Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Anemarrhena Rhizome |
Latin botanical name: 拉丁文學名﹕ | Anemarrhena aspodeloidea Bunge. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | chimo |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | chimo |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | zi1 mou5 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | suan ban zi cao 蒜瓣子草, lian mu 連母 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Common Anemarrhena Rhizome |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Mainly in Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, North Eastern Provinces. 主產地區﹕河北, 陝西, 内蒙古, 陝西,東北。
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Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | cold, bitter, sweet. 性寒，味苦﹐甘。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | - lowers blood sugar
- antipyretic,
- sedative
- antibiotic
- 解 熱
- 降 血 糖
- 鎮 靜
- 抑 菌
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | yinxu (yin deficient) with afternoon fever and night sweating, constipation; toothache due to heat in stomach, diabetes with heat syndrome, edema, cough due to heat in the lung, constipation, and difficulty in urination.. 滋 陰 降 火 ， 潤 燥 滑 腸 ， 滋 腎 水 。胃 火 牙 痛 ,陰虛 發 熱 , 骨 蒸 潮 熱 , 盜 汗 , 消 渴﹐ 肺熱咳嗽﹐ 二便不利。。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | - 固 醇 類 皂 甙 (steroid type of saponin)，
- 知 母 皂 甙 ( Timosaponin A1﹐ A2﹐ A3﹐ A4﹐ B1﹐ B2﹐ A - I﹐ A - III )
- 黃 酮 配 糖 體 ( Xanthone C-glycoside ) ，
- 芒 果 甙 ( Mangiferin ) ﹐
- 鞣質 (tannin)﹐
- 粘液 (jelly)﹐
- 烟酸 (niacin)﹐
- 胆鹼 (choline)
- 脂肪 (fat)。
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Daily Dosage: 每日用量 ﹕ | 10 to 20 g. Concentrated Extract: 0.5 to 2 g. 10～20 克；濃縮中藥：0.5～2.克 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | suan zao ren tang 酸棗仁湯 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | Do not use in cases diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient). 脾 虛﹐ 大 便 溏 泄 者 忌 用 。 |
