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di fu zi  地膚子
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Present Day Applications:

現代應用﹕

for gonorrhea

淋病

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Kochiae

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Kochia scoparia (L.) Schrader.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

jifushi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

chihuja

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

dei6  fu1 z2

Other Names:

別名﹕

 di zi 地 子﹐sao zhou zi 掃帚子﹐di fu zi 地夫子﹐
di gui 地葵﹐di mai 地麥﹐sao zhou zai (Taiwan)  掃帚栽(台灣)﹐sao zhou miao 掃帚苗。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Belvedere fruit,  broom cypress fruit, kochia fruit

Distribution:

產地﹕

Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan

河北﹐山西﹐ 山東﹐河南。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bitter, cold and nontoxic

甘苦寒無毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

bladder

膀胱經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. inhibits fungi: its water extract inhibits Achorion Schonleinii, Ferruginum and other fungi that regularly cause skin diseases.

  2. effect on immune system:  inhibits phagocytosis of monocytes and inhibits Delayed Type Hypersensitivity (DTH). Its DTH effect can be related to its function of inhibiting phagocytosis of monocytes.


 

  1. 抑菌: 水浸劑對許蘭氏黃癬菌 (Achorion Schonleinii) ﹐奧杜盎氏小芽胞癬菌﹐鐵銹色小芽胞 癬菌 (M. Ferruginum) ﹐羊毛狀小芽胞癬菌﹐星形奴卡氏菌 (Nocardia ) 等常見致病性皮膚真菌均有不同程度的 抑制作用。

  2. 對免疫功能的影響: 水提物有抑制單核巨噬系統的吞噬功能 及遲發型超敏反應(DTH), 其抑制DTH的 作用機制可能與它對單核巨噬系統功能的抑制有關。

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

  1. Internal use: Inflammations and infections of the urinary bladder,  prostate,  kidneys and urinary tract, gonorrhea, edema, beriberi, difficulty in urination.

  2. External applications: itchy and damp testicle area, boils, ring worms. Water decoction of leaves can be used externally for erysipelas (丹毒)﹐and for improving night vision.

功能:益精強陰,入膀胱,除虛熱,利 小便而通淋。

主治﹕

  1. 內服﹕淋病,水腫,腳氣,小便不利。

  2. 外用﹕皮膚惡瘡疥癬,陰囊濕癢。葉亦可用﹐水煎作浴湯,去皮膚風熱丹腫。洗眼除雀盲澀痛。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成 份﹕

triterpenoid saponins,

三帖皂苷

flavonoids

黃酮類化合物

 

3-O-[β-D-吡 喃木糖(13)β-D-砒 喃葡萄糖醛酸]-齊 墩果酸

 

3-O-[β-D-吡 喃木糖(13)β-D-吡 喃葡萄糖醛酸甲酯]-齊 墩果酸

 

3-O-[β-D-吡 喃木糖(13)β-D-吡 喃葡萄糖醛酸]-齊 墩果酸-28-O-[β-D-吡 喃葡萄糖]酯 式

Oleanolic acid

齊墩果酸

n-Triacontanol;1-Triacontanol.

正三十烷醇

Dosage:

用量﹕

煎湯內服﹕315克 。外用適量,煎水洗患都。

3 ~ 15 g. in decoction. Use appropriate amount for external application.

Samples of formulae:處 方舉例﹕

di fu zi tang 地膚子湯

Erysipelas (St. Anthony's fire ): di fu zi, jin yin hua, ju hua 30 g each, jin jie, fang feng 15 g each. Make into decoction. Use as tea.

治丹毒: 地膚子、金銀花、菊花各30g, 荊芥、防風各15g。 水煎服。《陝甘寧青中草藥選》

Wet and itchy groin: di fu zi, she chuang zi, ku shen, hua jiao, equal amount of each. Boil with water and wash affected area.

治陰囊濕癢: 地膚子、蛇 床子苦 參花 椒各 等量。煎水外洗。《湖北中草藥志》。

For eczema, itchy rash: di fu zi 15 g, bai xian  pi  9 g, chuan bi bo 12 g, ku shen, ye ju hua 98 g each, sheng di huang 12 g, chi shao yao, dang gui 9 g each. Make into decoction with water. Drink as tea.

治濕疹,癢疹: 地膚子15g 白蘚皮 9g, 川蓽撥12g苦 參野 菊 花98g生 地黃12g赤 芍當 歸9g。 水煎服。(《 中藥臨床應用》除濕消疹湯)

Modern Research:

現代研 究﹕

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

not to use if it is not damp heat

非濕熱症忌用 。

 

Seeds of these herb arebeing  used as a fake substitute:

  • li  (Chenopodium album L.) 

  • gang song  (Baeckea frutescens L. )

  • tian xian zi (Hyoscyamus niger  L.)

地膚子之偽品:

  • 崗松  (Baeckea frutescens L. )

  • 藜 (Chenopodium album L.)

  • 天仙子(Hyoscyamus niger  L.)

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Last update: July 2, 2009; 9:21 a.m. LAH