sha ren 砂仁
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Amomi | ||||||||||||||
Botanical name: 學名﹕ |
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Pron. in Japanese: 日語 發 音﹕ | shukusha | ||||||||||||||
Pron. in Korean: 韓語 發 音﹕ | sa 'in | ||||||||||||||
粵音 ﹕ | saa1 jan4 | ||||||||||||||
Other Names: 別名﹕ |
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Common Name: 英文 名 ﹕ | bastard cardamom, cardamom seeds, cardamon | ||||||||||||||
Distribution: 產地﹕ | mainly in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian provinces of China and Vietnan, Thailand, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia. 主要產於廣東省陽春,信宜,高州等縣;一種是海南殼砂;另一種是進口縮砂密,主產於越南,泰國,緬甸 , 柬埔寨,印尼等東南亞國家。近年來,廣西,雲南,福建等省也引種了春砂。 | ||||||||||||||
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, warm and nontoxic. 辛溫無毒。 | ||||||||||||||
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, kidney. 脾,胃,腎。 | ||||||||||||||
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | digestive tract infection, bloating, stomach ache, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, cold type of diarrhea, fetus over active. 濕濁中阻,脘 痞 不飢,腹痛痞脹,胃痛,噁心嘔吐,食慾減退,寒瀉痢疾,胎動不安。
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 3 to 6 g. Do not cook for long time. 3-6g。入湯剤,宜後下。 | ||||||||||||||
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ |
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Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |||||||||||||||
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | not to use in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with heat 陰虛有熱者忌用 。 |
Sha ke is the shell of sha ren. It can help with digestion but lacks the warming effect of sha ren. It is more suitable for weak stomach with over active liver.
砂殼是砂仁的外殼。 它也有理氣醒胃的作用,但缺乏砂仁溫中散寒的效力。砂殼氣味薄,燥性小,肝旺胃弱者用之較為適宜。