hai zao 海藻
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
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Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ |
Herb Sargassi |
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Botanical name: 學名﹕ |
Sargassum siliquastrum Ag Sargassum pallidum (Turn.) C. Ag.（大 葉海藻) Sargassum fusiforme (Harv.) Setch. (羊棲菜小葉海藻) |
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Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ |
kaiso |
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Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ |
haecho |
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粵音﹕ |
hoi2 zou2 |
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Other Names: 別名﹕ |
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ |
sea weed |
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Distribution: 產地﹕ |
栽培於福建，浙江，廣東，遼寧，山東，臺灣等省。 Being cultivated in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Liaoning, Shandong, Taiwan provinces. |
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Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ |
苦，鹹，寒。 bitter, salty, cold. |
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Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ |
腎，肝，肺，胃。 kidney, liver, lung, stomach. |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ |
Being used in goiter, scrofula, cough, asthma,
haemorrhoids, runny nose, discomfort in digestive tract, pain in hernia,
pain and swelling of testes, as diuretics for edema, and as antipyretic. 用於甲狀腺腫，瘰歷（頸部淋巴腺結核），利尿消腫，退燒、治咳，以及治療氣喘，咳 嗽， 痔瘡、流鼻涕、腸胃不適，疝氣痛，睪丸腫痛，泌 尿疾病等 |
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
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Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ |
4.5 - 15 g |
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Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ |
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Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ |
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Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |
Not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient). Some traditional sources mentioned that hai zao is not compatible with gan cao but in clinical application it is being used with gan cao. |
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Last update: July 11, 2009, 11:37 a.m. LAH |