Complementary & Alternative Healing University 中藥詞典

 

xiong guo 熊莓, 熊果 (in English and Chinese 中英文)

 

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Uvae Ursi, Folium Uvae Ursi

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng 　　　

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kuma kokemomo （熊苔桃）

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hung 4 mui4

Other Names:

別名﹕

 

Common Name:

英文名﹕

bearberry, kinnikinnick, pinemat manzanita, carillo, mealberry, mountain box, mountain cranberry, hog cranberry, sandberry, sagackhomi, bear's berry, arberry.

Distribution:

產地﹕

northern latitudes and high mountains of Europe, Asia and America.

歐洲，亞洲，與美洲，北部與高山 地區。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter

味苦

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

Arbutin exercises an antiseptic effect on the urinary mucous membrane, inhibits production of melanin, heals cuts and anti-inflammatory.

抑制黑色素的生成，利 尿, 防腐, 潤膚 ，愈創，殺菌和協同抗炎。。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

inflammatory infection diseases of the urinary tract, urethritis, cystisis, kidney stones, hemorrhoids. As diurectics.

For external use: as an astringent wash for cuts and scrapes.

用於腎及膀胱感染, 腎結石, 糖尿病及痔瘡。 當作利尿劑。

外用﹕割傷﹐劃傷。煎湯洗患處。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

  1. arbutin (crystallizable glucoside) 熊果苷
  2. hydroquinone glycoside, 苯二酚甙
  3. methylarbutin, 甲基熊果酚甙
  4. ericolin (an ill-defined glucoside), 石南素
  5. ursone (a crystalline substance of resinous character), 烏索酸,熊果酸
  6. gallic acid, 没食子酸
  7. ellagic acid, (a yellow colouring principle resembling quercetin)s 聯二沒食子酸內酯, 逆沒食子酸, 並沒食子酸, 胡頹子酸, 鞣花酸,
  8. myricetin. 楊梅黄酮
  9. tannin (6 to 7 per cent). 單寧 （6～7%）
  10. ash about 3 %  .灰 份大约3%

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 g in decoction.

煎湯用3克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

The water extract of the leaf increases the inhibitory effect of dexamethasone on the allergic and inflammatory activities. [1]

熊果樹葉之水煎剤可增强地塞米松之抗過敏與抗發炎作用。【1】

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

[1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1469616