hai tong pi, Complementary and Alternative Healing University

hai tong pi 海桐皮 (in English and Chinese 中英文）

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

ErythrinaeCortex

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Erythrina variegata L. var. orientalis (L.) MERR.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kaitohi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

haedongp'i

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hoi tong peh

Other Names:

別名﹕

ding tong pi 釘桐皮，gu tong pi 鼓桐皮，ci tong pi 刺桐皮，ci tong 刺通，jie gu yao 接骨藥。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

coral bean bark, erythrina bark

Distribution:

產地﹕

Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Hubei provinces of China

中國廣西, 雲南, 福建, 湖北等地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, acrid, neutral.

苦，辛，平。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, spleen.

入肝, 脾二經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

achy loin and knees, rheumatoid arthritis, scabies, tooth ache.

腰膝疼痛，風濕痺痛，腳氣，疥癬，牙痛。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

刺桐靈鹼(erythraline)，下緘刺桐鹼(hypaphorine)，氨基酸 (amino acids)

Dosage:

用量﹕

6 to 12 g. Use appropriate amount for external application.

6~12 g。外用適量。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

For chronic and cold type of rheumatoid arthritis: hai tong pi, xu duan, du zhong, dang gui, wu jia pi.. Make into decoction. Use as tea.

For fungal infection of skin: hai tong pi, di fu zi, she zhuang zi, huang bai. Make into decoction. Use as tea.

風濕性關節炎, 慢性而偏寒者: 海桐皮, 續斷, 杜仲, 當歸, 五加皮。
皮膚癬菌: 海桐皮, 地膚子, 蛇床子,黃柏。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

not to use in cases of Blood deficient.

血虛者﹐忌用。

Last update: Nov 9, 2011; 11:33 a.m. LAH