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du huo 獨活

 

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Angelicae Pubescentis

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Angelica pubescens Maxim. f. biserrata Shan et Yuan

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

dokkatsu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

tokhwal

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

duk6 wut6

Other Names:

別名﹕

xiang du huo 香獨活,da du huo 大獨活。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

doubleteeth pubescent angelica root.

Distribution:

產地﹕

Hubei, Sichuan (A. pubescens); Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Guangxi  (A.p. Maxim. f. biserrata)

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

slightly warm, acrid, bitter

性微温,味辛、苦。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

kidney, bladder

腎﹐ 膀胱。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. anti-arthritis, inhibits pain, sedative effect
  2. expand blood vessels, lower blood pressure

 

  1. 抗關節炎、鎮痛、鎮靜;
  2. 擴張血管、降低血壓。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for wind-cold-damp painful obstruction, especially in the lower back and legs

for sickness induced by wind-cold-dampness

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

1. osthol, eremophilene, thymol, alpha-cedrene, humulelne, p-cresol, beta-cedrene, guaiol, (1-isopropyl-4-methylene-7-methyl-1, 2, 3, 4, 4a, 5, 6, 8a-octahydronaphthalene), [2-methyl-4-(1, 1-dimethylethyl) phenol] (dodecyl isopropyl ether), alpha-elemene, (trans-p-menth-2-en-7-ol), (2-methyl-5-, (1, 5-dimethyl-4-hexenyl)-1, 3-cyclohexadiene), alpha-funebrene, alpha-bergamotene, (7, 10-pentadecadiynoic acid), [4, 11, 11-trimethyl-8-methylene-bicyclo (2, 2, 0) undec-4-ene], alpha-bisabolene, alpha-longipinene, alpha-patchoulene, Elixeine, (5, 6-dimethyl-3a, 4, 7, 7alpha-tetrahydro-1, 3-isobenzofurandione), ([Z, E] -4, 8, 12-trimethyl-3, 7, 11-tridecatrienoate), (4, 4-methylenebis [2, 3, 5, 6-tetr-amethyl] phenol), beta-bisabolene, 2-cyclo-hexyl decane,  Isosericenene, -2(oxacyclohexadecan-2-one), (2, 3-diphenyl-2-cyclopropen-1-one), (1-tetradecene), (methyl 2, 4, 6-trimethyl-decanoate), n-octane, (4-methyl-cyclohexanone), 2-methyloctane, n-nonane, alpha-pinene, alpha-terpinene, 3-methylnonane, beta-pinene, myrcene, alpha-phellandrene, 3-enecarene, p-cymene, sylvestrene, n-undecane, myrtenal, (4-methoxy-acetophenone, (alpha-copaene), beta-elemene, neroliclol.

2. angelol, bergapten, osthol, umbelliferone, scopoletin, glabralactone, columbianadin, columbianetin acetate, columbianetin, xanthotoxin, angelol-B.

3. angelic acid, tiglic acid.

Dosage:

用量﹕

normal usage in decoction: 3 to 9 g.

external use: make into alcohol extract or into decoction

內服入煎劑,常用量3 ~ 9 克;或浸酒。外用:煎水洗。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

du huo ji sheng tang  獨活寄生湯

jiang huo sheng shi tang 薑活勝濕湯

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

do not use in cases of high fever without chill or in case of yinxu (yin deficient) with fever.

高熱而不惡寒或 陰虛有熱者忌 服。

 

 

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