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| Pharmaceutical
name: |
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| Biological name: |
Gastrodia elata Bl.,
Orchidaceaea |
| Pron.
in Japanese: |
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| Pron.
in Korean: |
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| Pron.
in Cantonese: |
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| Common
Name: |
Gastrodia Tuber |
| Distribution: |
It is mainly produced in
Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Other
producing regions include Northeast China and North
China. |
| Properties
(characteristics) |
Sweet in taste and neutral in
nature. |
| Channels
(meridians) entered: |
Liver. |
| Actions
& Indications: |
1. Calming the endopathic wind
and relieving convulsion and spasm. For symptoms of
liver-wind, no matter if cold type or heat type.2.
Calming the liver and suppressing liver-yang. For such
symptoms as vertigo and headache.3. Removing obstruction
in the channels to relieve pain. For arthralgia due to
the wind, cold and dampness, or for numbness and
paralysis caused by liver and kidney deficiency. |
| Medical
Function: |
1.Effect on the CNS:
sedation, anti-seizure, painkilling effect. 2.
Effect on heart and blood vessels: protect the heart
muscle lacking circulation, improve blood flow in the
coronary artery, improve blood flow to the brain,
mitigate the effect of adrenalin on blood vessel
constriction, lower blood pressure.3. Effect on
tolerance of lack of oxygen. 4. Improve the immune
system. 5. Other effects: increase the skin temperature;
increase the expansion and contraction ability of the
smooth muscle of the intestine; improve the secretion of
the bile in the gall bladder (vanillyl alcohol); slow
down breathing; inhibits 5-HT, PGE2; 6.
Vanilline can be absorbed in the small intestine rapidly
and shows up in the liver and the brain, especially the
cerebrum, and the medication quickly permeates the
blood-brain barrier. Vanilline is excreted through the
urine within 10-12 hours. 7. Toxicity: Relatively safe. |
| Chemical
ingredients: |
vanilline, vanillyl alcohol,
gastrodin, p-hydroxymethylphenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside,
p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, Beta-sitosterol, daucosterol,
citric acid, citric acid mono-methyl ester, palmitic
acid, sucrose, p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, succinic acid, bis
(4-hydroxybenzyl) ether mono-Beta-D-glucopyranoside,
4-hydroxybenzyl methyl ether, 4-(4'-hydroxybenzyloxy)
benzyl methyl ether, bis (4-hydroxybenzyl) ether,
4-(Beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) benzyl alcohol, tris
[4-(Beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy) benzyl] citrate, Parishin.
3, 4-dihydroxybenzyl aldehyde, 4, 4'-dihydroxydiphenyl
methane, p-hydroxybenzyl ethyl ether, 4,
4'-dihydroxydibenzyl ether, 4-ethoxy methyl
phenyl-4'-hydroxy benzyl ether. A variety of trace
minerals: Iron, Fluorine, Manganese, Zinc, Iodine. Also
contains anti-fungus protein. |
| Dosage: |
As a tea, 3 -9 g daily. As
powder, 1 - 1.5 g each time. |
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| Modern
Usage: |
For epilepsy,for external
injury of the brain, as a painkiller, for neurasthenia,
for depression, for the blood-vessel type of migraine.
No undesirable side effects. It does not create a
tolerance. |
| Cautions: |
Should not be used in case of
yin deficiency. |
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