gan sui, Complementary and Alternative Healing University

gan sui 甘遂

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Euphorbiae Kansui

Botanical name:

拉丁生物學名﹕

Euphorbia sieboldiana Morr. et Deene.；Euphorbia kansui T.N. Liou ex T.P. Wang

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kansui

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

kamsu

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

gam1 seoi6

Other Names:

別名﹕

mao er yan (being called in Northwestern part of China), hua gu dan (melting bone pills), gan ze, zhong shou hua gen(roots of hand swelling flowers), xuan gen zi

貓兒眼西北，化骨丹，甘澤，腫手花根，萱根子

Common Name:

英文名﹕

kansui root

Distribution:

產地﹕

mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Henan provinces.

主產於陜西，山西，河南等地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, sweet, cold, toxic.

苦，甘，寒，有毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

kidney, large intestine, lung.

腎，大腸，肺。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Abortive effect

laxative effect

immune system inhibiting effect on rabbit

anti leukemia effect

effect on heart muscle

toxic effect

堕胎作用

瀉下作用

抑制家兔免疫系统作用

抗白血病作用

對心肌作用

毒性作用

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

瀉水逐飲。用於水腫脹滿，胸腹積水，痰飲積聚，氣逆喘咳，二便不利，消腫散結：外用可治癰腫瘡瘍。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

diterpenes:	二萜類：
ingenol	巨大戟萜醇
ingenol-3-2，4-decadienoate-20-acetate	巨大戟萜醇-3-2，4-癸二烯酸酯-20-乙酸酯
13-oxyingenol	13-羥基巨大戟萜醇
13-oxyingenol-13-dodecanoate-2o-hexanoate	13-氧化巨大戟萜醇-13-十二酸酯-20-乙酸酯
kansuinine A，B	甘逐萜酯A，B (甘遂寧A，B)
kansuiphorinA，B，C，D	甘遂大戟萜酯
triterpenes:	三萜類：
euphorbone [7]	大戟酮(大戟苷)
kansuiol，tirucallol [8]	大戟醇
γ-euphorbol，euphol (euphadienol，α--euphol，α-euphorbol，euphorbadienol，euphorbol) [9]	γ-大戟醇，又名大戟二烯酸，大戟醇
tirucallol，kanzuiol [8](20-epieuphol，20-deoxyingenol，20-deoxyingenol-3-benzoate，20-deoxyingenol-5-ben-zoate)	甘遂醇 (20-表大戟二烯醇，20-去氧巨大戟萜醇，20-去氧巨大戟萜醇-3-苯甲酸酯，20-去氧巨大戟萜醇-5-苯甲酸酯)
α-euphadienol, α-euphol	α-大戟二烯醇
β-amyrin acetate	β-香樹脂醇乙酸酯
β-sitosterol	β-谷甾醇
β-sitosterolglucoside	β-谷甾醇葡萄糖甙
24-methylenecycloartanol	24-亞甲基環木菠蘿烷醇
1，1-bis2，6-dihydroxy-3-acetyl-4-methoxyphenyl	1，1-雙2，6-二羥基-3-乙酰基-4-甲氧基苯基
methane	甲烷
methyl2，4-dihydroxy-3-formyl-6-methoxyphenylke-tone	甲基2，4-二羥基-3-醛基-6-甲氧基苯基甲酮
Other ingredients:	其他成份：
palmitic acid	棕櫚酸
citric acid	枸櫞酸
oxalic acid	草酸
tannin	鞣質
resin [11]	樹脂
glucose	葡萄糖
sucrose	蔗糖
starch	澱粉
vitamin B1 [10]	維生素B1

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

0.5 g - 1.5 g.

0.5 克~1.5 克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

da xian xiong tang 大陷胸湯

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Side effects include nausea, vomiting, palpitations, abdominal pain, backache and hematuria.

副作用包括作嘔，嘔吐，心陣跳，腹痛，背痛，血尿。

For bibliography on chemical ingredients, see Research Librarian.

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Last update: Aug 29, 2010, 8:05 p.m. LAH