Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Linderae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Lindera aggregata（Sims）Kosterm.

Cocculus laurifolius D.C. (Heng Zhou wu yao  衡州烏藥)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

uyaku

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

oyak

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

wu1 joek6

Other Names:

別名﹕

tian tai wu yao 天台烏藥，tai wu yao 台烏藥，ai zhang 矮樟,

xiang gui zhang 香桂樟，bai ye chai 白葉柴。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

lindera root

Distribution:

產地﹕

Distribution: Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi.

The herb is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi provinces of China.

分佈於安徽、江蘇、浙江、福建、台灣、廣東、廣西、江西、湖北 、湖南、陝西等地。藥材主產於浙江、湖南、安徽、廣東、廣西。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, warm.

辛，温。　
　　

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, spleen, kidney, bladder.

肺，脾，腎，膀胱。

藥理﹕

1. Medical functions:

2. increases or decreases peristalsis of digestive tract,

3. expels intestinal gas,

4. shrinks urine,

5. analgesic,

6. anti-inflammatory,

7. prevents or stops vomiting,

8. promote perspiration (diaphoretic),

9. stimulates sympathetic nervous system ,

10. hypertensive,

11. arrests bleeding,

12. increases metabolism,

13. antibiotic,

14. anti-viral,

15. induces interferon

藥 理﹕

1. 對胃腸平滑肌有雙 向 作用，能促進或抑制胃腸活動

2. 排屁作 用

3. 收斂小便作 用

4. 止痛

5. 消炎

6. 防止嘔 吐

7. 發汗

8. 促進交感神經活 動

9. 增 高血壓

10. 止血，能促進血液 凝 固

11. 促進新陳代 謝

12. 抑菌

13. 抗病毒

14. 增進干擾素

Actions & Indications:

主 治﹕

frequent urination or lack of control,

for treatment of flatulence and pain, frequent urination, enuresis

(bed wetting), hernia, dysmenorrhea, irregular menses. due to

shenyangxu (kidney yang deficient).

1.順氣止痛: 胸腹 脹痛，氣逆喘急，疝氣，痛經, 月 經 不 調 。
2.溫腎散寒：治腎 陽虛，小便頻數及遺尿。
 

Chemical ingredients:[2]

化 學成份﹕【2】

Dosage:[2]

用量﹕[2]

Oral, for decoction: 3～10 g.

內服，煎湯：3 ~ 10 克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

for deficient and cold type of frequent urination: often combine with yi zhi ren.

for stomach and lower abdomen flatulence and pain: often combine with

xiang fu zi, yan hu suo.

用於下焦虛寒之小便頻數: 配益智仁。

胃脘及小腹脹痛: 配香 附子、延 胡索。

Modern Research:

現 代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒 素與禁忌﹕

not to use in cases of qixu (qi deficient)  or with yinxu (yin deficient).

氣虛或 有陰 虛者忌服。