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現代中藥辭典

 

lou lu  漏蘆  (in English and Chinese 中英文)

 

 by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Stemmacanthae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Stemmacantha uniflora(L.)Dittrich  (祁州漏蘆)

Echinops latifolius Tausch  (藍刺頭,禹州漏蘆)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

roro

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

lolo

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

lau6 lou4

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。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

uniflower Swiss centaury

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。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, cold.

苦,寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

stomach.

胃經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

 

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。
 

Chemical ingredients:

化 學成份﹕

 

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to 12 g.

3-12 克。

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

用治癰腫瘡毒,常與 大黃  ,連 翹紫 花地丁等藥同用;

用治乳癰腫痛,常與
瓜 蔞貝 母蒲 公英等藥同用。
 

Modern Research:

現 代研究﹕

 

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。

 

 

 

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