Pharmaceutical name: | Fructus Meliae Toosendan |
Biological name: | Melia azedarach L. sub. var. Toosendan Makino Melia toosendan Sieb. et Zucc. |
Pron. in Japanese: | senrenshi |
Pron. in Korean: | ch'onnyonja |
Pron. in Cantonese: | chun lin ji |
Common Name: | melia |
Other Name: 別名: | jin ling zi 金鈴子 |
Distribution: | Gansu, Sichuan, yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei |
Properties (characteristics) | bitter, cold slightly toxic 苦，寒，有小毒。
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Channels (meridians) entered: | bladder, liver, small intestine, stomach 膀胱、肝、小腸、胃 |
Actions & Indications: 功用主治: | promote qi flow, rid of dampness-heat, clear liver fire, rid of pain, promote urination, regulates qi, kills parasites. Also used externally for fungus infections of scalp. 除濕熱，清肝火，止痛，利小便，殺蟲。治熱厥心痛，協痛，疝痛，蟲積腹痛。
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Medical Functions: | - rids of worms
- inhibits pain
- chuan lian zi with ye ju hua for treatment of cirrhosis of the liver
- inhibits fungi﹐like Trichophyton, Candida, Cryptococcosis
- 驅蟲作用
- 鎮痛作用
- 川楝子加野菊花治肝硬化
- 抗真菌作用：如白癬菌，白色念珠菌，新月形隱球菌
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Chemical ingredients: | Tridecane | 正十三烷 | toosendanin | 苦楝素，即川楝素 | kulinone | 苦楝酮 | kulactone | 苦楝内酯 | kulolactone | 苦洛内酯 | meliantriol | 苦楝子三醇 | β-Sitosterol | β-谷甾醇 | isochuanliansu (isotoosendanin) | 異川楝素 | 21-O-methyltoosendapentol | 21-O-甲基川楝戊醇 | lipomelianol | 脂苦楝子醇 | lipomelianyl 3-O-stearate | 脂川楝醇3-氧硬脂 | palmitate | 棕櫚酸鹽 | myristate | 荳蔻酸鹽 | laurate | 月桂酸鹽 | 21-Oacetyltoodendantriol | 21-O-乙醯川楝子三醇 | melia-ionoside A,B | 苦楝子紫羅醇甙 A及B |
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Dosage: | 3~9 g, smashed |
Modern Application: | Modern Application: - 1. stomach pain
- 2. gastric ulcers
- 3. inflammation of the stomach
- 4. inlfammation of the gall bladder
- 5.round worms in the gall bladder and bile duct
- 6. diarrhea
- 7. mastitis
- 8. mastic tumors
- 9. chronic inflammation of pelvic area
- 10. appendicitis
- 11. contraction of testes into the cavities
- 12. inflammation of the testes
- 13. pain in the testes
- 14. fungus of the scalp (external use)
- 15. frost bites
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Cautions: 注意﹕ | The effective dosage is very close to toxic dosage. Five or six pieces of fruit can cause death. Children taking 0.3~0.4 g had experience toxic reactions. 2~4 g had caused death. 川楝子有效劑量接近中毒的劑量。五﹐六顆川楝子可為致死劑量。小兒服 0.3~0.4 克 曾經有中毒記錄。 2~4 克 曾經有致死記錄。 |
