yu jin 鬱金

Pharmaceutical name 英文藥名﹕
Rhizoma Curcumae domesticae
Tuber Curcumae domesticae
Biological name 拉丁學名﹕
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (yu jin 鬱金 )
Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling (温鬱金)
Common Name 常用英文名﹕
curcuma (yu jin), wild turmeric.
Distribution 產地分佈﹕
Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fukien, Guizhou, and Taiwan provinces of China.
四川，廣東，廣西，雲南，福建，貴州，台灣。
Properties (characteristics) 性 味﹕
yu jin: acrid, bitter, cool.
鬱金：辛，苦，性凉。
Channels (meridians) entered 歸經﹕
yu jin: heart, liver, gall bladder
鬱金：心，肝，膽。
Actions & Indications 主治﹕
Improves circulation of blood and qi, promotes flow of menses and relieves pain. For wind chill induced shoulder pain, mood fluctuations, schizophrenia, fever with dizziness, vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, bleeding not during menses, jaundice, lower back pain, chest and abdomen pain caused by blood stasis, flatulence, pain during period of menses, injuries, bruises and swelling. gallbladder stones,  pain in the rib area.
行氣破瘀， 通經止痛。主治風寒肩臂， 腰背疼痛， 血滞胸腹脹痛， 失心癫狂， 熱病神昏， 吐血 ， 衄血， 尿血， 血淋， 婦女倒經， 黄疸，痛 經，跌打損傷， 瘀血腫，腫痛，膽結石，各種胸腹脅肋痛 。
Medical Function 藥理﹕
1. lowers blood lipids
2. anti coagulation of platelets
3. protects cardiac muscle from lack of oxygen
4. protects liver from toxin
5. against hepatitis virus replica
6. promotes secretion of bile
7. promotes flow of menses and relieves pain
8. anti tumor [enhances fibrinolysis (the process that breaks down fibrin (fibrous proteins), such as those that protect tumors from the immune system) ]
9. anti inflammatory
10. anti-oxidation
11. promotes metabolism of alcohol
12. antibiotic
13. antivirus
14. helps intestinal peristalsis (intestinal movements that help evacuation)
1. 降血脂作用
2. 抑制血小板聚集和抗血拴形成
3. 保護心肌缺血性損傷
4. 保肝作用
5. 抑制 B 乙型肝炎病毒之複製
6. 利胆作用
7. 通經止痛
8. 抗腫瘤
9. 抗炎作用
10. 抗氧化作用
11. 促進酒精代謝
12. 抗病原微生物,
13. 抗病毒
14. 帮助腸蠕動以助排空
Chemical ingredients 化學成份﹕
curcumin 0.3--0.5% / 薑黄素 0.3--0.5%
demethoxycurcumin 0.01--0.02% / 去甲氧基薑黄素 0.01--0.02%
bisdemethoxycurcumin 0.005--0.015% / 去二甲氧基薑黄素0.005--0.015% 
starch (30-40%) / 澱粉(30-40%)
borneol / 龍腦
zingberene / 薑烯
Arabic gum / 阿拉伯膠
glucose / 葡萄糖
fructose / 果糖
curcumol / 莪朮醇
fat / 脂肪油
zingiberen (C15H24) / 薑烯 (C15H24)
phellandrene / 水芹烯
eucalyptol / 按油精
Dosage per day 每日劑量﹕
3 ~ 9 g
3 ~ 9 克。
Samples of formulae 處方舉例：
~ping xiao san 平消散~
~bu jin wan 補金丸~
Today's Application 現代應用﹕
high lipids/
angina pectoris/
rheumatoid arthritis/
inflammation after surgery/
periodontitis/
tumor/
acid dyspepsia/
flatulent dyspepsia/
atonic dyspepsia/
shingles/herpes zoster/
herpes simplex/
hepatitis caused by viral infection/
cerebral embolism/
coronary atherosclerosis/
for inhibiting building up of b-amyloid/
高血脂症，心绞痛狹心症 ，風濕性關節炎，術後炎症，牙周炎， 腫瘤，胃酸過多，胃脹，胃施鬆，带狀疱疹，單純性一般疱疹, 病毒性肝炎, 腦栓塞, 冠狀動脈粥樣硬化，防止 b-類 澱粉蛋白之 形成。
Cautions 禁忌：
Not to use in case of yin deficient with losing blood and those without qi stagnation and  blood stasis
陰虛失血及無氣滯血淤者忌服，孕婦慎服。
Note 註 ﹕
see the differentiation of jiang huang, yu jin and e zhu., shu gu jiang huang.
參考姜黄，鬱金，莪术 ，束 骨薑黃之 分別。
(by: Joe Hing kwok Chu)