Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Rhizoma Zingiber zerumbet

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kurenai-kyū Hajikami (紅球薑)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

honggang (紅薑)

Pron. in Cantonese

粵音﹕

kau4 goeng1

Other Names:

別名﹕

hong jiang 紅薑，hong qiu jiang 紅球薑。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

pine cone ginger, shampoo ginger, awapuhi (Hawaian)

Distribution:

產地﹕

Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan provinces of China, India, throughout Southeast Asia and Polynesia.

我國廣 西，廣東和雲南地區，印度，東南亞，與太平洋群島。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, warm.

辛，溫 。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, spleen, stomach.

肝 ，脾 ，胃。

藥理﹕

anti-inflammation

anti-cancer effect:[3] Zerumbone enhances TRAIL-induced apoptosis through the induction of death receptors in human colon cancer cells[4]

inhibits the growth of a human leukemia cell line, HL-60 cells [3]

cytotoxic compounds: 3″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin,  zerumbone, zerumbone epoxide, diferuloylmethane, feruloyl-p-coumaroylmethane, di-p-coumaroylmethane

抗發炎

防癌抗癌作用：[3]通過誘導人結腸癌細胞受體死亡，結果發現zerumbone增強TRAIL(腫瘤壞死因子相關的凋亡誘導配體) 誘導的凋亡[4]
抑制生長的人白血病細胞株HL-60細胞[3]

有對细 胞有毒的化學成份

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in indigestion, flatulence, stomachache, painful menses, loose bowel movements due to pixu (spleen deficient).

External application: for sprain, use qiu jiang and ripen noni fruit. Smash and make into paste and apply to affected area. For toothache and cavaties, smash and apply externally.

活血祛 瘀，行氣止痛，溫中止瀉，消積導滯。用治肝氣郁滯引起的各種瘀血症。 治氣滯胃痛，腹痛，痛經等；治脾 虛引起的腹泄，消化不良等；治食滯胃脘。

外用： 治扭傷。用球薑加成熟的檄樹果，捣成漿。敷於患處。蛀牙牙痛，捣敷於患處。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

3″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin,  zerumbone, zerumbone epoxide, diferuloylmethane, feruloyl-p-coumaroylmethane, di-p-coumaroylmethane  [3]

Essential oil: zerumbone (37%), a-humulene (14.4%) and camphene (13.8%). The oils from leaves and flowers differed appreciably from that from rhizomes by the presence of large amounts of (E)-nerolidol (21.4% and 34.9%), b-caryophyllene (6.9% and 10.2%), and linalool (7.7% and 17.1%), respectively. The leaf oils differed from the others by their high levels of a- and S-pinenes (10.3% and 31.4%, respectively). [2]

Dosage:

用 量﹕

In decoction for taking orally: 9 to 15 g.

內服： 煎湯，9～15克。

Samples of formulae:

處方 舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

See cytotoxic compounds

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

large amount can be toxic. Seecytotoxic compounds that may cause  apoptosis.

大剤量 可能有毒。其中有毒的化學成份能致细胞凋亡。