qing dai 青黛
Present Day Applications: 現代應用: | Click here to see formula for chronic leukemia |
Pharmaceutical name: 英文药名: | Indigo Naturalis |
Biological name: 拉丁學名: | Dried pigment of the leaves of the following plants:
(以上各植物 葉 中 之 乾 燥 色 素 。) |
粤語發音: | cing1 doi6 |
Common Name: | Natural Indigo |
Distribution:
分佈﹕
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Properties (characteristics): | cold, salty 性寒,味鹹。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經: | liver, lung, stomach 肝﹐肺﹐胃 |
Actions & Indications: 主治: | High fever in infectious sickness, eczema, chronic myelogenous leukemia, children epilepsy, vomiting blood, nose bleeding, bleeding from cuts, gum inflammation, mouth inflammation, sore throat, boils in the mouth or tongue, tonsillitis, inflammation of the roots of teeth, boils, insect or snake bites, cough with heat in the lungs. 溫病熱盛 , 斑疹 ,白血病﹐小兒驚癇 ,吐血 , 咯血 , 吐血鼻血, 金瘡出血,丹毒,口腔炎,牙齦炎,喉頭炎, |
Medical function: 藥理作用﹕ | inhibits
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Samples of formulae: 處方舉例: | For treating boils: grind ma chi xian and qing dai together. Apply externally. Click here to see formula for chronic leukemia. 治諸熱瘡毒, 用馬齒莧加青黛同搗敷之. |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Main ingredient: indigo, indigotin; Secondary ingredient: indirubin 主 含靛蓝(indigo,indigotin),另含靛玉红(indirubin) ![]() Although the chemical formulae of indirubin and indigotin are the same but the structures are different, and indigotin does not possess the anti cancer characteristics. The structure of indirubin deserves further study. 雖然靛玉紅與靛藍的化學方程式一樣但其構造式不同。靛藍沒有抗癌之作用。靛玉紅的構造式須再多研究。 |
Dosage: 用量: | raw herb qing dai: 10 g per dose (added to other formulae) indirubin (effective ingredient for CML): per dosage is 50 mg 青黛﹕每服10克。 靛玉红: 每次50毫克 |
Cautions: 禁忌 | Not to use in cases of abnormal liver function. Indirubin can be toxic to the liver. Start from small amount and monitor liver function regularly. Use care in cases without yinxu (yin deficient) condition with real heat. Most of the herb qing dai sold in the herb stores in Taiwan area aremainly pigments and do not contain any effective ingredient. [1] Editor's note: this can happen in any area.
靛玉红可能對肝臟有毒。肝 功能異常者禁用。用藥期間檢視肝功能。非有實火者,不可輕投。
編者按﹕ 這種情況可發生於任何地區。 |
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Examination: 鑒定: |
It is a fine dark blue powder. During combustion it produces purpurish red
color smoke. It does not contain water soluble pigment. During examination,
the water should not show dark blue color.
青黛雖然為深藍色粉末,但火燒產生紫紅色煙霧;不含有水溶性色素,檢查時水層不得顯深藍色。 |
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