jiàn huā 劍花
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編 譯 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Flos Hylocerei |
Botanical name: 拉丁生物學名﹕ | Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. et Rose |
Japanese: 日語﹕ | byakurenkaku (白蓮閣) |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
粵音﹕ | gim3 faa1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ |
The fruit are called hong long guo (red dragon fruit), huo long guo (fire dragon fruit), xian ren zhang guo (cactus fruit).
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ | red pitaya |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Australian, Taiwan, Haiwaii, and Hainan, also in Fujian, Guangdong provinces of China. 分布在澳大利亞,台灣島,夏威夷以及中國大陸的海南,福建,廣東等地, |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, slightly cold. 甘,微寒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | lung 肺 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | For treatment of infection, soothing the lungs. Being used in TB, bronchitis, TB of lymph nodes in the neck, tonsillitis. 清熱潤肺。治肺結核,支氣管炎,頸淋巴結結核,腮腺炎。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 卅一烷 (Hentriacontane), β-谷甾醇(β-Sitosterol) |
Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | For oral consumption: 9 to 18 g in decoction. 內服:煎湯,9~18 克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For arresting pain, getting rid of hot phlegm and cough: make soup with pork and take orally. "止氣痛,理痰火咳嗽,和豬肉煎湯服之。"②《嶺南採藥錄》 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |