Pharmaceutical name: 英文药名： | Herba Achilleae alpinae |
Biological name: 拉丁名： | Achillea alpina Linn. Achillea sibirica Ledeb. Achillea millefolium Linn. |
Common Names: 英文名： | yarrow, milfoil, thousand weed, nose bleed, carpenter's weed, bloodwort, devil's nettle, yarroway, soldier's wound wort and knight's milfoil. |
Distribution: 分佈： | Europe, America and most part of Asia 欧洲，美洲，大部份之亞洲。 |
Properties (characteristics)： 性味： | bitter, astringent, pungent and mildly toxic 苦，澀，刺激性，有小毒。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經： | lung， kidney. 肺，腎。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治： | Diaphoretic, astringent, tonic, and stimulant. Used in consumption and high blood pressure as a vaso-dilator. In the West it has been used in: colic, common cold, sore throat from cold, Crohn's disease, indigestion and heartburn, painful menstruation, premenstrual syndrome, ulcerative colitis, and overactive thyroid, tooth ache, rheumatism, and hemorrhoids. 作為發汗剤，收澀剤，補剤，刺激剤用。用於肺病，高血壓 （血管擴張剤）。在西方，用於治疝气，傷風，喉嚨痛，發炎性腸道疾病，消化不良，胸口爍痛，經痛，經前期綜合徵，潰瘍性結腸炎，甲狀腺機能亢進，牙痛，風濕，痔瘡。 |
Other interesting uses: 其他： | It is an effective mosquito repellant. In ancient China it was used as tools for performing forecastings in using Yi Jing (I Ching). 作驅蚊剤很有效。在中國古時作占卜用。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | (+)-camphor, chamazulene, cineole, achillein, achilleic acid, aconitic acid, inulin, resin, tannin, ash of nitrates, phosphates, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride, antibiotic and anti inflammatory ingredients: α-furoic acid, succinic acid, and fumarc acid. alkaloids, flavonoids, sterol etc.
油中含d-樟脑((+)-Camphor)﹐兰香油薁(Chamazulene)﹐桉油 素(Cineole)。 蓍草苦素(Achillin)，乌头酸(Aconitic acid)，菊糖(Inulin)， 樹脂﹐鞣酸。 硝酸鹽﹐氯化鉀﹐氯化鈣﹐磷等。 三種抗菌消炎的有效成分﹕α-呋喃酸(α-Furoic acid)﹐ 丁二酸(Succinic acid)﹐反丁烯二酸(Fumarc acid)。 生物碱 (alkaloids)﹐内酯香豆精﹐黄酮 (flavonoids) ﹐酚性物﹐甾醇 (sterol) 等。
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Caution: 禁忌： | there are reports of allergic reactions. 有過敏報告。 |