bai lian白蘞 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Ampelopsis Radix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Ampelopsis japonica (Thunb) Makin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | kagamigusa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | Gahoetop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
粵音﹕ | baak6 lim4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other Names: 別名﹕ | bai gen 白根、mao er luan 貓兒卵,e bao dan 鵝抱蛋,shan di gua 山地瓜,di lao shu 地老鼠,chuan shan shu 穿山鼠。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Ampelopsis root | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution: 產地﹕ | northern, northeastern, eastern, mid southern parts of China, and in provinces like Shaanxi, Ningxia, Sichuan. 分佈於華北、東北、華東、中南及陝西、寧夏、四川等地 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, sweet, acrid, cool. 苦 ,甘,辛,涼。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | heart, lung, liver, spleen. 心,肺,肝,脾。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Clear infection and toxin, promote new growth of tissues, arresting pain. Carbuncles, boils, scaldings, dysentery with bleeding, bleeding in anus, anal fistula, scrofula; eczema; malaria; epilepsy; leucorrhea; bruises; traumatic bleeding. 功能:清熱,解毒,散結,生肌,止痛。 癰腫,疔瘡,燙傷,血痢,腸風,痔漏,瘰疬;濕瘡;溫瘧;驚癇;腸風;白帶;跌打損傷;外傷出血。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chemical ingredients:[3] 化學成份﹕[3] |
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Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g. 10~20克; 濃縮中药:0.5~2 克。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | Spitting blood nonstop: Name of Formula: bai lian tang Composition: bai lian 90 g, e jiao Make into coarse powder. Use 6 g each time. Boil with one glass of mixture of water and rice wine with 40 c.c. of raw di huang juice. Simmer together till 70% is left. Strain and drink while warm. If there is no raw di huang juice, use dry raw di huang 0.3 g as substitute. 吐血不止: 藥方名:白蘞湯 《聖濟總錄》卷六十八 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | For acute and chronic infection type of diarrhea: use powdered bai lian in capsules with 0.3 g per capsule. Take 6 capsules, 3 times per day. Result: 140 cases. Effective rates were 96.55% and 91.66%.[1] For cracked skin of hands and feet: bai lian, bai ji 30 g each, da huang 50 g. Bake to brown color and add bing pian 3 g. Mix with refined honey. Apply externally. Result: 55 cases with total effective rate of 94.5% [2] 治療急、慢性菌痢: 白蘞研末裝入膠囊,每粒0.3g,每次服6粒,每日3次,140例,有效率分別為96.55%、91.66%[1]; 治療手足皮膚皸裂: 白蘞、白及各30g、大黃50g,焙黃研粉加入冰片3g,蜂蜜調勻,外用,55例,總有效率94.5% [2]。 扭挫傷和皮膚化膿性感染: 白蘞外用,,效果均較好。 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |
[1] 中西醫結合雜志1986,8:500 Chinese and Western Complementary Medical Journal, 1986,8:500 [2] 中藥現代臨床應用手冊 1993:420 Chinese Medicine Clinical Application Handbook 1993:420 [2] Zhong Hua Ben Cao 中華本草。