Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Siraitiae grosvenorii

Latin name:

學名﹕

Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle)C. Jeffrey ex Lu et Z.

Siratia taiwaniana (Hayata) Jeffrey ex Lu & Zhang. 台灣羅漢果

Momordica grosvenori Swingle (incorrectly listed in the Herb Dictionary of People Republic of China, 1995)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

rakanka

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

nahan'gwa

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

lo4 hon3 gwo2

Other Names:

別名﹕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

momordica fruit

Distribution:

產地﹕

Guangxi province of China.

廣西

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet and cool.

it is sweeter than cane sugar more than 200 times.

甘涼

其甜度比食糖約高200倍以上，其甜味物質還有防癌，抗癌作用

Channels  meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, spleen, stomach.

入肺，脾，胃 經

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Its mogroside can lower AST and ALT. It also possesses anti-cancer and preventing cancer effect.

 羅漢果甜甙能降低榖草轉氨酶AST 與 榖丙轉氨酶ALT，並 有防癌，抗癌作用

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

arrest cough, relieves pain in the throat, constipation due to heat in the blood(blood heat ).

The leaves call luo han ye are being used as luo han guo.

潤肺止咳，清解暑熱，涼血潤腸，用於肺燥咳嗽，咽喉幹痛，暑熱口渴，血熱便秘。

葉與羅漢果作用相同。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

9 ~ 15 g (1/2 to 2 pieces of fruit)

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Whooping cough: luo han guo 1 piece, dried fuji persimmon1piece. Boil with water and use as tea.

Swollen throat due to cough luo han guo 1 piece, pang da hai 7 pieces. Boil with water and use as tea.

百日咳﹕ 羅漢果1枚，柿餅1個 。水煎服。

咳嗽喉嚨腫痛 ﹕ 羅漢果1枚﹐ 胖大海 7 枚。水煎服。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