jiang huang, 薑黃 by: Joe Hing kwok Chu | Today's Application: 現代應用﹕ | Today's Application: for: high lipids angina pectoris rheumatoid arthritis inflammation after surgery periodontitis tumor acid dyspepsia, flatulent dyspepsia, atonic dyspepsia shingles/herpes zoster herpes simplex hepatitis caused by viral infection cerebral embolism coronary atherosclerosis for inhibiting building up of
現代應用﹕ 高血脂症﹐心绞痛 狹心症﹐風濕性關節炎﹐術後炎症﹐牙周炎﹐ 腫瘤﹐胃酸過多﹐胃脹﹐胃施鬆﹐带狀疱疹﹐單純性一般疱疹, 病毒性肝炎, 腦栓塞, 冠狀動脈粥樣硬化﹐防止 b-類澱粉蛋白之形成。 | | Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Rhizoma Curcumae Longae (jiang huang) | |
Biological name: 拉丁學名﹕ | | | Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kyoo (jiang
huang
薑黃) 秋ウコン (秋薑黃) | | Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | kanghwang | | Other Names: 別名﹕ |
huang jiang, mao jiang huang, bao ding xiang, huang si yu
jin, chun yu jin. (yu jin is
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. It is not jiang huang, Curcuma longa )
黃薑、毛薑黃、寶鼎香、黃絲郁金，春鬱金。(鬱金
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. 不是薑黄) | Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | goeng1 wong4 (薑
黄) | | Common Name:
常用英文名﹕ | tumeric (jiang huang) | | Distribution: 產地分佈﹕ | Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fukien, Guizhou,Taiwan provinces of China and India, South East Asia. 四川﹐ 廣東廣西﹐ 雲南﹐ 福建﹐ 貴州﹐ 台灣﹐印度與東南亞等地﹐ | | Properties (characteristics): 性 味﹕ |
acrid, bitter, aromatic, warm.
辛﹐苦, 香﹐性溫。
| | Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ |
stomach,
liver, spleen.
胃，肝，脾。 | | Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Actions & Indications: Improves circulation of blood and qi, promotes flow of menses and relieves pain. For wind chill induced shoulder pain, mood fluctuations, schizophrenia, fever with dizziness, vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, bleeding not during menses, jaundice, lower back pain, chest and abdomen pain caused by blood stasis, flatulence, pain during period of menses, injuries, bruises and swelling. treatment of pain in the rib area. 主治﹕行 氣破瘀﹐ 通經止痛。主治風寒肩臂﹐ 腰背疼痛﹐ 血滞胸腹脹痛﹐ 失心癫狂﹐ 熱病神昏﹐ 吐血 ﹐ 衄血﹐ 尿血﹐ 血淋﹐ 婦女倒經﹐ 黄疸﹐痛 經﹐跌打損傷﹐ 瘀血腫痛等治
﹐胸腹脅肋諸痛 。 | | Medical Function: 藥理﹕ | Medical Function: lowers blood lipids anti coagulation of platelets protects cardiac muscle from lack of oxygen protects liver from toxin
against HBV replication promotes secretion of bile** promotes flow of menses and relieves pain anti tumor [enhances fibrinolysis (the process that breaks down fibrin (fibrous proteins), such as those that protect tumors from the immune system) ] anti inflammatory anti-oxidation promotes metabolism of alcohol antibiotic antivirus helps intestinal peristalsis (intestinal movements that help evacuation)
藥理﹕ 降血脂作用 抑制血小板聚集和抗血拴形成 保護心肌缺血性損傷 保肝作用 抑制乙型肝炎病毒之複製 利胆作用* 通經止痛 抗腫瘤 抗炎作用 抗氧化作用 促進酒精代謝 抗病原微生物, 抗病毒 帮助腸蠕動以助排空
| | Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | volatile oil 4.2％-14％: | 揮發油 4.2％-14％: | tumerone (C15H22O) | 薑黃酮 (C15H22O) | dihydroturmerone | 二氫薑黃酮 | | curcuminoids: curcumin 62% , | 類薑黃素 62% | | demethoxycurcumin 38% | 去甲氧基薑黄素 38% | | bisdemethoxycurcumin 29% | 去二甲氧基薑黄素29% | | starch (30-40%) | 澱粉(30-40%) | | borneol | 龍腦 | | Zingberene | 薑烯 | | Arabic gum | 阿拉伯膠 | | glucose | 葡萄糖 | | fructose | 果糖 | | Curcumol | 莪朮 醇 | | fat | 脂肪油 | | zingiberen (C15H24) | 薑烯 (C15H24) | | phellandrene 1% | 水芹烯1% | | eucalyptol 1% | 桉油精1% |
| | Dosage per day : 每日劑量﹕ | 3 ~ 9 g 3 ~ 9 克。 | margin-left:| Samples of formulae: | ping xiao san 平消散 | | Modern Research: |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15974909
http://www.studa.net/yaoxue/080522/11150373.html in
Chinese with English abstract. (中文，有英文摘要） | | Cautions: | prolonged large dosage may irritate the mucus of the stomach and cause
ulcer.
contra-indication if blood deficient
but without qi
stagnation and blood stasis.
