da fu pi 大腹皮
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Pericarpium Arecae Catechu |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Areca catechu L. (from the peel of ripened seed 成熟之果皮) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | daifukuhi |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | daebokp'i |
粵音﹕ | daai6 fuk1 pei4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | da fu zi 大腹子,bing nang pi 檳榔皮,bing nang yi 檳榔衣。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | betel nut husk |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Originally produced in Malaysia, Indonesia and other southeast Asian areas. Now it is also grown in Hainan, Yunnan, Taiwan, Fujian provinces of China. 原產馬來西亞,印尼。現我國主產於海南、雲南、台灣、福建等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, slightly warm. 味辛、微溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, large intestine, small intestine. 脾、胃、大腸、小腸。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | edema, flatulence, urine stagnation, water retention in legs and feet, burping foul smelling gas, indigestion, fungal infection in the digestive tract. 水腫脹滿,小便停滯,腳氣濕腫,惡阻脹悶,腸胃不和,內傷濕滯。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Daily Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g; Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g. Can be adjusted according to body weight and sickness. 10~20公克;濃縮中藥:0.5~2.0克。可依病症與體質酌量增減使用量。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | Name of Formula: da fu pi san [1] Application: For sequela of lack of appetite after having cold or influenza. Composition: da fu pi 30 g (grind), cao dou kou 15 g,(remove peel), ren shen15 g,(remove stem), fu ling 15 g, , bai zhu 30 g, chen pi 0.3 g(soak with water, remove inner white part, bake), gan jiang 15 g, bake and grind), hou po 15 g, (remove coarse skin), brush with shen jiang juice, bake to fragrance and cooked), jie ke 15 g(stir fry with bran to slightly yellow, remove inner white part), gan cao 15 g, (bake to slightly yellow, grind), rou gui 15 g. Dosage: use 15 g each time. Make decoction with one large bowl of water, add shen jiang 0.15 g, da zao 3 pieces. Simmer until half a bowl. Strain, drink any time, while warm. 大腹皮散 (太平 聖惠方) 功能主治:和氣,益脾胃。主治傷寒後,胃氣不和,不思飲食。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use in case of qixu (qi deficient) 氣虛者忌用。 |
Note: the seeds are called bing lang (betel nut)
註:種子稱為檳榔。
[1] Tai Ping Shen Hui Fang 太平 聖惠方
Last update: Sept. 4, 2015, 8:45 p.m. LAH