Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Xanthii Sibirici

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Xanthium Sibiricum Patr. ex Widd.

Xanthium strumarium  L

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

sojishi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

ch'angija

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

cong1 ji5 zi2

Other Names:

別名 ﹕

yang dai lai 羊帶來﹐di kui 地 葵﹐ye jia 野笳﹐yang fu lai 羊負來﹐ cang er 蒼耳﹐niu shi zi 牛虱子﹐hu qin zi 胡寢子﹐cang lang zhong 蒼郎種﹐cang zi 蒼子﹐hu cang zi 胡 蒼子﹐cang ke zi蒼棵子.

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Common Cocklebur fruit, xanthium

Distribution:

產地﹕

through out China, mainly in Shandong, Jiangxi, Hubei

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, acrid, sweet, warm, toxic.

味苦﹐辛﹐甘，性溫，有毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, liver.

歸肺經﹐肝經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Chronic sinus inflammation, chronic bronchitis, headache with blurring vision, rheumatoid arthritis, urticaria, and eczema.

慢性鼻炎﹐慢性氣管炎﹐頭痛目暗﹐風 濕痺痛 ﹐風疹﹐濕疹等。

Chemical ingredients:【1】

化學成份﹕【1】

Dosage:

用量﹕

In decoction: 3 to 9 g.

External Application: use appropriate amount.

煎服3~9克。

外用適量，煎湯洗患处。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For chronic sinus inflammation:

Name of Formula: cang er san (ji sheng fang):

Composition: cang er zi 9 g， bo he 6 g，xin yi hua15 g，bai zhi 9 g.  Make into powder. Take before meal with drinking water.

蒼耳散:(濟 生方)﹕蒼耳子9克，薄 荷 6克，辛 荑花15克，白 芷 9克。研 粉末 ，飯前
配茶水服用，治療鼻流濁涕。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Zhong Hua Ben Cao:

Large dosage is toxic. In mild cases, the clinical symptoms include:

In mild toxicity: lack of strength, lack of energy, lack of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, followed by dizziness, headache, sleepiness or restlessness and anxiety, tachycardia or bradycardia, low fever, sweating, flush cheeks with slightly jaundice around the nose and mouth, swollen liver. In serious cases: coma, spasm, shock, unable to urinate, bleeding heavily in the digestive tract, edema in lungs, ,eventually exhaustion of respiratory, circulatory systems and kidney function and death.【2】

中華本草﹕

蒼耳子有毒，劑量 過大可致中毒，輕者表現為全身乏力，精神委靡，食欲不振，噁心﹐嘔吐﹐腹痛﹐腹瀉或便秘，繼則出現頭昏頭痛﹐嗜睡或煩躁不安﹐心率增快或減慢，低 熱出汗 ，兩頰潮紅而口鼻周圍蒼黃或出現輕度黃疸，肝腫大。嚴重時可發生昏迷抽搐﹐休克﹐尿閉﹐胃腸道大量出血或出現肺水腫以致呼吸﹐循環或腎功能 衰竭而死亡。【2】