如長期服用大剤量的薑黄，可能刺激胃粘膜與致胃潰瘍。血虚
而無氣滯血淤者忌服。 | | Note: 註 ﹕ |
Differentiating the varieties and the confusion:: Curcuma
longa L﹐ (jiang huang 薑黄);
also called Curcuma domestica Val. Curcuma kwangsinenssis S.G. Leee et C.F. Ling L. (Guangxi e zhu 廣西莪朮，桂鬱金 ) Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (yu jin 鬱金 ) Curcuma zedoaria (berg) Rosc. (e zhu 莪朮 ) Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling (温鬱金)
Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. (蓬莪朮,
綠絲鬱金)
H e yu jin (black yu jin) is also called: wen yu jin, wen yi jin, chuan yu jin is produced in
the district of Wen Zhou of Zhejiang
province. Chuan in this case does not mean Sichuan province
but it means river. Wen does not mean warm or mild. It means the district Wen
Zhou.Guang yu jin does not mean it is produced in Guangdong. Guang
(廣) in this case means "broad“. It is mainly produced in
Sichuan. It is the root of Curcuma longa It is also called "huang si yu"
(huang si means yellow silk) and "jiang huang".
e zhu
(Curcuma zedoaria) dry herb is usually in thicker
slices and grey in color.
yu jin dry herb is usually thinner and in smaller slices
than e zhu and translucent and much paler than jiang huang (turmeric).
藥材商品因產地和品種不同， 名稱亦不相同， 因而産生紊亂情形：
温鬱金是 Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C.Ling
之根莖‘
稱為温鬱金﹐ 黑鬱金﹐川鬱金，川益金。為產于浙江温州的植物 鬱金的乾燥塊根。『温』不是指温和；而是指温州。『川』不是指四川。可能是指甌江。
廣鬱金(Curcuma
longa L)主產於四川，為薑黃的塊根，色鮮黃。又 稱為
『黄絲鬱金』 或『薑黃』。
川鬱金
(Curcuma wenyujin
Y. H. Chen et C. Ling)主產於浙江溫州，又名溫鬱金，為鬱金的塊根，色暗灰。
蓬莪朮，別名綠絲鬱金
(Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. )
薑 黄與鬱金功效相似而略異，川鬱金(鬱金)偏重於行氣解鬱，廣鬱金
(薑黄)偏重於活血化瘀。
三種飲片外觀不同：
莪朮飲片通常較厚而不透明，灰褐色。
鬱金飲片較小，色浅而半透明，不香。
薑黄飲片色黄，味香。
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Reporting in the Dec. 7, 2004, online edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the research team also determined curcumin is more effective in inhibiting formation of the protein fragments than many other drugs being tested as Alzheimer's treatments.
澱粉狀蛋白斑（amyloid plaque）属于蛋白粉末不正常的集結﹐ 叫做 b-澱 粉狀蛋白（b-amyloid） ﹐ 是導致阿耳茨海默氏病的記憶衰退的元凶。
美國洛山基加里福尼亞大學最近通過老鼠所作的研究實驗結果表明﹐ 薑黄不僅能防止那些患有老化性腦部疾病病者積累病斑﹐ 而且可以阻止病斑在第一 阶段的發展。此项研究的結果發表在生物化學刊物上。
**Note: Compared to shu gu jiang huang (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) this herb contains the ingredient of bisdemethoxycurcumin and shu gu jiang huang does not contain any. It is the bisdemethoxycurcumin that can decrease bile flow. Shu gu jiang huang (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) is a better choice of herb for promoting bile secretion.
Atherosclerosis: arteries characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of large and medium-sized arteries.
*與束骨薑黄
比較，薑黄含去甲氧基薑黄素。此成份能抑制膽汁之分泌。所以如要增加膽汁分泌用束骨薑黄較好。
Ingredient Comparison of Jiang Huang 薑黃之成分分析比較表Ingredients, 成 份 ﹕ | from Okinawa (琉 球) 沖繩 | from Sumatra 蘇門答臘島 | | water, 水 份： | 2.8 % | 3.9 % | | protein 蛋 白 質： | 9.9 % | 7.3 % | | fat, 脂 肪： | 4.3 % | 3.5 % | | volcanic ash, 火 山 灰： | 6.2 % | 6.0 % | | sugar/carbohydrates,醣，碳水化合物： | 70.7 % | 59.3 % | | food fiber, 食物纖維： | 5.2 % | 20.0 % | | calcium, 鈣 | 169 mg | 491 mg | | potassium, 鉀 | 1.75 % | 2.1 % | | magnesium, 鎂 | 268mg | 305 mg |
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