英文药名：

Herba Centella asiatica

Centella asiatica, L.

Hydrocotyle asiatica L.

Hydrocotyle erecta L. F.

別名：

韓語發音：

byeongpul 병풀

日語發音：

tsubo kusa

粤語發音：

bang1 daai6 wun2

外文名：

English :Asiatic pennywort,  Indian pennywort, Indian navelwort, gotu kola (Sinhalese origin)(英 語)

Hindi: ब॒हमामानडुकी, bemgsag, brahma manduki, brahmanduki, brahmi (North India, West India), gotu kola, khulakhudi, mandookaparni, mandukaparni (South India), mandukparni, Thankuni, 北印度語)

Malay/Indonesian: daun kaki kuda (Indonesia), gagan-gagan (Java), kerok batok (Java), antanan (West Java)[23], pegaga, pegagan, rendeng (馬來-印尼語)

Nepalese:braahamii (brahami), brahambuti, ghodtaapre (ghodtapre), ghorataap (ghortap), kholca ghayn (尼泊爾語)

Filipino: takip-kohol, takip-suso(tagalog),（菲利賓語）

Punjabi: brahmibuti (印度旁遮普語)

Sanskrit: brahamamanduki, brahma manduki, brahmi, divya, jalneem, mandukaparni, mandukparni, nandukparni, thankuni (梵語)

Sinhalese: gotu kola (錫蘭語)

Vietnamese: Cây Rau Má (越南語)

分佈：

tropical and sub-tropical areas: southern Africa, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Southern part of mainland China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, burma, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

熱帶與亞熱帶地區： 非洲南部，馬達加斯加，印度，錫蘭，巴基斯丹，中國南部，台灣，越南，泰國，緬甸，老撾國，馬來西亞，印尼，菲利賓等地。

性味：

cold, acrid, bitter

寒﹐辛﹐苦。

歸經﹕

bladder, spleen, stomach

膀胱﹐脾﹐胃。

藥理：

1. anti-cancer. It can induce apoptosis of human breast cancer cells. [1]

2. effective in improving the microcirculation in venous hypertension and microangiopathy [2]

3. improving venous insufficiency [10]

4. improving memory [4] [8][9][7][17][18]: The essential oil of  monoterpenoids, including bornyl acetate, α-pinene, β-pinene and γ-terpinene, are reported to inhibit acetylcholinesterase.

5.  The extract of beng da wan decreases the Abeta in lab mice.

6. controlling anxiety [5]

7. improving condition of diabetic neuropathy [6]

8. wounds healing, [7][22]

9. lower Abeta in hippocampi of lab animals that causes Alzheimer's disease[9]

10. neuroprotective effect on rats that have been experimentally induced to have Parkinson's disease [14]

11. anti-wrinkle of skin. Asiaticoside has been demonstrated to increase collagen synthesis thus performing an anti-wrinkle activity.[15] [16]

12. slowing down the progress of the disease ALS [21]

13. repairing the damaged sciatica nerves [19]

14. inhibiting pain effect [20]

15. improve sexual function

1. 抗癌. 本品能致人類乳癌細胞凋亡 [1]

2. 改善靜脈高血壓的微循環與微血管病 [2]

3. 改善 静脉 功能不全 [10]

4. 改善 記憶 力 [4] [8][9][7][17]: 據報導崩大碗的精 油中的單萜類， 包括乙酸龍腦酯，α-蒎烯，β-蒎烯和γ-鬆油烯能抑制乙 酰膽鹼酯酶。

5. 崩大碗的提取物能降低實驗室小鼠腦中海馬體的 阿爾茨海默氏 病的 β-澱粉酶 [9]

6. 控制憂慮 [5]

7. 改善糖尿病性神經病變 [6]

8. 癒合 傷口 [7][22]

9. 長期 服用 可能對肝臟有毒 [13]

10. 對實 驗室 人工引起帕金森氏病大鼠有保護神經作用 [14]

11. 促進 膠原 之合成而有防止皺紋之形成[15] [16]

12. 可放緩肌萎縮性侧索硬化症之進展 [21]

13. 促進 受損 坐骨神經功能恢復[19]

14. 鎮痛 作用[20]

15. 增強 性功能

化學成份：

用量：

30 ~50 g.

30 ~50 克。

處方舉例：

For pimples﹕ beng da wan 38 g， mung bean 38 g， salt to taste. Add 2 liters of water. Simmer for 1 hour to make soup.  Do not use sugar.

For treatment of venous insufficiency: use about 38 g and make into decoction. Use daily for about one to two months.

Long term usage may be toxic to liver [13]

治粉刺：崩大碗一兩﹐綠 豆一兩，加少許食 鹽調味煲湯(不可用糖)。
治静脉功能不全：崩大碗一兩， 煲湯。每天服用。連服一两個月。

長期服用可能對肝臟有毒。[13]

禁忌

According traditional practice this herb should not be used during pregnancy or during breast feeding. but in different modern studies on animals, it did not show any harm when the herb was given to pregnant animals,[11] In another studies showed no side effect when given to pregnant women. [12]

Consuming large amount causes nausea and dizziness.

Those with pixu (spleen deficient), should use with care. Traditional usage, in the West,  is to use a few leaves with a few slices of ginger added.

Long term usage may be toxic to liver [13]

Do not over cook. Heating too long can damage the chemical ingredient, that mimic Levodopa.

脾虛者 小心使用。傳統上，西方民間，每次用幾片 葉子，另加幾片生薑。

根據傳統懷孕或哺乳期間忌服。但根據現代研究給懷孕的動物服用崩大碗並沒有發現不良反應[11]。 另有報導，此藥對懷孕婦人沒有不良影響[12]。

服用大劑量可致頭暈反胃。

長期服用 可能對肝臟有毒 [13]

不可久煎。如加熱過久其有效成份左旋多巴胺會被破壞。