tao jiao 桃膠 (in Engish and Chinese 中英文)
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Resina Persicae | ||||||||
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Amygdalus persica L .[Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.] Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.)C.de Vos ex Henry [Persica davidiana Carr.;Prunus davidiana (Carr.) Franch.] | ||||||||
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | tokyo | ||||||||
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | dogyo | ||||||||
粵音﹕ | tou4 gaau1 | ||||||||
Other Names: 別名﹕ | tao hua lei (tears of peach flower) 桃花淚 | ||||||||
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | peach resin | ||||||||
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan provinces of China. 河北,山西,陝西,甘肅,山東,河南,四川,雲南等地。 | ||||||||
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | Sweet, bitter, neutral. 甘,苦,平。 | ||||||||
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經﹕ | large intestine, bladder. 大腸,膀胱。 | ||||||||
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in calculus in urinary tract, blood in urine, dysentery, chyluria. 用於治:石淋,血淋,痢疾,乳糜尿。 | ||||||||
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
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Daly Dosage: 每日用量﹕ |
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Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For treatment of pain caused by stone in urinary tract: Use tao jiao the size of dai zao and mix with 300 cc of drinking water. Take 3 times a day. (Use cool drinking water in summer and warm drinking water in winter.)[1] For treatment of diabetes: wash tao jiao with luke warm water. Cook in a small pot. Add any flavoring if desire but do not add sugar. Take orally 30 to 60 grams each time. [2] 治石淋作痛:桃木膠如棗大,夏以冷水三合,冬以湯三合和服,日三服,當下石,石盡即止。(《古今錄驗方》 治糖尿病:桃膠,用微溫水洗凈,放在小鍋內煮食,隨便加些調味鹽類亦可(但不要加入甜味)。每次服一至二兩。(《草藥驗方交流集》) | ||||||||
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ |
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Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ |
[1] "Effective formulae from Ancient Time to Today" 《古今錄驗方》
[2] Effective Herbal Formule Comunication Set 《草藥驗方交流集》
Note: gum arabic are being sold as tao jiao or tao an zhu (beads shape) or tao jiao powder (in powder form) which is incorrect.
Gum arabic is not a pure chemical compound. It does not have chemical formula.
The secretion of trunks of peach trees, plum trees, apricot trees, cherry trees are call tao jiao (peach resin).
註:阿拉伯樹膠簡稱阿拉伯膠,商業上誤稱做桃膠,桃胺珠(粒狀)或桃膠粉(粉狀)。 由於它不是一個純粹的化合物,故無分子式。
桃,李,杏,櫻桃等樹幹分泌的膠稱為桃膠。
血淋:小便短澀.滴瀝刺痛,欲出未盡,小腹拘急,或痛引腰腹.小便紅赤,或夾有血塊,甚者可溺出純血,臨床上以尿血而兼小便滴瀝澀痛者,稱為血淋。
慢性腎盂腎炎,尿道綜合徵,膀胱癌等病症表現有膀胱刺激症狀並伴有血尿者均屬"血淋" 範疇
Last update: Nov 20, 2013; 7 p.m. LAH