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jia bi ba  假蓽菝

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus retrofracti

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Piper retrofractum Vahl,

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

gaa2 bat1 bat6

Other Names:

別名﹕

jia bi bo 假蓽撥, chang jiao 長椒

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Bengal pepper, Javanese long pepper

Distribution:

產地﹕

Yunnan and Guangdong provinces of China; also in Thailand, Indonesia, India,  East Timor, Malaysia, Philippines, and Vietnam.

產于中國云南﹐廣東 等省。亦產於印度﹐印尼﹐東帝汶﹐馬來西亞﹐菲立賓﹐泰國﹐越南等國。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

hot, warm 

辛,温。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

stomach, large intestine.

胃、大肠。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

 vomiting, hiccups, stomachache, diarrhea due to coldness in stomach.  

Tooth ache: apply externally.

用于胃寒呕吐、呃逆、腹痛、腹泻。外用﹕治牙痛。
      

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

piperine  (about 6%) , piperlonguminine, sylvatine, guineensine, piperlongumine, filfiline, sitosterol, methyl piperate and a series of piperine-analog retrofractamides are reported.[1]

Dosage:

用量﹕

For internal use: 3 to 6 g in decoction.  External use: make into powder or smash and apply on affected area.

内服:3一6克,水煎服。外用:研粉或捣敷。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Not to use in case of heat in the digestive system.

中有實熱鬱火忌用.

 

[1] (Phytochemistry, 24, 279, 1985)

A manuscript... writing, translating and proofreading  in progress

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Last update: Feb 26, 2007; 11:11 p.m. LAH