Complementary & Alternative Healing University 中藥詞典

 

dai zhe shi 代赭石 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
 

Edited and Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱 興 國 編 譯

 

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Haematitum

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Haematitum

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

taishaseki

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

hematite

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

doi6 ze2 sek6

Other Names:

別名 ﹕

 dai zhe 代赭，zhe shi 赭石，chi shi 赤石，dai zhe shi 岱赭石, xu wan 須丸﹐xue shi 血師﹐tu zhu 土朱﹐tie zhu 鐵朱。.

Common Name:

英文名﹕

hematite

Distribution:

產地﹕

Hebei, Guangdong, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan.

河北，廣東，河南，山東，四川，湖南。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, cold, slightly toxic

苦，寒, 有小毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

liver, heart.

肝 ，心。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

Medical functions:

  1. The ingredient iron can promote production of red blood cells and hemoglobin.

  2. It can stimulate the intestine and promote movements

  3. It has calming effect on the CNS

藥理﹕

  1. 所含鐵質能促進紅細胞及血紅蛋白的新生；

  2. 對腸管有興奮作用，使腸蠕動亢進；

  3. 對中樞神經有鎮靜作用。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

  1. liver yang over active, blurry vision and dizziness.

  2. vomiting, hiccups,

  3. asthma

  4. bleeding due to heat in the blood, excessive bleeding during menopause

  5. chronic diarrhea

  6. vagina yeast and bacterial infection

  7. gastric neurosis

 

1. 用於肝陽上亢，頭暈目眩。
2. 用於嘔吐，呃逆，噫氣等症。
3. 用於氣逆喘息。
4. 用於血熱吐衄，崩漏。
5. 慢性下痢

6. 赤白帶下

7. 胃神經官能症

 

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

The main ingredient is ferric trioxide in which iron consists of 70% and oxygen consists of 30%. It also contains other impurities like magnesium, aluminum, silicon, and water.

代赭石主含三氧化二鐵，其中鐵 70%，氧 30%，並含 雜質鎂，鋁，矽和 水份。

Dosage:

用量﹕

10-30 g.

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

(1) liver yang over active, blurry vision and dizziness﹕

liver yang ascending with heat:

Name of Formula: dai zhe shi tang.

Composition: dai zhe shi, shi jue ming, xia ku cao, niu xi.

 

(2) Vomiting, hiccups:

Name of Formula: xuan fu hua dai zhe shi tang.

Composition: dai zhe shi, xuan fu hua, ban xia, sheng jiang.

(3) Asthma, wheezing and difficult to sleep﹕  Use single herb of dai zhe shi. Grind into powder. Mix with rice vinegar. Take orally.

For Asthma with lung deficient,  kidney deficient and yang deficient, yin deficient : Name of Formula: shen zhe zhen qi tang.

Composition: dai zhe shi, dang shen, shan zhu yu, hu tao (walnut nut).

(4) Stomach neurosis  (Nervous Dyspepsia):

xuan fu hua (wrap in cloth)10 g, dai zhe shi (boil first) 25 g,  ding xiang (drop in during the last few minutes of cooking ) 5 g, sha ren (drop in during the last few minutes of cooking) 6 g, dang shen12 g, fu ling10 g, bai zhu10 g, gan cao 6 g, chen pi 8 g, ban xia10 g, mu xiang 5 g, da zao 5 pieces,  sheng jia 6 g.

Adjust the formula according to diagnosis. One dose per day. Boil with water.10 days is one therapy period. After the sympton subsides, use xiao Yao Wan, and xiang sha liu jun zi tang. Take continuously for 1 to 3 months to strengthen the effect.

 

(1) 用 於肝陽上亢，頭暈目眩：

治 肝陽上 亢肝火盛者，常與石 決明，夏 枯草，牛 膝等同用，如代赭石湯；

治 肝腎陰 虛， 肝陽上亢者 ，每與龜板，牡蠣，白芍藥等滋陰潛陽藥同用，如鎮肝息風湯


(2) 用於嘔吐，呃逆，噫氣等症：

 治 胃氣上逆之嘔吐，呃逆，噫氣不止等症，常與旋覆花，半夏，生薑等配伍，如旋覆代赭湯。

(3) 用 於氣逆喘息：

治 哮喘有 聲，臥睡不得者，可單用本品研末，米醋調服。 
治肺不足腎 虛，陰 虛兼陽 虛之 虛喘，每與黨參， 山茱萸，胡桃肉等配伍，如參赭鎮氣湯。
 

(4) 用 於血熱吐衄，崩漏：

治 血熱妄 行之吐血，衄血，可與白芍藥，竹茹，牛蒡子等同用，如寒降湯；
治血熱崩漏下血，可與禹餘糧，赤石脂，五靈脂等同用，如震靈丹。

(5). 用於胃神經官能症：

旋覆花(布包)10g，代赭石(先煎)25g， 丁香(後下)5g，砂 仁(後下)6g，黨 參12g，茯 苓10g，白 朮10g，甘 草6g，陳皮8g，法半 夏10g，木 香5g，大 棗5枚，生 薑6g。随証加减,每日1劑。水煎服,10日为1療程。病情緩解後以逍遙丸合 香砂六君子湯繼續服1～3個月以鞏固療效。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕



 

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

use care in cases of pregnancy. Not for long term usage because it contains a small amount of arsenic.

孕婦慎用。 代赭石因含微量的砷，故不宜長期服用。

　

[1} 中國民間療法 1999年第5期第7卷 古方今用 。作者：陳錦輝　 陳植榮。單位：陳 錦輝﹐廣 東省潮安縣東風鎮德修衛生站,515634；陳 植榮 ﹐ 廣东省潮州市中心醫院。

 

Last update: Sept 28, 2013; 8:15 P.m. LAH