lou lu 漏蘆 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
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Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ |
Radix Stemmacanthae |
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Botanical name: 學名﹕ |
Stemmacantha uniflora（L.）Dittrich
(祁州漏蘆) Echinops latifolius Tausch (藍刺頭，禹州漏蘆) |
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Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ |
roro |
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Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ |
lolo |
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粵音﹕ |
lau6 lou4 |
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Other Names: 別名﹕ |
du hua shan niu bang (literally
means lone flower mountain burdock) 獨花山牛蒡, he shang tou hua ( literally
means monk's head flower) 和尚頭花。 獨花山牛蒡，和尚頭花。 |
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ |
uniflower Swiss centaury |
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Distribution: 產地﹕ |
Stemmacantha uniflora（L.）Dittrich
is produced in northern part, northeastern part and northwestern part of
China. Echinops latifolius Tausch is produced in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu,
Hubei provences. 祁州漏蘆主產東北，華北，西北；藍刺頭主產於河南，安徽， 江蘇，湖北等地。 |
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Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ |
bitter, cold.
苦，寒。 |
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Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ |
stomach. 胃經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主 治﹕ |
for boils, carbuncles, acute
mastitis, unable to discharge milk. 癰腫瘡毒，乳癰腫
痛； 乳房脹痛，乳汁不下。 |
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Chemical ingredients: 化 學成份﹕ |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ |
3 to 12 g. 3-12 克。 |
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Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ |
for treatment of carbuncles
use: lou lu, da
huang, lian
qiao,
zi hua di ding for treatment of acute mastitis use: lou lu, guo lou, bei mu, pu gong ying |
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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
qixu (qi deficient),
boils being flat or collapsed and in pregnancy. 氣虛， 瘡瘍平塌及孕婦忌服。 |
Last update: Aug 2, 2013; 4 p.m. LAH