Status

Current conditions ICD-9-CM:
2003
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
2010
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
2012
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
375.15 TEAR FILM INSUFFICIENCY,UNSPECIFIED
367.89 OTHER DISORDERS OF REFRACTION AND ACCOMMODATION
377.61 ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASMS
729.1 MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS, UNSPECIFIED
719.39 PALINDROMIC RHEUMATISM,MULTIPLE SITES
680.0 CARBUNCLE AND FURUNCLE, FACE
378.41 ESOPHORIA
311 DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
523.8 OTHER PERIODONTAL DISEASES(PERIODONTAL POCKET,GINGIVAL POLYP)
681.02 ONYCHIA AND PARONYCHIA OF FINGER
2013
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
704.8 OTHER DISEASES OF HAIR AND HAIR FOLLICLES
706.1 OTHER ACNE
444.22 ARTERIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS OF LOWER EXTREMITY
375.15 TEAR FILM INSUFFICIENCY,UNSPECIFIED
367.89 OTHER DISORDERS OF REFRACTION AND ACCOMMODATION
377.61 ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASMS
378.41 ESOPHORIA
728.85 (728.850) SPASM OF MUSCLE
353.4 LUMBOSACRAL ROOT LESIONS,NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
780.52 (780.520) OTHER INSOMNIA
788.43 NOCTURIA
2014
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
374.05 TRICHIASIS WITHOUT ENTROPION
372.72 CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
375.15 TEAR FILM INSUFFICIENCY,UNSPECIFIED
367.89 OTHER DISORDERS OF REFRACTION AND ACCOMMODATION
377.61 ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASMS
378.41 ESOPHORIA
2015
225.0 BENIGN NEOPLASM OF BRAIN
345.90 UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITHOUT MENTION OF INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY
705.83 HIDRADENITIS
698.8 OTHER PRURITIC CONDITIONS
686.9 UNSPECIFIED LOCAL INFECTIONS OF SKIN AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE
686.09 OTHER PYODERMA
272.0 PURE HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA (FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTESTEROLEMIA)
729.1 MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS, UNSPECIFIED
719.39 PALINDROMIC RHEUMATISM,MULTIPLE SITES
377.61 ASSOCIATED WITH NEOPLASMS
311 DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
307.48 REPETITIVE INTRUSIONS OF SLEEP
705.81 DYSHIDROSIS
372.72 CONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
680.2 CARBUNCLE AND FURUNCLE, TRUNK
523.3 ACUTE PERIODONTITIS(ACUTE PERICORONITIS)
Current conditions ICD-10-CM:
2016

E780 Pure hypercholesterolemia
G40.909 Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
L301 Dyshidrosis [pompholyx]
F32.9 Major depressive disorder, single episode, unspecified
D33.2 Benign neoplasm of brain, unspecified
H04.123 Dry eye syndrome of bilateral lacrimal glands
H47.529 Disorders of visual pathways in (due to) neoplasm, unspecified side
H02.052 Trichiasis without entropian right lower eyelid
H11.31 Conjunctival hemorrhage, right eye
H52.6 Other disorders of refraction
H50.51 Esophoria
H02.055 Trichiasis without entropian left lower eyelid
H47.099 Other disorders of optic nerve, not elsewhere classified, unspecified eye
F51.8 Other sleep disorders not due to a substance or known physiological condition
G40.901 Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, with status epilepticus
L0881 Pyoderma vegetans
B009 Herpesviral infection, unspecified
J069 Acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified
M79.1 Myalgia
M12.39 Palindromic rheumatism, multiple sites

Current treatment centers:
GP/ The department of Neurosurgical emergency & Critical Care of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou Branch/ TCM oncology of China Medical University Hospital Cancer Center/ and Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Contents of reference sources:
MIMS- Search drug information/ interaction/ images & medical diagnosis.
Complementary and Alternative Healing University- Dictionary of Chinese Herbs. http://alternativehealing.org
Database 醫砭‧沈藥子 http://yibian.hopto.org
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Wiki http://www.tcmwiki.com/

Friday, July 11, 2014

Formula 36 for Benign Neoplasm of Brain

Formula 36 for Benign Neoplasm of Brain/ July 2, 2014

Composition:
天麻鉤藤飲 tian ma gou teng yin 4g
知柏地黃丸 zhi bai di huang wan 2.5g
真人活命飲(去穿山甲) Zhen Ren Huo Ming Yin(QU CHUAN SHAN JIA)2g
天麻粉 tian ma powder 2g
全蠍粉 quan xie powder 0.8g
肉桂粉 rou gui powder 0.2g
大黃 da huang 0.1g
火麻仁 huo ma ren 1g
夜交藤 ye jiao teng 0.9g
枳殼 zhi ke 0.8g
菖蒲(石) shichangpu 1.2g
蔓荊子 man jing zi 1.5g
薑黃 jiang huang 1g

quan xie 全蝎

Pharmaceutical name英文藥名﹕Buthus martensi
Latin  name拉丁學名﹕Buthus martensii  Karsch
Other Names別名 ﹕chai kui 蠆 奎, chai chong 蠆尾虫,du bo  杜伯, zhu bu chong 主簿虫,quan chong  全虫, fu bei chong 茯背虫。
Common Name英文名﹕scorpion, buthus
Distribution產地﹕
Henan, Shandong, Hebei, Liaoning, Anhui, Hubei.
河南,山東,河北,遼寧,湖北等省。
Properties (characteristics)性味﹕
neutral, acrid, sweet, toxic.
性平,味辛。甘,有毒。
Channels (meridians) entered歸經﹕
liver

Medical functions藥理﹕
1. A compound found in scorpion venom has inhibited bone loss in an animal model of advanced periodontal disease.[1]
2. Effect on CNS: (1) anti-convulsion:quan xie powder or its decoction possesses anti-convulsion effect on mice. Intra venous injection of 0.28mg/kg with pure polypeptide separated from the scorpion (quan xie) katsutoxin, can inhibit the convulsion effect of mice caused by caffeine. (2) ani-epilepsy katsutoxin and anti-epilepsy peptide can both prolong the hibernation period of epilepsy caused by Cephalosporins, compared to control group. The flare up is less intense, and the period is shorter. The anti-epilepsy peptide effect is strong, dosage is small and toxicity is low.  (3) analgesic effect: the tail of xie (scorpion) is 5 times stronger than the body of xie (scorpion). Katsutoxin possesses a strong analgesic effect of different type of pain.
3. Effect on circulatory system: after injecting 50μg/0.1ml of katsutoxin, the quinea pigs' cardiac muscles showed stronger contraction strength and slowed down the heart rate. Katsutoxin can improve papilla muscles of rabbits and cause contraction of the aorta and this may caused by activating the Ca2+ pathway, increasing the the permeability of Ca2+.
4. Effect of anti thrombosis
5. Effect of anti-tumor
6. Xie (scorpion) possesses the immune system adjustmen in both directions. It can maintain the balance of human immune system.
1. 蠍毒蠍毒的其中化合物有防止 患牙周病老 鼠的 牙床骨頭退化。
2. 對中樞神經系統的作用 ①抗驚厥:全蠍粉末或提取物對小鼠有抗驚厥作用,小鼠靜脈注射由蠍毒分離出的 純 品多 胜肽-抗癲 癇肽0.28mg/kg對咖啡因引起的驚厥有明顯的抑制作用。②抗癲癇蠍毒 和抗癲癇肽均使頭孢菌素引起癲癇的潛伏期比對照組延長,發作程度 減輕,持續時間縮短;抗癲癇肽的作用強。用量小。毒性低。③鎮痛蠍尾的鎮痛作 用比蠍身強約5倍;蠍毒對各類疼痛均有很強的鎮痛作用。
3. 對心血管系統的作用 灌注蠍毒50μg/0.1ml後可使離體豚鼠心臟心肌收縮力明顯增強,同時引起 心率減慢。蠍毒能增加兔乳頭肌收縮力和引起主動脈條收縮,與其激活細胞Ca2+通道。增加膜對Ca2+的通透性有關。
4. 全蠍具有抗血栓。
5. 全蠍具有抗 腫瘤作用。
6. 蠍蛋白可以雙向調節人體免疫系統,維護人體免疫系統的平衡。
Actions & Indications主治﹕
Being used in epilepsy, stroke, paralysis, migraine, pain in arthritis, tetanus, tuberculosis in lymph nodes, urticaria, and bunacles.
治驚風抽搐。癲癎。中風。半身不遂。口 眼喎斜。偏頭痛。風濕痺痛。破傷風。淋巴結結核。風疹瘡腫。
Chemical ingredients化學成份﹕
Contains katsutoxin, a toxin which is only less toxic to the neurotoxin of poisonous snakes. katsutoxin composes of different toxin, including insect neurotoxin, beetle neurotoxin, mammal neurotoxon, polypetides that possess anti-epilepsy property, pain inhibiting polypeptides like tityustoxin, hyaluronidase, hemolysin. Hydrolysis of quan xie (whole scorpion) can produce many kind of amino acid which the human body required. It also contain 29 kinds of inorganic elements, especially high in magnesium, calcium, and zinc. It also contain taurine, palmitic acid, stearic acid, cholesterol, lecithin, katsu acid, trimethylamine, and betaine etc.
主含蠍毒(katsutoxin),是一類毒性僅次於蛇毒神經毒的蛋白質。蠍毒中含多種蠍毒素,包括昆虫類神經毒素,甲殼類神經毒素,哺乳動物神經毒素,抗癲癇活性的多胜肽polypeptides), 鎮痛活性多肽如蠍毒素(tityustoxin),透明質酸酶(hyaluronidase) ,磷脂酶A2(又稱溶血素) 。全蠍水解液含多種氨基 酸(為人體必須氨基酸) 。並含29種無機元素,尤其以鎂。鈣 。鋅的含量為多。此外尚含牛磺酸(taurine)  。軟脂酸(palmitic acid)  。硬脂酸(stearic acid) 。膽甾醇(cholesterol) 。卵磷脂(lecithin) 。蠍酸(katsu acid)  。三甲胺 (trimethylamine) 。甜菜鹼(betaine) 等成分。
註;多胜肽的『 胜』字不是『勝』字的减筆字。『 胜』讀做生(sheng1)。在中國大陸,『多胜肽 』寫作『多肽』,可能為了避免把胜字 當作勝字念。
Dosage用量﹕3~9g
Samples of formulae處方舉例﹕
<wen dan fang 溫膽湯>
宮頸癌: 露蜂房、全蠍各9克,水蛭、虻虫、制乳香、制沒藥、黃連、黃柏各6克,牡丹皮12克,龍膽草15克 共研勻,用銀花3克煎湯,泛制為愈黃丹, 丸如綠 豆大,雄黃為衣,每服1.5克,日服2次,溫開水送服。局部用宮頸散:麝香1.2克,蛇床子4.2克,血竭7.5克,沒藥9 克,乳香、兒茶、冰片 、硼砂、硇砂各10.5克,鐘乳石、雄黃各13.2克,鉛丹46.5克,白礬285克 共研末,為宮頸散,每用適量,塗 敷 宮頸,每周 2次。如此內服 外塗 ,連續6個月,白帶減少,出血停止。繼續至婦科復查,病灶消失,宮頸光滑。
Modern Research現代研究﹕
According to a report from Harvard University a compound found in scorpion venom has inhibited bone loss in an animal model of advanced periodontal disease.[1]
哈佛大學一項研究發現, 蠍子毒液中的一種成分Kalitoxin讓患有 牙周病骨質損失的老 鼠,在10天內,減少84%的下顎骨質損失,而且這些老鼠並沒有因毒液而發生致命的副作用,例如心臟病或腎臟問題。Kalitoxin 可能有助治療下顎骨引起的牙周病。關節炎或骨質疏鬆症。
Toxicity & Cautions毒素與禁忌﹕
Toxic dosage is 30 to 60 g. The ingredients the are toxic include neurotoxin, haemolysis toxin, bleeding toxin and blood vessel constricting toxin.
