Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Radix Inulae |
Botanical name: 拉丁生物學名﹕ | Inula helenium L. Inula racemosa L. (藏木香) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | dobokku |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | t'omokhyang |
Pron. in Cantonese:: 粵音﹕ | tou2 muk6 hoeng1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | qi mu xiang 祁木香，ma nu (Tibetan name) 瑪奴（藏名） |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | elecampane inula root, root of elecampane inula, root of racemose inula |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Mainly being produced in Hebei, also being produced in Xinjiang, Gansui, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Henan, Zhejiang provinces of China . 主産於河北，此外，新疆，甘肅，陝西，四川，河南，浙江等地亦産。 |
Properties characteristics﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, bitter, warm. 辛，苦，溫。 |
Channels meridians entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, spleen. 肝，脾。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | Effect of arresting cough, expelling phlegm, promoting urination, antibiotic, arresting pain, rid of parasites. In vitro studies showed that alantolactone is toxic to white cells 止咳排痰，利尿，抑菌，鎮痛，驅蟲 體外培養試驗表明，土木香內酯為一變應原，對白細胞有毒性。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in bulging pain in rib cage, chronic stomachache, round worm parasites, vomiting and diarrhea, injuries in the rib cage, over active fetus, asthma, abundance of phlegm. 用於胸脅，脘腹脹痛，慢性胃炎，蛔蟲病，嘔吐瀉痢，胸脅挫傷，急性胸肋痛，胎動不安，氣喘痰多。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | Root contains: | 根含： | | 3ssential oils: | 揮發油: | Sesquiterpenoid lactones: | 倍半萜內酯類: | alantolactone | 土木香內酯 | saussurealactone | 風毛菊內酯 | iso-alantolactone | 異土木香內酯 | dihydro-iso-alantolactone[1] | 二氫異土木香內酯 | dihydro-alantolactone[2] | 二氫土木香內酯 | | Monoterpenoids: | 單萜類成分： | myristicin | 肉豆蔻醚 | β-elemene | β-欖香烯 | aromadendrene[1] | 香橙烯 | | Coumarins: | 香豆素類成分： | xanthotoxin | 花椒毒素 | isopimpinellin | 異虎耳草素 | isobergapten)[3] | 異佛手柑內酯 | | Flavonoids: | 黃酮類成分： | rutin | 蘆丁 | quercetin)[3] | 槲皮素 | | Triterpenes: | 三萜類成分： | germacrene-D-lactone[9] | 大牻牛兒烯D內酯[9] | 1-deoxy-8-epiivangustin[10] | 1-去氧-8-表狭叶依瓦菊素 | dammaradienyl acetate | 達瑪二烯醇乙酸酯 | after hydorysis, it produceddammaradienol)[4] | 水解後產生達瑪二烯醇 | | Polysaccharides: | 多糖類成分： | inulin | 菊糖 | pectin | 膠質 | | Fatty acid: | 脂肪酸類成分： | tartartic acid | 酒石酸 | succinic acid | 琥珀酸 | | Also contains: | | 10-isobutyryloxy-8,9-epoxythymol isobutyrate[5] | | | The above ground portions contains: | 地上部分含: | | dihydro-alantolacton [8] | 二氫土木香內酯 | | eudesmanolide [6] | 2-羥基土木香內酯 | | Leaves contain: | 葉中含 | | alantopicrin[7] | 土木香苦素 |
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Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | 3~9 g |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | 藥方名：六味安消散 (中國藥典) 處方：土木香50g，大黃 200g，山奈100g，寒水石（煅）250g，訶子150g，鹼花300g。
上為細末，過篩，混勻。
功能主治：和胃健脾，導滯消積，行血止痛。主胃痛脹滿，消化不良，便秘，痛經。
用法用量：每服1.5至3g，1日2-3次。
注意：孕婦忌服。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Do not use when there is dry mouth with internal heat and dry throat with red tongue . 內熱口乾，喉乾舌絳者忌用。 |