Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Flos Hylocerei undati |
Biological name: 拉丁文學名﹕ | Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. et Rose |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | byakurenkaku ka (白蓮閣花) |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | baa3 wong4 faa1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | jian hua 劍花，liang tian che hua (ruler for measuring heaven flower) 量天尺花，ba wang bian 霸王鞭 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | nightblooming cereus |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Original being produced in Mexico and Guangxi province area of China. It is found now the world's tropical and subtropical regions. In China, it is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi. Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Foshan and Lingnan areas. 原產於墨西哥、廣西一帶，現全世界的熱帶、亞熱帶地區均有栽培 。在中國主要分佈於廣東、廣西。廣州、肇慶、佛山、嶺南等為主產區 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, cool. 甘，涼。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | lung 肺 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | It has the effect of tonic and can clear lung infection. The flowers are being used in clearing infection, as expectorant and arresting cough, for tuberculosis, bronchitis, cervical lymph node tuberculosis. 有清肺熱和滋補的功效。 花：清熱，潤肺，止咳。用於肺結核，支氣管炎，頸淋巴結結核。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | hentriacontane and β-sitosterol. 卅一烷和β-谷甾醇。 |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 9~15 in decoction. Take orally. 9~15 克，煎服。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | |
