tu si zi, Complementary and Alternative Healing University 現代醫藥詞典

　tu si zi 菟絲子
by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:
英文药名：
Semen Cuscutae Chinensis
Biological name:
拉丁名：
Cuscuta chinensis Lam.,
C. japonica Choisy
Pron. in Japanese:
日語發音：
toshishi
Pron. in Korean:8
韩語發音：
tosacha
Pron. in Cantonese:
粤語發音：
tou3 si1 zi2
Common Name:
英文名：
cuscuta, Chinese dodder seed
Distribution:
分佈：
Jiangsu, Liaoning, Jiling, Hebei, shandong, Henan provinces of China.
江蘇、遼寧、吉林、河北、山東、河南省等地區。
Properties (characteristics)：
性味：
acrid, sweet, neutral
辛，甘，平。
Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經：
kidney, liver
肝，腎
Actions & Indications:
主治:
tonifies kidneys, liver and spleen, improve yin; for shenyangxu, pixu, neurasthenia, calming fetus, for habitual miscarriage.
口苦躁渴，陽痿，遺精，血尿，小便淋瀝，大便溏薄，神經衰弱，習慣性流產。
Medical Function: To be edited
Anti-aging effect. [1]
Hepatoprotective effects: tu si zi20% water decoction on carbon tetrachloride injury in mice: providing orally 50g crude drug / kg body weight, can lower the blood lactate, pyruvate, and SGPT decline, and can increase glycogen adrenal ascorbic acid significantly, and shows the protective activity of damaged liver. [2]

Yang and enhance sexual vitality role: 20% the tu si zi water decoction of 0.5ml / day orally, corrected yang deficiency symptoms in mice. Culture medium containing the tu si zi water decoction of three concentration 0.5,1. O and 2.O% can enhance the drosophila (fruit flies) sexual vitality. [2]

Increase the role of non-specific resistance: tu si zi water decoction can extend swimming time of mice, enhanced hypoxic tolerance under normal pressure, improve its non-specific resistance. [2]

Other role: tu si zi: anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-infertility, lapactic, and suppress the central nervous system. [2]
具有延緩衰老作用。[1]
保肝作用：菟絲子20%的水煎劑給四氯化碳損傷小鼠灌胃，50g生藥/kg體重，能使血液中增加的乳酸、丙酮酸及 SGPT 下降，而使下降的肝糖元和腎上腺抗壞血酸上升，有顯著的保護肝損傷活性。[2]

助陽和增強性活力作用：20%菟絲子水煎劑 0.5ml/隻/天灌胃，對陽虛小鼠的症狀有一定的恢復作用。用含菟絲子水煎劑的培養基培養，在0.5、1.O和2.O%三個濃度下均能提高果蠅的性活力。[2]

增加非特異性抵抗力作用：菟絲子水煎劑，能延氏小鼠負重游泳時間，增強小鼠在常壓下的耐缺氧能力，提高其非特異性抵抗力。[2]

其它作用：菟絲子尚具有抗腫瘤、抗病毒、抗炎、抗不育、致瀉、及抑制中樞神經系統的作用。[2]
Chemical ingredients:
化学成分：
to be loaded
Dosage: 9 to 15 g.
Samples of formulae:

For improving sperm quality: wu zi yan zong wan

For treatment of threatened abortion: Prescription: tu zi zi , xu duan, e jiao, dang shen, bai zhu. Treated 110 patients. Take herb once a day for 10 days. Effective rate: 96.36%

For treatment of impotence: tu si zi, she chuang zi, wu wei zi, equal amount, make into powder and mix with cooked honey. Make into pills like size of soybean. Take 30 pills each time, 3 times a day. [3]

　

增加精子質量：五子衍宗丸

治療先兆流產的作用：菟絲子與續斷、阿膠、黨參、白朮等配伍，治療先兆流產110例，病人每日服藥一次，共10天，總有效率為96.36%。[1]

治陽痿：菟絲子、蛇床子、五味子各等分。上三味，末之，蜜丸如梧子。飲服三十丸，日三。《方源：千金方》

Modern Research: to be loaded
Cautions: not to use in blood deficient and yinxu with fire.
血虛及火熱者忌服。
“腎家多火，強陽不痿，大便燥結者忌菟絲子。”《本草從新》

[1] 首席医学网 2005年10月09日 14:47:05 [2] Zhong Hua Ben Cao 中華本草 [3] Qian Jin Fang 千金方中國時報第39版 2000.3.15(三)

