ni qiu 泥鰍
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Misgurnus anguillicaudatus |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | nichoo |
粵音﹕ | nai4 cau1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | qiu 鰍,qiu yu 鰍魚。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | pond loach |
Distribution: 產地﹕ |
eastern part of continent of Asia, Islands of Japan, Taiwan etc. 亞洲大陸東部、日本列島及台灣等地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, neutral and nontoxic. 甘 ,平,無毒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ |
spleen. 脾。 |
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Medical functions: 藥理﹕
| The mucus of ni qiu (pond loach) is an effective anti-inflammatory medicine. 泥鰍滑液為消炎良藥 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | For erysipelas (St. Anthony's fire), acute cholecystitis, boils and other acute inflammatory swelling. 對丹毒,癤腫, 急性膽囊炎等各種急性炎腫有卓效。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | protein, fat etc. 蛋白質,脂肪等。 |
Dosage: 用量﹕ |
As food.
當食物用。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | For acute or chronic hepatitis: Get several ni qiu (pond loach), bake under 100 0C until dry and crispy enough to crush by fingers. Grind into powder. Take 9 g each time, 3 times per day, after meal. Use less for small children. A study reported that using this method on 35 cases of contagious hepatitis, among them 32 cases with jaundice. The longest illness was 7 months. After 12 to 16 days of therapy, 33 cases were healed. and 2 cases were obviously better.
急性或亞急性,遷延性肝炎:
For erysipelas (St. Anthony's fire), whitlows, mumps (parotitis): get 10 to 20 ni qiu (pond loaches) and keep them in clear water to rid of dirt. Transfer to a bowl, and put in some cane sugar. Stir for 10 minutes to obtain the sugary mucus. Apply to affected areas. Re-apply when dry. Just a few application will show effect.
丹毒,面疔,瘭疽(指頭疔),腮腺炎: For acute cholecystitis: use 1 or 2 live ni qiu (pond loaches). Obtain the meat from the back. Mince and put into capsules. Use about 1 fish each time. Take with warm drinking water.
急性膽囊炎: |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |
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Last update: April 16, 2010; 6:14 p.m. LAH