Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Anemarrhena Rhizome

Biological name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Anemarrhena aspodeloidea Bunge.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

chimo

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

chimo

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

zi1 mou5

Other Names:

別名﹕

suan ban zi cao 蒜瓣子草, lian mu 連母

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Common Anemarrhena Rhizome

Distribution:

產地﹕

Mainly in Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, North Eastern Provinces.

主產地區﹕河北, 陝西, 内蒙古, 陝西,東北。
 

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

cold, bitter, sweet.

性寒，味苦﹐甘。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

藥理﹕

1. lowers blood sugar

2. antipyretic,

3. sedative

4. antibiotic

5. timosaponin AIII possesses anti-thrombotic effect [1]

1.  降 血 糖

2.  解 熱

3.  鎮 靜

4.  抗生素作用

5. 知母皂甙AⅢ有抗血栓形成的功效。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

yinxu (yin deficient)  with  afternoon fever and night sweating, constipation; toothache due to heat in stomach, diabetes with heat syndrome, edema, cough due to heat in the lung, constipation, and difficulty in urination..

滋 陰 降 火 ， 潤 燥 滑 腸 ， 滋 腎 水 。胃 火 牙 痛 ,陰 虛 發 熱 , 骨 蒸 潮 熱 , 盜 汗 , 消 渴﹐ 肺 熱咳嗽﹐ 二便不利。。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

1. 固醇類皂甙 (steroid type of saponin)，

2. 知 母皂甙 ( timosaponin A1﹐ A2﹐ A3﹐ A4﹐ B1﹐ B2﹐ A - I﹐ A - III )

3. 黃酮配 糖體 ( xanthone C-glycoside ) ，

4. 芒果甙 ( mangiferin ) ﹐

5. 鞣質 (tannin)﹐

6. 粘液 (jelly)﹐

7. 烟酸 (niacin)﹐

8. 胆鹼 (choline)

9. 脂肪 (fat)。

Daily Dosage:

每日用量 ﹕

10 to 20 g. Concentrated Extract: 0.5 to 2 g.

10～20 克；濃縮中藥：0.5～2.克

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

suan zao ren tang 酸棗仁湯

bai hu tang  白虎湯

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

Do not use in cases diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient). Use with care for those who are prone to bleeding.

脾 虛﹐ 大 便 溏 泄 者 忌 用 。容易出血者小心應用。