill.) Druce  西玉竹(連州竹,西竹);湘玉竹(尾參)

Polygonatum Macropodium Turcz 海玉竹(海竹)

Polygonatum inflatum Kom 東北玉竹

Polygonatum Odoratum (Mill.) Druce var. Pluriflorum (Miq); also known as P. officinale All.)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

gyokuchiku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

okchuk

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

yuk6 zuk1

Other Names:

別名﹕

deng long cao 燈籠草
shan bao mi 山包米
shan jiang 山姜
huang man qing 黃蔓菁
lu li hua 蘆莉花
wei shen 尾參
lian zhu 連竹
shan zhu  西竹
yin  
wei wei 委萎
nu wei 女萎
wēi ruí 葳蕤
wang ma 王馬
jie ci 節地
chong chan 蟲蟬
wu wei 烏萎
qing nian 青粘
huang zhi 黃芝
di jie 地節
wei rui 萎蕤
ma xun 馬熏
nu cao 女草
wa cao 娃草
li cao 麗草
wei shen 葳參
wei xiang 萎香
xiao bi guan cao 小筆管菜
shan yu zhu 山玉竹
shi yang cuo 十樣錯
zhu qi gen 竹七根
zhu jie huang 竹節黃
huang jiao ji 黃腳雞
bai jie yao 百解藥
shan zi cao 山鈴子草
ling dang cai 鈴鐺菜

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Beatamaria in Catalan, Angular Solomon's Seal, Muhrusuleyman, Poligonato, Solomon'S Seal, Solomon's Seal,  Welriekende Salomonszegel.

Distribution:

產地﹕

Jiangsu, Hebei, Hunan, Henan, Zhejiang provinces of China.

江蘇,河北,湖南,河南,浙江。

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, slightly bitter, slightly cool..

甘﹐微苦, 微寒。

Channels  meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

lung, stomach.

肺﹐胃。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. effect on heart﹕ small amount of yu zhu decoction or tincture strengthens the in vitro heart of frogs, while large amount weaken the heart rate, or even stop the hearts.

  2. effect on blood vessels: when given 20% decoction to the the blood vessels of frogs, caused the blood vessels to constrict. Giving 20ml of venous injection to dogs, has caused the volume of the kidneys to shrink.

  3. effect on blood pressure: giving 20% of yu zhu decoction of 1, 2 and 5ml of venous injections to domestic rabbits has caused the blood pressure to rise slowly but giving small dosage of 5 ml to dogs under anesthesia, has caused the blood pressure to lower temporary.

  4. effect on blood lipids and arteriosclerosis: using yu zhu injectiones in muscle injection or in stomach feeding can prevent the rising of triglycerides but cholesterol had risen  after administering the herb.

  5. effect on blood sugar: giving domesticated rabbits venous injection of 2 yu zhu extract of 0.5/kg, has caused the blood sugar to lower, but stomach introduction has caused the blood sugar to rise initially and to lower eventually. It can obviously inhibit the effect of of raising blood sugar by the epinephrine.

  6. effect on intestines:20% decoction can initially stimulate in vitro intestines of mice, and eventually inhibits the intestines.

  7. effect on uterus: 20% decoction can mildly stimultate in vitro uterus of mice.

  8. effect on lack of oxygen: injecting 100% yu zhu injectiones, enable mice to tolerate lack of oxygen.

 

  1. 對心臟的作用:玉竹煎劑或酊劑小量使離體蛙心搏動增強,大量則使心跳減弱甚至停止。

  2. 對血管的作用:20%煎劑給蛙血管灌流時,可使血管收縮;給麻醉狗靜脈注射10ml,可使腎容積縮小。

  3. 對血壓的作用:給麻醉兔靜脈注射20%玉竹煎劑每只1,2和5ml,均使血壓緩慢上升,而麻醉狗小劑量(5ml)靜脈注射,對血壓無明顯影響,但大量(10ml)可使血壓短暫下降。

  4. 對血脂及實驗性動脈粥樣硬化斑塊的影響:玉竹注射液灌胃或肌肉注射,有預防甘油三酯上升的作用,而膽固醇在給藥後比給藥前有明顯增加;對動物動脈粥樣硬化斑塊的形成有一定的緩解作用。

  5. 對血糖的影響:給家兔肌肉注射玉竹浸劑0.5g/kg可使血糖升高。而灌胃其浸膏,血糖先升高後降低。對腎上腺素所引起的高血糖則有明顯的抑制作用。玉竹灌胃可抑制葡萄糖和四氧嘧啶所致的大鼠血糖升高。

  6. 腸管作用:20%玉竹煎劑,可使小鼠離體腸管先興奮後抑制,

  7. 對子宮作用﹕ 對小鼠離體子宮有輕微的刺激作用。

  8. 耐缺氧作用﹕覺腹腔注射100%玉竹注射液,可延長小鼠耐缺氧時間。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For treatment of cardiac exhaustion: use with Aminophylline and hydrochlorothiazide

For treatment of high lipids: use with shan zha

For treatment of  age spots: use with ju hua , jiang can, can yong, bo he

治心衰:與氨茶鹼和雙氫克尿塞配伍。

治高血脂症:與山楂配伍。

治皮膚黃褐斑:與菊 花殭蠶,蠶蛹, 薄荷等配伍。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Convallamarin

鈴蘭苦甙

Convallarin

鈴蘭

Quercitol

槲皮醇

Azetidine-2-carboxylic acid

吖丁啶-2-羧酸

Vitamin A

維生素A

kaempferol

山柰酚甙

Chelidonic acid

白屈菜酸

nicotinic acid

煙酸

Dosage:

用量﹕

For decoction: 10 to 15 g.  Can be used in pill or powder form. Can be made into paste by decocting and evaporating.

內服煎湯,10~15克;熬膏或入丸,散。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For treatment of cough due to deficiency: yu zhu 15 -30 g make soup with lean pork. Take orally. (source: Hunan Materia Medica Journal)

治虛咳:玉竹五錢至一兩。與豬肉同煮服。(《湖南藥物志》)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

not to use in cases of damp phlegm and qi stagnation in the stomach.

胃有痰濕氣滯者忌服。

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