mu zei 木賊
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | herb Equiseti hyemale | ||||||||||||
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Equisetum hyemale Linn | ||||||||||||
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | mokuzoku | ||||||||||||
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | mokchok | ||||||||||||
粵音﹕ | muk6 caak6 | ||||||||||||
Other Names: 別名﹕ | jie jie cao 節節草，jie gu cao 節骨草，jie gu mu 接骨木，bi tou cao 筆頭草，jie gu tong 接骨筒，jie gu cao 接骨草，bo jie cao 剝節草，mu zei cao 木賊草。 | ||||||||||||
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | scouring rush, shave grass. | ||||||||||||
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Distributed in China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Europe, and Northern America. In China mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Taiwan. 分佈於中國，日本，朝鮮，俄羅斯，歐洲，北美洲等地；中國產於黑龍江，吉林，遼寧，內蒙古，北京，天津，河北，陝西，甘肅，河南，湖北，四川重慶，台灣等地。 | ||||||||||||
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, bitter, neutral. 甘，苦，平。 | ||||||||||||
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | lung, liver. 肺，肝。 | ||||||||||||
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
| anti-inflammatory [1] anti-oxidation[1] 抗發炎 [1] 抗氧化[1] | ||||||||||||
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | influenza, jaundice type of hepatitis, worm parasite of small children, conjunctivitis, cataract , nephritis, stone in urinary tract, hematuria, blood in stool, bleeding not during menses, dysentery, scabies. | ||||||||||||
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
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Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ | For decoction: 3 to 10 g. 入煎剤： 3-10 克。 | ||||||||||||
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For treatment of dry eyes, blurry vision： mu zei 3 g, jue ming zi 3 g. Make into decoction and use as tea for daily consumption. 治目澀，視物不清: 木賊草3克， | ||||||||||||
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |||||||||||||
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | According a classical text, it is mainly used in wind-heat type of acute cataract because it can disperse the toxin in the gall bladder and liver. People with chronic cataract and with xue xu (blood deficient) is not suitable. 《本經逢原》： "主目病風熱暴翳，取其發散肝膽風邪，久翳及 血虛者非宜，多服令人目腫。" |
[1] Natural Product Sciences 2008, vol 14, 4th issue