Allergic re-action: it can cause rash, urticaria, (hives) and may also accompanied with fever..
中毒量30~60g。主要有毒成分有神經毒素。溶血毒素。出血毒素。心血管收縮毒素等。
過敏反應:個別服後會出現過敏反應,出現皮疹,風團 (蕁麻疹) ,可伴有發熱等症狀。
[1] http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/01.08/01-scorpion.html
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 (by Joe Hing kwok Chu)

shichangpu 石菖蒲

Pharmaceuticalname 英文藥名﹕RhizomaAcorigramini
Botanicalname 學名﹕
Acoruscalamusvarangustatus(shichangpu石菖蒲)
AcorusgramineusSoland(shichangpu石菖蒲)
Acoruscalamus(shuichangpu水菖蒲)
OtherNames 別名﹕
changpu菖蒲,jiujiechangpu九節菖蒲
處方名(prescriptionnames):石菖蒲,石菖卜,菖蒲,菖卜,九節菖蒲,等
CommonName英文名﹕Sweetflag,myrtleflag,calamus,flagroot.
Distribution 產地﹕
MainlyproducedinSichuan,Zhejiang,JiangsuprovincesofChina.
主產四川,浙江,江蘇。
Propertiescharacteristics 性味﹕
acrid,warm.
辛,温。
Channelsmeridiansentered 歸經﹕
heart,liver,spleen.
歸心,肝,脾經。
Medicalfunctions 藥理﹕
EffectonCNS:Inanimalstudies:thisherbcanlower5-HydroxyindoleaceticAcid(5-HIAA),dopamine,3,4-dihydroxyphenylaceticacid(DOPAC),andhomovanillicacid.ThisshowsthattheherbshichangpucansedatetheCNSthroughloweringmonoamineofneurotransmitters.Theethanolextractofthisherbcancounterthehighestthresholdofmiceandratsinelectricalshockandlowestthresholdinpentetrazole,seizurereactionofstrychnine,thusitshowsthatshichangpupossessesanti-seizureeffect.Themainingredientsofthetotalevaporatingoilofshichangpu,β-asaroneandα-asarone,canpromotesedative,hypnotic,andanti-seizureeffect.Theextractofshichangpucanenhancethelearningandmemoryofmiceandbringupthethresholdofenduranceoflackofoxygen.
Cardio-vasculareffect:correctsarrhythmiaandslowsdownheartrate.Oneoftheingredientsofchangpu,bisasarinpossessesgoodloweringoflipideffect.Itcanbeabsorbedquicklyanditcandistributewidelyinthebodyanddissipatesslowly.Inpaststudies,itshowsthattheevaporatingoilofchangpucanbeusedtotreatthearrhythmiaofratscausedbyaconitineofwutou.Itcanlowertheheartrateofdomesticatedrabbits'irregularheartratecausedbyepinephrineandbybariumchloride..
Effectonrespiratorysystem:improvesasthmaandchronicbronchitis.Therearereportsthatshowα-Asarone,animportantingredientofchangpu,canbeusedtotreatsimpleformofchronicbronchitis,asthmatictypeofchronicbronchitisorasthmaticbronchitis,whetheritisearlystageofattack,chronicstageorsuddenacutestage.
Effectondigestivesystem:relievespasmoftheintestine
Antibioticeffect
Anti-cancer
Anti-epilepsy
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        ■對神經系統的作用
  動物實驗表明,石菖蒲能降低5-羥吲哚乙酸,多巴胺,3,4-二羥基苯乙酸及高香草酸的水平,說明石菖蒲可能是通過降低單胺類神經遞質起到中樞神經鎮靜作用。石菖蒲醇提取物能明顯對抗大,小鼠的最大電休克發作和小鼠的戊四氮最小閾發作及小鼠士的寧的驚厥反應,說明石菖蒲醇提取物有明顯的抗驚厥作用。石菖蒲總揮發油是鎮靜,催眠,抗驚厥的主要成分,α-細辛醚及β-細辛醚是石菖蒲上述作用的主要活性成分。石菖蒲提取物有促進小鼠學習記憶和提高耐缺氧的作用。菖蒲具有促進動物體力和智力的作用。石菖蒲去油煎劑,總揮發油,α,β-細辛醚對小鼠的正常學習有促進作用,對各種類型的記憶模型都有不同程度地改善作用。
  ■對心血管系統的作用
  研究指出,菖蒲中的二聚細辛醚具有降脂作用,它吸收快,分布迅速廣泛,體內消除較緩慢,具有很好的降脂效果。研究表明,石菖蒲揮發油對大鼠由烏頭鹼(aconitine)誘發的心律失常有一定的治療作用;對家兔由腎上腺和氯化鋇誘發的心律失常,有減慢心律的作用。
  ■對呼吸系統的作用
  有報道指出,α-細辛腦(α-Asarone)是石菖蒲的主要成分之一,可治療處於發作期,遷延期或病情加重期的單純型慢性支氣管炎,喘息型慢支或支氣管哮喘。
  ■對消化系統的作用
  用電生理方法研究中藥石菖蒲水提液對大鼠胃腸肌電的作用發現,石菖蒲水提液對胃腸肌電動呈現抑制作用,其作用是通過阻斷膽鹼能M受體及迷走神經非膽鹼能受體實現的。研究指出,石菖蒲去油煎劑,總揮發油,α,β-細辛醚均能抑制離體家兔腸管自發性收縮,拮抗醋膽素(acetylcholine),組胺(histamine)t及氯化鋇(BaCl2)導致腸管痙攣,增強大鼠胃腸道蠕動及小鼠腸道推進功能,還可促進大鼠膽汁分泌。研究指出,石菖蒲的揮發成分α-細辛醚,β-細辛醚及1-烯丙基-2,4,5-三甲氧基苯對豚鼠離體氣管和回腸有很強的解痙作用。
  ■抑菌作用
  經培養發現,石菖蒲在污水中能正常生長,同時發現石菖蒲的提取液對已知的8種純菌株都有一定的抑制作用。
        水菖蒲對肺炎雙球菌、甲型鏈球菌、金黃色葡萄球菌、白色葡萄球菌、八疊球菌、卡他球菌等均有抑制作用。(4~6《全國中草藥匯編》
  ■抗癌作用
  研究指出,石菖蒲揮發油提取物α-細辛醚對SGC-7901,Detroit-6,HeLa等人癌細胞株有抗癌活性。通過觀察人癌細胞形態學改變,並應用活細胞染色體計數等方法,進行動態的定量研究表明,α-細辛醚能選擇性地抑制及殺傷人癌細胞。
  ■抗癲癇作用
  石菖蒲中的α-細辛醚具有抗電驚厥,戊四氮驚厥,側腦室給乙酰膽鹼致驚厥作用,用於癲癇大,小發作的臨床治療。[1]
     ■李延斌
Actions&Indications 主治﹕
Beingmainlyusedindelirium,epilepsy,coronarydiseases,angina,arrhythmia,stroke,vertigo,ringingintheears,atrophicgastritis,externalinjuryofthebrain,mentallyhandicapped/disabled.
主要應用於昏迷,癲癇,冠心病,心絞痛,心律失常,中風,眩暈,耳鳴,耳聾,萎縮性胃炎,腦外傷,弱智等。[1]
Chemicalingredients 化學成份﹕
Thecontentofessentialoildiffersaccordingtowheretheplantsareproduced.
