yin chai hu, Complementary and Alternative Healing University

yin chai hu 銀柴胡 (in Enlish and Chinese 中英文)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Stellariae dichotomae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Stellaria dichotoma L. var．lan-ceolata Bunge

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

ginshiyuu saiko (銀州柴胡 )

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

ngan4 caai4 wu4

Other Names:

別名﹕

yin zhou chai hu 銀州柴胡，yin hu 銀胡，yin xia chai hu 銀夏柴胡，shan cai gen 山菜根，shan ma da chai gen 山馬踏菜根，niu du gen 牛肚根，sha shen er 沙參兒，bai gen zi 白根子，tu shen 土參

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Distribution:

產地﹕

mainly produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.

主產陝西﹐ 甘肅﹐寧夏及内蒙古。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, bitter, cool.

甘，苦，涼。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, stomach.

肝，胃。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

yinxu (yin deficient) with fever, progressive heat consumption, infantile consumption, parasite in digestive tract with bulging abdomen, thirst, weight loss, dry and wilted hair.

The herb is usually used with ji ne jin, shi jun zi, and dang shen for improving digestion, rid of parasites and body weight.

陰虛發熱﹐骨蒸劳熱﹐小兒疳熱:小兒食滯或蟲積所致的疳積發熱，腹部膨大，口渴消瘦，毛發焦枯。常與雞內金，使君子及黨參等藥同用，以共奏消積殺蟲，健脾療疳之效。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

fumaric acid	反丁烯二酸
6,8-di- C- galactopyranos-ylapigenin	6，8-雙-C-半乳糖基芹黄素
6- C- galactopyranosyl- isoscutellerein	漢黄芩素及6-c- 半乳糖基異野黄芩素
Gypsogenin	棉根皂甙元

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to10 g.

3-10 克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

清肝解郁益陰滲濕湯《廣西中醫藥》
功能主治：清肝解郁，健脾滲濕。主肝經郁熱，濕蘊於脾。
白菊花9克，木賊 9克，蟬蛻9克，銀柴胡9克，羌活 9克，生地黃9克，女貞子9克，蒼朮 9克，白朮9克，防風9克，赤芍 6克，菟絲子15克，甘草3克。
水煎服，每日1劑，日服2次。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

lowering cholesterol effect

有降低膽固醇的作用。

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

those who are having cold or influenza and those with condition of xue xu (blood deficient) should not use this herb.

外感風寒，血虛無熱者忌用。

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