Pharmaceutical name:

英 文藥名﹕

Rhizoma Smilacis Chinensis

Botanical name:

學 名﹕

Smilax china L.

 Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

bakkatsu (sarutoriibara)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

ba kye

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

bat6 kit3

Other Names:

別名﹕

jin gang ci 金剛刺﹐jin gang teng 金剛藤﹐wu yu ci 烏 魚刺﹐bai fu ling 白茯苓﹐tie ling jiao 鐵菱角 。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Rhizome of chinaroot greenbrier

Distribution:

產地﹕

in eastern part, southern part, southeastern part of China. Being produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Taiwan provinces.

分佈於中國的華東， 華南，西南。產於江蘇，浙江，臺灣等 省。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, warm.

甘，温。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, kidney.

歸肝﹐腎經 。

藥理﹕

1. inhibit Trypanosoma brucei that causes African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)

2. antibiotic effect

3. diuretic effect

4. expel mercury effect

5. anti-cancer [2]

6. anti-diabetes[3]

1. 抑制錐蟲作用

2. 抗生素作用

3. 利尿

4. 解水銀毒

5. 抗癌 [2]

6. 抗糖尿病[3]

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, muscle numbness, diarrhea, dysentery, gonorrhea, boils, hemorrhoids.

功能：祛風濕，利小便，消腫毒

主治：治風濕 關節疼痛，肌肉麻木，泄瀉，痢疾，水 腫，淋病，疔瘡， 腫毒，瘰疬，痔瘡 。

Chemical ingredients:[1]

化學成份﹕[1]

Dosage:

用量﹕

15 to 30 g in decoction

煎服15-30克

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

ba qia yin (drink) (source: Chinese Medical Dictionary, in Chinese)

For: condyloma acuminata (genital wart) with infection

Prescription

ba qia root 500 g, gan cao  25 g

Make into decoction by boiling twice. Mix the 2 strained extract and simmer down to 100 cc. Use 50 cc each time, twice a day.

For arthritis: ba qia, hu zhang, shan zha root 9 to 15 g each. Boil with water and drink as tea.

菝葜飲(《中藥大辭典》)

適應症﹕ 尖銳濕熱疣中醫辨證屬毒熱者。
組成 菝葜根500 g 甘 草25 g
用法 水煎2次，濾液合並，再以文火濃縮至100mL，每服50mL，每日2次。
 

治關節風濕痛：鐵刺苓( 菝葜)、活血龍 (虎杖)、山楂根各三錢至五錢。煎服。（《浙江民間草藥》）

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