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Cocculus indica, yin du fang ji 印度防己

 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Cocculus indicae

Latin  name:

拉丁學名﹕

Cocculus indica

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

jan3 dou6 fong4 gei2

Other Names:

別名 ﹕

 

Common Name:

英文名﹕

 

Distribution:

產地﹕

 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

 

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

The active chemical ingredient is picrotoxin which is an antagonist for GABA A receptor. It can excite the CNS.

印度防己之有效成份毛果芸香鹼有抗 γ- 氨基丁 酸 A (GABA A) 受體之作用。能興奮中區神經。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in homeopathy for:

  1. nausea, vomiting, headache, vertigo, when traveling in carriage, car, airplane or ship;

  2. insomnia

  3. dyspepsia (indigestion)

  4. epilepsy

  5. leucorrhea (vagina white discharge, yeast infection)

  6. dymenorrhea (painful menses)

在順勢療法用於:

  1. 舟車暈浪頭暈作嘔,嘔吐,

  2. 失眠

  3. 消化不良

  4. 癲癇症
  5. 白帶
  6. 經痛

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

picrotoxin 毛果芸香鹼

Dosage:

用量﹕

 

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Not to use during pregnancy, in small children or if the body is weak.

The active ingredient of Coccolus indica is picrotoxin. It is a neuro toxin. Do not over dose.

孕婦、小兒、體虛者禁內服。

印度防己有效成份是毛果芸香鹼。它是一種神經毒素。不可多用。

 

 

 

 

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