Sugar Palm — Complementary and Alternative Healing University

Sugar palm 糖棕, 果實, 樹根，花

(in English and Chinese 中英文)

Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編譯

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Borassus flabellifer Linn

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

ougiyashi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

dalasu (多羅樹)

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

tong4 zung1

Other Names:

別名﹕

扇櫚、扇梠、扇葉樹頭棕、樹頭棕(本草綱目)、貝多羅葉、貝樹(寰宇志)、貝多羅樹、扇葉糖棕、柬埔寨糖棕、糖棕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

fruit, root, flower of sugar palm; toddy palm, wine palm, tala palm, fan palm, palmyra palm.

Distribution:

產地﹕

mostly grows in the semi arid zones of East Africa, South Asia, South East Asia and Palmyra Island in the South Pacific. These include Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri Langka, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Southern part of China, and Palmyra Island.

大數多生長在東非，南亞，東亞和帕爾米拉島在南太平洋的半乾旱地區。這些生長地區包括泰國，老撾，緬甸，柬埔寨，越南，馬來西亞，印度尼西亞，斯裡蘭卡，印度，孟加拉國，巴基斯坦，中國的南部, 如廣東、海南、廣西、雲南、台灣、福建廈門、漳州，海南三亞、東方、保亭、瓊海及儋州和屬於美國的在南太平洋的帕爾米拉島均有生長。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

anti-hyperglycemic effect：flabelliferin II possesses the effect of lowering blood glucose with no side effect.

降血糖作用: 糖棕甙II 能降低血糖而無副作用。

Actions & Indications: [1]

主治﹕[1]

It is used in folk medicine for multiple purposes, such as a stimulant, anti-leprotic, diuretic, antiphlogistic.
The fruits are stomachic, sedative, laxative and aphrodisiac in nature. It is useful in hyperdipsia, dyspepsia, flatulence, skin diseases, hemorrhages, fever and general debility.
The roots and juice of the plant are useful in inflammatory reactions. The ash obtained by burning the inflorescence is a good antacid antiperiodic, and is useful in heart burn, splenomegaly and in bilious fever .

在巴基斯坦民間用來作興奮劑，抗麻風，利尿，消熱抗炎用。

糖棕果實有增進食慾，幫助消化，鎮靜，通便，增進性能力。對於急劇口渴，消化不良，腸胃脹氣，皮膚病，痔瘡，發熱，全身虛弱。

糖棕樹根和樹汁有抗炎作用。花朵燒灰有很好的抗胃酸，抗瘧，治脾臟腫大，治腸胃感染。

Chemical ingredients: [1]

化學成份﹕【1】

果漿含：	fruit pulp contains:
甾類皂甙: 糖棕甙 I,II,III	steroidal saponins: flabelliferin I, II, III
多醣	polysaccharide
果膠	pectin
類胡蘿蔔素	carotenoids
三萜類	triterpenes
鮮果肉含豐富維生素A與C	Fresh pulp rich in vitamins A and C
新鮮樹液汁含	Fresh sap is rich in:
豐富的維生素B群	vitamin B complex
雄花含：	Male inflorescence contains:
螺旋甾烷型的甾體皂苷，如糖棕甙和薯蕷皂甙	spirostane-type steroid saponins like borassosides and dioscin.
碳水化合物類，如蔗糖	carbohydrates like sucrose
甾類糖甙	steroidal glycosides

Dosage:

用量﹕

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Cautions:

注意﹕

In Guangdong, Hong Kong, Singapore, malaysia and Indonesia, sugar palm fruit are sold as African sea coconuts. These are two different fruits from different palm trees. For medicine use, they are not interchangable.

在廣東，香港，新加玻，印尼等地，糖棕的果實被當作非洲海底椰賣。其實，這是兩種不同的果實，產自不同的棕櫚樹。藥用不能互相代替。

[1] SMM Lina, Mahbub KMM, Ashab I, Al-Faruk M, Atanu SH, Alam MJ and Sahriar M: Antioxidant and Cytotoxicity potential of Alcohol and Petroleum ether extract of Borassus flabellifer Linn. Int J Pharm Sci Res 2013; 4(5); 1852-1857.

Ref. J. Natn. Sci. Coun. Sri Langka 1998, 26(1), 9-18