ba ji tian 巴 戟 天
Pharmaceutical name: 英 文 藥 名 : | Radix Morindae Officinalis |
Latin botanical name﹕ 拉 丁 學 名 : | Morinda officinalis How |
Pron. in Japanese﹕ 日 語 發 音 : | hagekiten |
Pron. in Korean: 韓 語 發 音 ﹕ | p'agukch'on |
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Common Name﹕ 英 文 名 : | morinda root |
Distribution﹕ 產 地 : | Quangdong, Quangxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Jiangxi provinces of China. 主產於廣東,廣西,福建,四川,江西等地。 |
Properties (characteristics) 性 味 ﹕ | acrid sweet and warm 辛 ﹐ 甘 ﹐ 溫 。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸 經 ﹕ | kidney and liver channels 腎 ﹐ 肝 。 |
Actions & Indications: 主 治 ﹕ |
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Dosage: 用 量 ﹕ | 4 ~ 10 grams 4 ~ 10 克 。 |
Samples of Applications: 應 用 舉 例 ﹕ |
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Chemical ingredients﹕ 化 學 成 份 : | morindin, vitamin C,asperuloside tetraacetate, resin, monotrpein, methyl isoalizarin, methylisoalizarin 1-methylether, rubiadian, rubiadin-1-methyl-ether, 2-methylanthraquinone, 2-hydroxy-3- (hydroxymethyl)-anthraquinone, 1-hydroxy, antraquinone, anthraquinone, 1,6-dihydroxy-2-methoxy-anthraquinone, 1-hydroxy-2-methoxyanthraquinone; elements: lead, iron, magenese, zinc, potassium, calcium, magnesium, nickel , barium, sodium, phosphorus, aluminium, etc. Organic acid: 24-ethycholesterol, non-adecane, glucose, and mannose. |
Modern Research: | ba ji tian extract can be used to counter-act the adverse effect of hydrocortisone on the atrophy of thymus gland, and adrenal cortex, and the increase level of SGPT (ALT). |
Cautions﹕ 禁 忌 : | Contra-indication for damp heat or heat caused by yin deficiency. Use caution in patients with difficulty in urination but usually shenyangxu patients have tendency to develop enlargement of prostate. 3. Some old literatures mentioned not to use it with dan shen (Radix salivae miltiorrhizae). 濕 熱 或 陰 虛 有 熱 者 忌 用 。 小 便 困 難 者 小 心 應 用 。但 腎 陽 虛 者 常 常 引 起 前 列 腺 增 大﹐ 以 至 小 便 困 難 。 有說巴戟天不可與 丹參同用 。 |
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Last update: Nov 15, 2011, 3 p.m. LAH. |