gua lou zi 瓜蔞子 (chk code) （in English and Chinese 中英文)
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Semen Trichosanthis |
Botanical name: 拉丁生物學名﹕ | Trichosanthes kirilowii, Maxim, or Trichosanthes japonica, Regel. |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | karonin |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | kwalwiin |
粵音﹕ | kwaa1 lau5 jan4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | gua lou ren 瓜蔞仁, gua lou ren 栝蔞仁， |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | trichosanthes seed, Chinese cucumber seed. |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | throughout China, especially in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi 全中國，尤其是山東， 河北，山西，陕西。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | faint smell, bland. 氣微，味淡。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | lung, stomach, large instestine 肺，胃，大腸。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in hot cough with sticky phlegm; hot and dry bowel with constipation. Also, being used in promoting mother's milk and for treating carbuncles. 用於燥咳痰粘，腸燥便秘。下乳，治癰腫。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | 9～15 g |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | It is not suitable to use together with wu tou. Not to be taken by those who are |
Last update: Aug 17, 2013; 9:31 p.m. LAH