Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Aloe barbadensis Miller,

Aloe ferox miller (好望角蘆薈)

Aloe arborescens (木力蘆薈)

Aloe vera (吉拉索蘆薈)
Aloe perryi (索科特拉蘆薈)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

Other Names:

別名﹕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Distribution:

產地﹕

原産非洲與地中海。現在中國南方 地區亦有 。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

苦 ﹐ 寒 。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

大 腸 ﹐ 肝 ﹐ 胃 。

藥理﹕

Laxative effect

Healing wounds and burns

Antineoplastic effect on certain tumors and ascitic hepatic carcinoma.

Inhibitory effect on frog heart specimens

Antifungal effect

Strengthen immune system effect [1]

Anti-diabetic effect [1]

Transderma drug delivery effect [1]

Hepatoproctive effect [1]

致 瀉 作 用 。

抗 腫 瘤 ﹐ 抗 腹 水 性 肝 癌 。

抑 制 離 體 青 蛙 肝 臟 作 用 。

抑 制黴 菌 作 用 。

增強免疫作用。

抗糖尿病作用。[1]

透皮給藥作用。[1]

保肝作用。[1]

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

1. for constipation, dizziness, red eyes, and irritability due to heat buildup (yinxu (yin deficient)  with heat)
2. Kills intestinal parasites, especially roundworms.
3. for treatment of ringworms.
4. for burns and wounds
5. for treatment of liver yang over active

1. 陰虛 有 熱 而 便 秘 ﹐ 頭 暈 ﹐ 眼 紅 ﹐ 煩 躁 易 怒 。
2. 殺 蟲。
3. 治 金錢癬。
4. 創 傷 ﹐ 燒 傷 。
5. 治 肝 陽 上 昇 。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

2. quercetin, campherenol, rutin

3. glucose, mannose, arabinose, rhamnose, fructose, sucrose, xylose, glucuronic acid, .

5. cholesterol, campesterol, sitoterol.

6. capric acid, lauric acid, myristic acid, pentadecanoic acid, palmitic acid, margaric acid, stearic acid, palmitoleic acid, hexadecadienoic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, succinic acid, malic acid, lactic acid, P-coumaric acid.

8. beta-carotene.

9. bradykininase, magnesium lactate, glyoxalase.

Dosage:

用量﹕

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Large amount or long term usage may cause irreversible damage to the kidneys.

The toxic ingredients are aloin and aloe-emodin.

懷孕或月經期間﹐或直腸出血 ﹐或脾虛者忌 用 。

大量或長期服用可致無法挽回之腎臟損壞。

有毒成份：蘆薈甙、蘆薈大黃素。