鑑定試驗方法：取本品少量，加準水適量浸泡，浸泡呈黃色，其種子表面可見透明的半粘液，用用捻有粘滑感。煮之易破裂，破裂後露出白色卷旋狀﹐形如吐絲。此才是真品菟絲子。

偽品是用「茛菪子」混充使用。按茛菪子屬茄科植物茛菪的乾燥成熟種子偽充菟絲子。該品性狀如卵圖形或略象腎形﹐稍有扁平，臍點處突出。面灰黃色或棕黃色，種皮粗糙，具細密隆起的紋路。無臭味微辛。

鑑驗方法同上，取種子少量泡在水中不變色，

[1] 殷林茂，等‧中西醫結合治療幼小子宮46例‧河北中醫1992; 14(4):40
Yan Linmao, ed. Integrating Chinese and western medicine to treat Infantile uterus, Herbal Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine1992;14(4):40.*

Pharmaceutical name: 英文药名：	Semen Cuscutae Chinensis
Biological name: 拉丁名：	Cuscuta chinensis Lam., C. japonica Choisy
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音：	toshishi
Pron. in Korean:8 韩語發音：	tosacha
Pron. in Cantonese: 粤語發音：	tou3 si1 zi2
Common Name: 英文名：	cuscuta, Chinese dodder seed
Distribution: 分佈：	Jiangsu, Liaoning, Jiling, Hebei, shandong, Henan provinces of China. 江蘇、遼寧、吉林、河北、山東、河南省等地區。
Properties (characteristics)：性味：	acrid, sweet, neutral 辛，甘，平。
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經：	kidney, liver 肝，腎
Actions & Indications: 主治:	tonifies kidneys, liver and spleen, improve yin; for shenyangxu, pixu, neurasthenia, calming fetus, for habitual miscarriage. 口苦躁渴，陽痿，遺精，血尿，小便淋瀝，大便溏薄，神經衰弱，習慣性流產。
Medical Function:	To be edited Anti-aging effect. [1] Hepatoprotective effects: tu si zi20% water decoction on carbon tetrachloride injury in mice: providing orally 50g crude drug / kg body weight, can lower the blood lactate, pyruvate, and SGPT decline, and can increase glycogen adrenal ascorbic acid significantly, and shows the protective activity of damaged liver. [2] Yang and enhance sexual vitality role: 20% the tu si zi water decoction of 0.5ml / day orally, corrected yang deficiency symptoms in mice. Culture medium containing the tu si zi water decoction of three concentration 0.5,1. O and 2.O% can enhance the drosophila (fruit flies) sexual vitality. [2] Increase the role of non-specific resistance: tu si zi water decoction can extend swimming time of mice, enhanced hypoxic tolerance under normal pressure, improve its non-specific resistance. [2] Other role: tu si zi: anti-tumor, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-infertility, lapactic, and suppress the central nervous system. [2] 具有延緩衰老作用。[1] 保肝作用：菟絲子20%的水煎劑給四氯化碳損傷小鼠灌胃，50g生藥/kg體重，能使血液中增加的乳酸、丙酮酸及 SGPT 下降，而使下降的肝糖元和腎上腺抗壞血酸上升，有顯著的保護肝損傷活性。[2] 助陽和增強性活力作用：20%菟絲子水煎劑 0.5ml/隻/天灌胃，對陽虛小鼠的症狀有一定的恢復作用。用含菟絲子水煎劑的培養基培養，在0.5、1.O和2.O%三個濃度下均能提高果蠅的性活力。[2] 增加非特異性抵抗力作用：菟絲子水煎劑，能延氏小鼠負重游泳時間，增強小鼠在常壓下的耐缺氧能力，提高其非特異性抵抗力。[2] 其它作用：菟絲子尚具有抗腫瘤、抗病毒、抗炎、抗不育、致瀉、及抑制中樞神經系統的作用。[2]
Chemical ingredients: 化学成分：	to be loaded
Dosage:	9 to 15 g.
Samples of formulae:	For improving sperm quality: wu zi yan zong wan For treatment of threatened abortion: Prescription: tu zi zi , xu duan, e jiao, dang shen, bai zhu. Treated 110 patients. Take herb once a day for 10 days. Effective rate: 96.36% For treatment of impotence: tu si zi, she chuang zi, wu wei zi, equal amount, make into powder and mix with cooked honey. Make into pills like size of soybean. Take 30 pills each time, 3 times a day. [3] 　增加精子質量：五子衍宗丸治療先兆流產的作用：菟絲子與續斷、阿膠、黨參、白朮等配伍，治療先兆流產110例，病人每日服藥一次，共10天，總有效率為96.36%。[1] 治陽痿：菟絲子、蛇床子、五味子各等分。上三味，末之，蜜丸如梧子。飲服三十丸，日三。《方源：千金方》
Modern Research:	to be loaded
Cautions:	not to use in blood deficient and yinxu with fire. 血虛及火熱者忌服。 “腎家多火，強陽不痿，大便燥結者忌菟絲子。”《本草從新》