Pharmaceutical name:

英 文藥名﹕

Pasta acaciae seu Uncariae

Botanical name:

學 名﹕

Uncaria gambier (Hunter) Roxb.

Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

asenyaku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

acha

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hoi4 ji4 caa4

Other Names:

別名﹕

1. Other Chinese name: er cha

2. Sanskrit: Khadira or Khaira

3. Tamil: Vodalay

4. Thai: Sisiat

梵語 Khadira 或 Khaira。孩兒茶殆由 Khaira而得音。因其 汁呈綠茶色，故有茶之名。泰米爾語Vodalay，汪大淵之“烏爹土”，《本蘋綱目》 之“烏爹泥”與“烏壘泥”皆其對音。泰語名 Sisiat 。汪大淵(元朝）所記“胥失之”為其譯音。[1]

Common Name:

英文名﹕

paste made from dried concentrated decoction of black cutch (Acacia) or brown cutch (white cutch) (Uncaria); catechu, gambier

Distribution:

產地﹕

Uncaria gambier  (Hunter) Roxb.is produced in Burma, India, Indonesia, Malaysia etc.

Acacia catechu (L. f.) Willd.is produced in Yunnan province of China.

方兒茶Uncaria gambier ﹐又稱棕兒茶 。主產於緬甸，印度，印尼 ﹐ 馬來亞 等地。

黑兒茶 Acacia catechu (L.) Willd.。主產于雲南西双 版纳傣族自治州。

Properties

(characteristics)

性味﹕

sweet, bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic

味苦，微澀，性 涼。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung

肺

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

 For treating mouth sores, nose bleeding, vomiting blood, blood in urine, infectious type of diarrhea with blood, bleeding in the vagina not during period, non-healing sores, arresting bleeding form injuries.

 治 口瘡喉痹煩熱, 止消渴吐血衄血, 便血尿血, 濕熱痢血, 及婦 人崩淋, 經血不止, 小兒疳熱, 口疳, 熱瘡, 濕爛諸瘡, 斂肌長肉, 亦殺諸蟲。(景 岳全書)

亦用于金瘡流血 ﹐ 肺熱咳嗽。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

　　【摘录】《中國药典》

Dosage:

用量 ﹕

0.1 to 0.9 in pills or powder form.

External application: grind and use as pasted.

0.1 ~ 0.9 克﹐ 入丸或粉劑。

外用﹕ 研末作膏。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例 ﹕

For ridding of phlegm: hai er cha, bo he leaves, fine tea leaves. Grind into powder. Mix with refined honey. Make into pills. Suck a few pills after meals.

For cough treatment: hai er cha 60 g. xi xin 12 g, one pig's gall bladder. Grind the first 2 herbs into powder. Heat up the bile juice. Mix the 3 ingredients and make into pills of 3 g each. Use one pill a each time, suck in the mouth,  4 times a day, during empty stomach.

1. 消痰：兒茶、薄 荷葉、細茶。為末蜜丸，飯後含化三、五粒。(《本草述》)

2. 治咳嗽：兒茶二兩，細 辛四錢，豬膽一個。前二味藥共研末，取膽汁煉熱，三味藥共為丸，每丸重一錢。每日四次，每次一丸，空腹含化。(內蒙古 《中草藥新醫療法資料選編》)

3. 止血：煅龍骨、象皮，陳石灰、老鬆香、降香末、血 竭、兒茶、白及末等分。共為細末，研至無聲，撒於瘡口。(《實用正骨學》) ④治牙疳口瘡：孩兒茶、硼砂等分。為末搽。(《綱目》)

4. 治走馬牙疳：孩兒茶、雄黃、貝母等分。為末，米泔 漱淨搽之。(《積德堂經驗方》)

5. 治急性扁桃體炎：兒茶、柿霜各三錢，冰片二分，枯 礬二錢。共研細粉，用甘油調成糊狀，涂抹患處。(《全展選編·耳鼻咽喉疾病》) ⑦治鼻淵流水：孩兒茶末吹之。(《本草權度》)

6. 治下疳陰瘡：孩兒茶一錢，真珠一分，片腦半分。為 末敷。(《纂要奇方》)

7. 治痔瘡腫痛：孩兒茶、麝香為末。唾津調敷。(《孫 天仁集效方》)

8. 治一切癰疽、諸瘡破爛不斂者：兒茶、乳香、沒藥各 三錢，冰片一錢，麝香二分，血竭三錢，旱三七三錢。上為末撒之。(《醫宗金鑒》腐盡生肌散)

9. 治龜頭爛：孩兒茶合冰片塗之。(《本草撮要》)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