Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba Hydrocotyle

Botanical name:

學名﹕

1.Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.[H. rotudifolia Roxb.]

2.Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. Var. batrachium (Hance) Hand.-Mazz.ex Shan

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

tenkosui

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

cheonhosui

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

il gosu

Other Names:

別名﹕

See other names here.

按此看天胡荽的別名

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Lawn pennywort herb

Distribution:

產地﹕

distributed in southwest China and Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi provinces and other places.

分佈於中國的西南部及陝西、江蘇、安徽、浙江、江西、福建、台灣、湖南、湖北、廣東、廣西等地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, acrid, cold.

苦，辛，寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

藥理﹕[1]

1. Anti pathogenic microorganism effect: 1:1 tian hu sui decoction, in vitro tests, showed strong inhibiting effect against Staphylococcus aureus. It also showed at various degrees of inhibition of Proteus, Shigella, Salmonella typhi.

2. Result of plague model test: rat-mode rejection of 54%, while the whole plant of tian hu sui  100g/kg  for antimalarial screening results, the inhibition rate was 54%.

3. Oral Coumarin  250mg/kg, normal diabetic rats significantly hypoglycemic effect

1. 抗病原微生物作用: 天胡荽1：1水煎劑，體外試驗對金黃色葡萄球菌有較強抑制作用，對變形杆菌，福氏痢疾杆菌、傷寒杆菌也有不同程度的抑制作用。

2. 鼠疫模型試驗結果，鼠模抑制為54%，用天胡荽全草100g/kg時行抗瘧篩選結果，抑制率為54%。

3. 口服香豆素250mg/kg，對正常糖尿病大鼠有顯著降血糖作用

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For clearing infection, as diuretic. For treatment of swellings, jaundice, red and white dysentery, gonorrhea, dysuria, stuffy head, throat swelling, ulcer boils, injuries from impact,  bruises, acute jaundice hepatitis, acute nephritis, whooping cough, urinary tract stones, athlete's foot, shingles, conjunctivitis, erysipelas.[1]

清熱解毒 ，利尿，消腫。治黃疸，赤白痢疾，淋病，小便不利，目翳，喉腫，癰疽疔瘡，跌打瘀腫。用於急性黃疸型肝炎、急性腎炎、百日咳、尿路結石、腳癬、帶狀疱疹、結膜炎、丹毒。【1】

Chemical ingredients:[1]

化學成份﹕[1]

Dosage:

用量﹕

Oral：for decoction; 9 to 10 g, or smash and make juice.

External Application: smash and apply, or stuff into nostrils, or smash and make juice for ear drop.

內服：煎湯，9~10 克；或搗汁。外用：搗敷、塞鼻或搗汁滴耳。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