Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Radix Peucedani |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Peucedanum decursivum, Maxim |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | zenko |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | chonho |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | cin4 wu4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | nen qian hu 嫩前胡, fen qian hu 粉前胡﹐ tu dang gui 土 當 歸 ﹐ ye dang gui 野 當 歸, du huo 獨活 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | hogfennel root |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | bitter, acrid, slightly cold 性微寒，味苦、辛。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | lung 肺 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for influenza with asthma, thick phlegm, difficult to expel, and for wind heat type of cough with abundance of phlegm. 用於感冒時有氣喘,痰稠,咯痰不爽及風熱鬱肺, 咳嗽痰多等症。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | nodakenin | 紫花前胡甙 | decursin | 紫花前胡素 | decursidin | 紫花前胡次素 | marmesin | 印枳素 | 3’-isovaleroyl-0-angeloyl-3’，4’-dihydroxanthyletin | 3’- 異 戊酚- 4’- 0- 當 歸 酰- 3’，4’- 二氢花椒樹 皮素 | umbelliferone | 傘 形花内酯 | | | | |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 3 to 9 g 3 ~ 9 克 。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Not to use inqixu (qi deficient) and anemic conditions. 《本草經疏》：不可施諸氣虛血少之病。 |