Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Semen Cassiae |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Cassia tora, L.; Cassia obtusifolia L |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | ketsumeishi |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | kyolmyongja |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | kyut3 ming4 zi2 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | cao jue ming 草决明，jue ming zi 決明子，ma ti jue ming 馬蹄決明，ma ti cao 馬蹄草，jia lu dou 假綠豆。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | cassia seed |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughout China, especially in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan. 全國均産，尤其在安徽，江蘇，浙江，廣東，廣西，四川等省 。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | salty, neutral. 鹹，平。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, kidney, large intestine. 入肝，腎 ，大腸。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for treatment of amaurosis, cataract, conjunctivitis, red, swollen painful eyes, headache, chronic constipation, hypertension, liver diseases. 用於肝膽郁熱所致的目赤腫痛，怕光流淚，頭痛。 治青盲內障，結膜炎，目赤腫痛，多淚羞明，頭痛頭脹，慢性便秘，高血壓，肝臟疾患。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | The seed contains: | 決明種子含: | chrysophanol | 大黃酚 | physcion | 大黃素甲醚 | obtusifolin | 美決明子素 | chryso-obtusin | 黃決明素 | obtusin | 決明素 | aurantio-obtusin | 橙黃決明素 | gluco-obtusifolin | 葡萄糖基美決明子素 | gluco-chryso-obtusin | 葡萄糖基黃決明素 | gluco-aurantio-obtusin | 葡萄糖基橙黃決明素 | rubrofusarin | 紅鐮玫素 | cassiaside | 決明子甙 | torosachrysone | 決明蒽酮 | isotoralactone | 異決明種內酯 | cassialactone | 決明子內酯 | 2，5-dimethoxyben-zoquinone | 2，5-二甲氧基苯醌 | toralactone | 決明種內酯 | emodin | 大黃素 | aloe-emodin | 蘆薈大黃素 | chrysophanol-9-anthro-ne | 大黃酚-9-蒽酮 | cassiaside B,C | 決明子甙 B,C | rubrofusarin-6-O-gentiobioside | 紅鐮玫素-6-O-龍膽二糖甙 | alaternin-1-O-β-D-glucopyranoside | 意大利鼠李蒽醌-1-O-葡萄糖甙 | physcion-8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside | 大黃素甲醚-8-O-葡萄糖甙 | 1-desmethylobtusin | 1-去甲基決明素 | 1-desmethylaurantio-ob-tusin | 1-去甲基橙黃決明素 | 1-desmethylchryso-obtusin | 1-去甲基黃決明素 | chrysophanol-10，10ˊ-bianthrone | 大黃酚-10， 10ˊ-聯蒽酮 | questin | 大黃素-8-甲醚 | benzoic acid | 苯甲酸 | | Also contains oil 4.65％-5.79％ | 另含油 4.65％-5.79％，其中主成分為: | palmitic acid | 棕櫚酸 | stearic acid | 硬脂酸 | oleic acid | 油酸 | linoleic acid | 亞油酸 | Also contains oil that can be evaporated by steam, among them | 又含能被蒸汽揮發的油0．014％，其中: | dihydroactinodiolide | 二氫獼猴桃內酯 | m-cresol | 間-甲酚 | 2-hydroxy-4-methoxy-ace-tophenone | 2-羥基-4-甲氧基苯乙酮 | methyl palmitate | 棕櫚酸甲酯 | methyloleate | 油酸甲酯 | | In non-saponin substance, contains | 在非皂化物質中，有: | C16-C31alkyl | C16-C31烷 | cholesterol | 膽甾醇 | stigmasterol | 豆甾醇 | β-sitosterol | β-谷甾醇 | 1，3-dihydroxy-3-methylanthraquinone | 1，3-二羥基-3-甲基蒽醌 | Seed of Cassia tora: | 小決明種子含: | hrysophanol | 大黃酚 | obtusin | 決明素 | aurantio-obtusin | 橙黃決明素 | emodin | 大黃素 | aloe-emodin | 蘆薈大黃素 | physcion | 大黃素甲醚， | toralactone | 決明種內酯， | rhein | 大黃酸 | obtusifolin | 美決明子素 | chryso-obtusin | 黃決明素， | rubrofusarin | 紅鐮玫素， | norrubrofusarin | 去甲基紅鐮玫素 | cassiaside | 決明子甙 | cassiaside C | 決明子甙B | rubrofusarin-6-O-gentiobioside | 紅鐮玫素-6-O-龍膽二糖甙， | 6-［a-D-apiofuranosyl-O-β-D-glucopyranosyloxy］-rubrofusarin | 紅鐮玫素-6-O-芹糖葡萄糖甙 | toralactone-9-β-gentiobiobioside | 決明種內酯-9-β-龍膽二糖甙 (即 是決明子甙C) | chrysophanol-1-O-［β-D-glucopyranosyl1→3）-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-1→6）-O-β-D-glucopyranoside］ | 大黃酚-1-O-三葡萄糖甙， | chrysophanol-1-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-1→ 3）-O-β-D-glucopyanosyl-1→3）-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-1→ 6）-O-β-D-glu-copyranoside | 大黃酚-1-O-四葡萄糖甙， | obtusifolin-2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside | 美決明子素-2-O-葡萄糖甙 | galactomannan | 半乳糖配甘露聚糖 | glucose | 葡萄糖 | galactose | 半乳糖 | xylose | 木糖 | raffinose | 棉子糖 | cystine | 以及胱氨酸 | aspartic acid | 天冬氨酸 | γ-hydroxyarginine | γ-羥基精氨酸 | | Also, the oil of the seed contains small amount of: | 又種子油中含少量 | malvalic acid | 錦葵酸 | sterculic acid | 蘋婆酸 | campesterol | 萊油甾醇 | β-sitosterol | β-谷甾醇 |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10～15克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | Acute conjunctivitis: cao jue ming, ju hua, huang qi. Add water and make into decoction and use as tea. Hypertension: cao jue ming, ju hua, xia ku cao. Add water and make into decoction and use as tea. 急性結膜炎: 草决明，菊 花，黃 芩。水煎服 。 高血壓：草决明，菊 花，夏枯 草。水煎服。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in case of diarrhea, cold or influenza. 泄瀉者或風寒外感者忌用。 |