揮發油的含量及其组成可因產地等不同有較大差異。
Rootandleavescontainessentialoil0.11to0.42%.Themainingredientsare﹕/根茎和葉中均含揮發油(0.11~0.42%)其主要成分是﹕
β-Asarone63.2~81.2%/β-细辛醚(顺式)63.2~81.2%
asarone8.8~13.7%/细辛醚8.8~13.7%
caryophyllene/石竹烯
α-humulene/α-葎草烯
Sekishone/石菖醚(1-烯丙基-2,4,5-三甲氧基苯)
aminoacid,organicacid,andsugar/氨基酸,有机酸和糖类。
rootsandstemscontainessentialoil1.5to3.5%/根茎含揮發油1.5%-3.5%,
thoseproducedinNanjing,therootsandstemscontain1.13to3.72%;leavescontain0.1to0.3%;wholeplantcontains0.24to0.48%.Themainessentialoilsare﹕/南京產的根茎含1.13%-3.72%,葉含0.1%-0.3%,全草含0.24%-0.48%,揮發油中主要含﹕
α-asarone/α-细辛醚
β-asarone/β-细辛醚
Theseveralessentialoilsare﹕/数种样品的揮發油成分如下:
bisasarin/二聚細辛醚
β-asarone/β-细辛醚
α-asarone/α-细辛醚
d-asarone/d-细辛醚
cis-methylisoengenol/顺甲基異丁香酚
trans-methylisoeugenol/反甲基異丁香酚
shyobunone/水菖蒲
isoshyobuncne/異水菖蒲酮
epishyobunone/表水菖蒲酮
linalool/芳樟醇
calamenene/菖蒲烯
β-gurjunene/β古香油烯(古芸烯)
δ-cadinene/δ杜松烯
Fromtheessentialoiloftherootandstem,thefollowinghavebeenissolated﹕/從根茎的揮發油中,尚分離出﹕
calamendiol/菖蒲烯二醇
isocalamendiol/異菖蒲烯二醇
preisocalamendiol/前菖蒲烯二醇
acoronene/菖蒲烯酮
acorone/菖蒲螺酮
acoragermacrone/菖蒲大牯牛兒酮
acolamone/菖蒲酮
isoacolamone/異菖蒲酮
rootandstemsofshichangpucontainessentialoilof0.5to0.92%.Theoilcontains﹕/石菖蒲:根茎含揮發油0.5%-0.92%;油中含﹕
α-asarone,β-asarone/α-细辛醚和β-细辛醚
ThoseproducedinNanjing,therootsanstemscontainessentialoilof0.58to2.49%.Theoilcontains﹕/南京產石菖蒲的根茎含揮發油0.58%-2.049%,油中含﹕
β-asarone62.38%/β-细辛醚62.38%
α-asarone2.17%/α-细辛醚2.17%
Freshherbcontainessentialof0.2%to0.42%.Freshleavescontain0.25%andtheoilcontainscloseto30minutequantityofchemicals.Themoreimportantingredientsare﹕/鲜草含揮發油0.20%-0.42%,鲜葉含0.25%,油中含近30种微量成分,其主要成分及含量如下:
β-asarone/β-细辛醚
α-asarone/α-细辛醚
caryophyllene/丁香烯
sekishone/西克酮
safrol/黄樟油脑
cis-metylisoeugenol/顺甲基異丁香酚
α-humulene/α葎草烯
calamenene/菖蒲烯
camphor/樟脑
Other﹕/其他:
vitaminC/維生素C
sitosterol/甾醇
tannin/鞣質
potassium/鉀
calcium,etc/鈣等
shuichangpu(Acoruscalamus) contains﹕/水菖蒲含:
α-asarone α-細辛醚/β-asarone β-細辛醚
cis-metylisoeugenol/順甲基異丁香酚
cal-amendiol/菖蒲烯二醇
acorenone/菖蒲螺烯酮
shyobunone/水菖蒲酮
acorone/菖蒲螺酮
acoragermacrone/菖蒲大牯牛兒酮
acolamone/菖蒲酮
isoacolamone/異菖蒲酮
Dosage 用量﹕
Internal use: 3 to 6 g. (fresh herb 9 to 24 g); or use in pill or powder form.
