xiao bai ju, feverfew 小白菊 (in Chinese and English)
Original Latin name : febrifugia
Present Day Applications: 現代應用: | for the relief of migraine, to help prevent blood clots, as an anti-inflammatory for relief of arthritis, to relieve pain during menstrual menses due to blood clots, and for improving eye sight. 用于偏頭痛,帮助防止血凝,抗炎,减輕關節炎症狀,减輕經期血瘀所致的經痛。 |
Pharmaceutical name: 英文药名: | Flos Tanaceti |
Biological name: 拉丁學名: | Tanacetum parthenium or Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Berman. |
Japanese Name: 日文名: | natsu shiro giku (夏白菊) |
Pron. in Korean: 韓文名: | habaeggug (夏白菊) |
粤語發音: | siu2 baak6 guk1 |
Common Name: 英文名: | Feverfew, Pyrethrum parthenium, Featherfew, Featherfoil, Flirtwort |
Distribution: 分佈: | |
Properties (characteristics): 性味: | sweet, slightly cool. 味甘﹐性微寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經: | liver, lung. 肝﹐肺經。 |
Medical Functions: 药理: |
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Actions & Indications: 主治: | migraine, arthritis, painful menses, blurry eyesight, yinxu (yin deficient) with excess heat in the body 偏頭痛﹐關節炎﹐經痛﹐眼花﹐ 陰虛有熱。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份: | sesquiterpene lactones (including parthenolide), borneol, camphor, pyrethrins. 倍半帖內酯 (包括﹕白菊內脂)﹐龍腦, 樟腦﹐除蟲菊素﹐ |
Dosage﹕ 每日量: | 6~12 g per day 6 ~ 12 克。 |
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Modern Research: | parthenolide kills human acute myelogenous leukemia stem cells. 白菊內脂能夠摧毀急性骨髓性白血病的幹細胞。 |
Cautions: 用量: | Do not use while on blood thinning medication (like warfarin, heparin etc), during pregnancy or while breastfeeding. 用防止血液凝結藥物時不可同時用小白菊。脯奶或懷孕時不可用。 |
Last update: Dec 8, 2012; 3:33 p.m. LAH