niu da li 牛大力 (in English and Chinese 中英文)
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Radix Millettiae speciosae | ||||||||||||
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | |||||||||||||
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | sanrenguu (山蓮藕) | ||||||||||||
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |||||||||||||
粵音﹕ | ngau4 daai6 lik6 | ||||||||||||
Other Names: 別名﹕ |
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Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Showy millettia | ||||||||||||
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Fujian, Taiwan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Jiangxi provinces;also in Vietnam。 福建、台灣、廣西、廣東、湖北、湖南,貴州、江西等省. 越南也有。 | ||||||||||||
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | neutral, sweet. 性平,味甘 | ||||||||||||
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | lung, kidney 肺,腎。 | ||||||||||||
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
| This herb can improve to varying degrees of the immune system of normal mice and also those of immunocompromised mice [2] The polysaccharide of this herb showed a two-way adjustment on proliferation of mouse T lymphocytes.[3] 牛大力能不同程度地提高正常小鼠和免疫功能低下小鼠的免疫功能[2] 牛大力多糖對小鼠T淋巴細胞的增殖呈雙向調節作用。[3] | ||||||||||||
Actions & Indications: 主治 ﹕ | Heat in the lungs, cough due to lung deficiency , tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, muscle strain, etc. 治肺熱,肝炎,白帶, 肺 虛咳嗽,肺結核,風濕性關節炎,腰肌勞損等。 | ||||||||||||
Chemical ingredients:[1] 化學 成份﹕ |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 15~30 g | ||||||||||||
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Modern Research: 現代 研究﹕ | |||||||||||||
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素 與禁忌﹕ |
[1] Zhong Yao Cai. 2009 Apr;32(4):520-1.
[2] Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Journal of Traditional Chinese medicine, November2009,Vo.l26,No. 6; .
[2] 廣州中醫大學,中醫學報,2009年11月第26卷第6期 [3] Journal of Guandong Medical School, 2008, Feb, Vol. 26, No. 1 [3] 《廣東藥學院學報》> 2008年2月26卷1期>