External use: boil with water and use it to wash affected parts or grind into powder and make into paste form.
內服:煎湯,3~6克(鮮者9~24克 );或入丸, 散。外用:煎水洗或研末調敷。
Samples of formulae處方舉例﹕
For improving memory in study:
Name of formula: Kong shen zhen zhong dan (Confucius' Inside Pillow Pills):
Composition: shi chang pu 12 g, yuan zhi 12 g, long gu 18 g, baked gui ban 12 g. Add 1400 c.c. of water and simmer down to 400 c.c. and use as tea.
Diarrhea: shui chang pu, cut into slices. Dry under the sun. Grind into powder. Fill into capsules.  0.3 g per capsules. Take 3 times per day. 3 capsules each time.  Children dosage should be less.
Chronic bronchitis:
Use shui chang pu capsules of 0.3 g. Take 2 capsules each time, 2 to 3 times per day. Take 10 days continuously.  One therapy period is 10 days.
 Suppurative corneal inflammation:
Use shui chang pu 60 g, water 300 c.c. Simmer to 100 c.c. Strain. Adjust pH to neutral. Sterile the decoction under pressure with heat.
Use as eye drop. Three times per day, 2 to 3 drops each time. Eye bath: once per day for about 10 minutes.
讀書善忘:
孔聖枕中丹《清﹐汪昂醫方集解》治讀書善忘﹐久服令人聰明。【 组成】敗龜板酥灸, 龍骨研 末入雞腹煮一宿, 遠志, 九節菖蒲. 三錢 ﹐遠志三錢 ﹐龍骨五錢 ﹐ 炙龜板 三 錢 。以三碗半水煎 至 一 碗 。
痢疾:
水菖蒲切片曬乾,研粉裝膠囊,每粒0.3克,每日3次,每次3粒,溫開水送服,小兒酌減。[2]
慢性氣管炎 :
水菖蒲膠囊(每粒裝水菖蒲根粉0.3克)每次2粒,每日2~3次,連服10天為一個療程。[2]
化膿性角膜炎:
水菖蒲乾根60克,加水300毫升,文火煎至100毫升,過濾去渣,調 pH呈中性,高壓滅菌即得。(1)點眼:每日3次,每次2~3滴;(2)眼 浴:每日1次,每次10分鐘。[2]
Toxicity & Cautions毒素與禁忌﹕
use care in cases of yinxu (yin deficient)  , irritable and sweating heavily, cough, spitting blood, spermatorrhea.
There are literature that mention using shi chang pu do not eat goat or lamb meat.
本品辛香溫燥,凡陰 虛 陽亢,烦 躁汗多,咳 嗽,吐 血,精 滑者慎服。
有記載,服中藥方中石菖蒲者忌吃羊肉 。
[1] 中國藥 報【日期】2004-12-28 【期次】197(總 第2912期) 【版次】B5 【版名】综合报道 李延斌
[2] http://www.hulu.com.tw/moi/Acorus-1H.htm
According to the all the herb dictionaries of the past in China, the original correct herb, shi chang pu came from the roots of Acorus calamus var angustatus . The rhizoma is small and it has nine sections per Chinese inch.
Today the in the market it is substituted with the root of Anemone altaica Fisch. The roots are shorter, spindle shape,  and sections are closer and are easier to break. The broken surfaces are flat. Currently the correct herb of Acorus calamus var angustatus is being mentioned in literature but is not available commercially.
The function of shi chuang pu (Acorus calamus var angustatus )is for ridding of dampness and harmonizing (soothing) the stomach. The two herbs should not be interchanged.
