tong cao,Complementary and Alternative Healing University

tong cao 通草（in English and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Medulla Tetrapanacis papyriferis

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Tetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K .Koch

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

tsuso

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

tongcho

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

tung1 cou2

Other Names:

別名﹕

da tong cao 大通草，tong hua 通花，fang cao 方草，tong tuo mu 通脫木，huo duo 活奪，li nan 離南。

處方用名：通草，方通草，絲通草，穿方通。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

rice paper plant pith

Distribution:

產地﹕

mainly produced in Taiwan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan provinces of China.

主產臺灣，貴州，廣西，雲南。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bland, slightly cold, nontoxic.

甘，淡，微寒，無毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, stomach.

歸肺，胃經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

diuretic effect
increases excretion of potassium in urine
lactagogues (promoting the flow of breast milk)
polysaccharide of tong cao possesses the effect of regulating auto-immune system and anti-oxidant

利尿作用。
增加尿鉀排出量。
促進乳汁分泌。
通草多糖具有調節免疫和抗氧化的作用。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in typhoid, paratyphoid with dark urine, pain in gonorrhea, edema scanty urine, and lack of mother's milk.

用於濕溫 (瘟)（腸傷寒及副傷寒）尿赤，淋病澀痛，水腫尿少，乳汁不下。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕


chikusaikoside I, II [2]	草柴胡甙 I, II
tetrapanax papyriferus saponins R-3, R-1-a, R-4b [2]
chikuetsusaponins I-B, IV [2]
papyriogenins A,C,D,E [2]
16-epi-saikogenin C [2]
inositol	肌醇
	聚戌糖
	多聚基戌糖
arabinose	阿拉伯糖
lactose	乳糖
galacturonic acid	半乳糖醛酸
flavonoids from fruits and flowers:[1]
kaempferol 7-O-(2-E-p-coumaroyl-alpha-l-rhamnoside)	山奈酚7 - O（2-E-p-香豆酰-α- L -鼠李糖甙）
kaempferol 7-O-(2,3-di-E-p-coumaroyl-alpha-l-rhamnoside)	山奈酚7 - O（2,3-E-p-香豆酰-α- L -鼠李糖甙）