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qun di cai 裙蔕菜

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu    朱興國編 譯     (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Thallus undariae

Botanical name:

拉丁生物學名﹕

undaria pinnatifida (Sur.) Harriott.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

wakame

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

gun che chae (miyeok)

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

kwan4 dai3 coi3

Other Names:

別名﹕

 

Common Name:

英文名﹕

sea mustard;  also called by the Japanese as wakame in America.

Distribution:

產地﹕

being produced in Japan, China (especially in Dalian), Korea. It is also found in south-eastern New Zealand and Australia.

在日本,中國 (尤其在大連),韓國有種植。澳洲,纽西蘭的東南部也有發現。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

salty, cold.

鹹,寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

Anti viral effect: the active chemical ingredient ofgalactofucan is significantly more active against clinical strains of HSV-2 than HSV-1, p < 0.001.[1]

Digestibility and retention coefficients for calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, sodium and potassium were lower for seaweed-fed rats, and showed lower values for Wakame (undaria pinnatifida) than Nori. (Porphyra tenera)[2]

抗病毒作用:裙蔕菜有效成份褐藻糖胶對疱疹病毒有抑制作用。對疱疹病毒 II 型比對疱疹病毒 I 型更有效。【1】

喂吃海草的大鼠吸收消化鈣,鎂,鋅,鐵,鈉,鉀比對照組小。喂食裙蔕菜比起喂食紫菜組較小。【2】

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

 

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

galactofucan (a sulfated polysaccharide)

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

 

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Over eating this sea weed may cause overload of iodine.

過度服食裙蔕菜可能引起碘過多 。

[1] Phytother Res. 2004 Jul;18(7):551-5.

[2] doi:10.1016/S0308-8146(01)00273-4

 

 

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