Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Gracilaria coforvoides (菊花巧味芽 ) ，

Gracilaria gigas  (大莖巧味芽) ，

Gracilaria chorda (野生長種 ) ，

Gracilaria lichenoides  (東港紗仔)

Gracilaria compressa (烏芎)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kanten (寒天)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

daai6 coi3 (大菜)

Other Names:

別名﹕

cai yan 菜燕, yang cai 洋菜, da cai 大菜

Common Name:

英文名﹕

gracilaria, agar agar (Malay and Indonesian name)

Distribution:

產地﹕

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, salty, cold.

苦，鹹，寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, spleen, kidney

肺 ，脾 ，腎經。

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for treatment of chronic constipation with intestinal atony, tuberculosis of lymph nodes, tumor of the thyroids, abdominal mass, edema, beriberi, swelling of testicles.

治長期便秘或腸無力,瘰癧，癭瘤，積聚，水腫，腳氣，睾丸腫痛。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dry long xu cai:  乾基

Crude Fat: 6.22% 粗脂肪

Crude Protein: 71.65% 粗蛋白

Ash: 15.79% 灰份

Fe: 1,041 (mg/100g) 鐵

Ca: 4,896 (mg/100g) 鈣

Wet long xu cai: 濕基

Water: 91.64% 水份

Fat: 0.52% 粗脂肪

Crude Protein: 5.99% 粗蛋白

Ash: 1.32% 灰份

Fe: 87.00 (mg/100g)  鐵

Ca: 409.28 (mg/100g) 鈣

Dosage:

用量﹕

in decoction: 5 to 15 g

煎湯：5 ~ 15 g

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient)  or qixu (qi deficient) with Blood deficient . Not compatible with gan cao.

如脾虛蕴濕或血虛 兼有氣虛 者勿用之。反甘草。