Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥 名﹕

Semen Croton Tigilii

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Croton tiglium Linn.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

hazu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

padu

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

baa1 dau6

Other Names:

別名﹕

jiang zi, gang zi, ba dou rou

Common Name:

英文名﹕

croton seed

Distribution:

產地﹕

Sichuan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

seed: acrid, hot, very toxic

root and leaves: acrid, warm, toxic

種子：辛，熱；有大毒。

根、葉：辛、溫，有毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

stomach, large intestine, lung

肺﹐大腸﹐ 胃

藥理﹕

對皮膚粘膜的刺激作用：

致瀉作用

對胃腸消化道及膽汁、胰液分泌的影響：巴豆水劑能增加膽汁和胰液的分泌。

對循環系統作用：升高血壓

血小板凝集作用

抗病原生物的作用：巴豆煎劑對流感杆菌、綠膿杆菌、金黃色葡萄球菌及白喉杆菌均有一定的抗菌作用，巴豆油制劑能降低感染流行性乙型腦炎的小鼠死亡率並延長存活時間。

鎮痛作用

抗腫瘤及促腫瘤發生作用

溶血作用：巴豆毒有溶解紅血球作用

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

1. as laxative for constipation, distention, abdominal fullness and pain, caused by extreme coldness of bowels

2. for ascites

3. for clogged phlegm

4. for topical uses for abscesses and ulcers, to speed up ulceration of abscesses

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

internal use: 0.15 to 0.3 , rid of skin and press out oil (ba dou shuang), make into pills, or powder form.

external use: appropriate amount. Grind into powder or smash into pulp and wrap with gauze on affected parts. Roots: 3 to 9 g .Leaves: appropriate amount. Boil with water for washing the affected parts.

用量種子0.15～0.3克 ，內服去種皮榨去油(巴 豆霜)， 配入丸、散劑，外用適量，研末塗或搗爛以紗布包搽患處。

根3～9克 ；葉外用適量，煎水洗患處

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

jiu zi wan 韭子丸《聖濟總錄》

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

This herb is very toxic and should be used with extreme care.

Not to use in cases of pregnancy or in weak patients. Do not use with quan niu zi.

種子有大毒。須小心應用。

有毒，體弱和孕婦忌服。不能與牽 牛子同 用。