Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

 Radix stemonae

Latin name:

學名﹕

Stemona sessilifolia (Mig.) Mig. 直立百部

Stemona japonica Mig. 蔓生百部

Stemona tuberosa Lour 對葉百部

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

byabubu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

paekpu

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

baak3 bou6

Other Names:

別名﹕

po fu cao 婆婦草 、ye tian men dong 野天門冬

Common Name:

英文名﹕

stemona root

Distribution:

產地 ﹕

Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, hubei, Shandong (S. sessilifolia, S. japonica),

Hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Guizhou, (S tuberosa)

安徽，江蘇，浙江，湖北，山東 （直 立百部，蔓 生 百部）；湖北，廣東，福建，四川，贵州（對 葉百部）。

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bitter, slightly warm

甘﹐苦﹐微溫。

Channels  meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung

肺

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For: Pubic Phthiriasis (head lice, crabs, body lice),  cough, TB, whooping cough.

润肺 下氣止 咳，殺蟲。用于新久咳嗽，肺痨咳嗽，百日咳；外用于頭虱，體虱，蟯虫病，陰虱症。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

3～9 g.

Samples of formulae

:處 方舉例 ﹕

1. For chronic cough, abundance of phlegm: Name of formula: bai bu tang Composition: bai bu, mai dong, sha shen, sang bai pi, bai he, fu ling, di gu pi, yi yi ren, huang qi.

1. For pinworms: Formula:  raw bai bu 30 g, water 400 c.c. Simmer till 30 c.c. Apply liquid inside colon during night time. Let liquid stay overnight.  Five days is a therapy period.

治久咳不已，咳吐痰涎﹕百 部湯《匯言》：百 部、麥 冬、沙參、桑白皮、百合、茯苓、地骨皮、苡仁、黃耆。。

用於蟯蟲病﹕每 天用生百部一兩，加水400 毫 升﹐煎取濃汁30毫升，在晚作保留灌腸。五天，為一療程。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) with loose stool.

脾虛 便溏忌用。