正品九節 菖蒲按歷代本 草所述經考証為 藥典收載之天南星科植物石菖蒲(Acorus calamus var angustatus )的 根莖,惟體小節 密,一寸有九節 者,此方為石菖蒲的優質品。
現在市售九節 菖蒲則皆毛莨科植物阿爾泰銀蓮花(Anemone altaica Fisch.)的 根莖。其根莖短小,稍彎曲,長1-4cm,直徑0.3-O.5cm。表面棕黃色至暗棕色,具多數半環狀突起的節(鱗葉痕),斜向交互排列。質堅脆,斷面平 坦,白色,有粉性,可見淡黃色小點(維管束)6-9個排列成環。氣微,味微酸。
由上對照可知,天南星科植物石菖蒲為本草所述及《中國藥典 》(85版)所載正品。南星科九節 菖蒲只有記載如今 並無商品。在功效上,石菖蒲主化濕和中。
水菖蒲(Acorus calamus)與石菖蒲功效略相同:化痰,開竅,健脾,利濕。
阿爾泰銀蓮花之節菖蒲(Anemone altaica Fisch.)植物成分有抗腫瘤、抗炎 、解熱鎮痛、鎮靜、抗驚厥等作用。與水 菖蒲(Acorus calamus),石菖蒲 (Acorus calamus var angustatus )有差別 ,因此,應嚴格區分,不可以此代彼。
(by Joe Hing kwok Chu)

jiang huang 薑黃

Today's Application 現代應用﹕
1. high lipids
2. angina pectoris
3. rheumatoid arthritis
4. inflammation after surgery
5. periodontitis
6. tumor
7. acid dyspepsia,
8. flatulent dyspepsia,
9. atonic dyspepsia
10. shingles/herpes zoster
11. herpes simplex
12. coronary atherosclerosis
13. for inhibiting building up of b-amyloid
14. leukemia
現代應用﹕
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,白血病,膽石。
Pharmaceutical name 英文藥名﹕Rhizoma Curcumae Longae
Biological name 拉丁學名﹕Curcuma Longa L/ Curcuma domestica Val.
Other Names 別名﹕
huang jiang, mao jiang huang, bao ding xiang, huang si yu jin,  chun yu jin. (yu jin is Curcuma aromatica Salisb. It is not jiang huang, Curcuma longa )
黃薑、毛薑 黃、寶鼎香、黃絲郁金,春鬱金。(鬱 金 Curcuma aromatica Salisb. 不是薑黄)
Common Name 常用英文名﹕tumeric
Distribution 產地分佈﹕
Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fukien, Guizhou,Taiwan provinces of China and India, South East Asia.
四川, 廣東廣西, 雲南, 福建, 貴州, 台灣,印度與東南亞等地。
Properties (characteristics) 性 味﹕
acrid, bitter, aromatic, warm.
辛,苦, 香,性溫。
Channels (meridians) entered 歸經﹕
stomach, liver, spleen.
胃,肝,脾。
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. angina, treatment of pain in the rib area, gallbladder stones, postpartum pain.
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,瘀血腫痛等治,心绞痛,胸腹脅肋諸痛,膽結石,産後腹 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 HBV replication
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)
15. stimulate uterus contraction
16. Curcumin inhibits prosurvival pathways in chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells and combined with green tea extract epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) may overcome their stromal protection.[1]
17. inhibits forming of fibrosis in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients
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
15. 刺激子宫收缩
16. 薑黃素可抑制在慢性淋巴細胞白血病促生存通路B細胞. 結合綠茶提取物兒茶素(EGCG)可以克服慢性淋巴細胞白血病對基質細胞的保護。[1]
17. 抑制肺囊腫之囊腫纖維形成
Chemical ingredients 化學成份﹕
volatile oil  4.2%-14%/ 揮發油 4.2%-14%:
tumerone (C15H22O)/ 薑黃酮 (C15H22O)
dihydroturmerone/ 二氫薑黃酮
curcuminoids: curcumin 62%/ 類薑黃素 62%
demethoxycurcumin  38%/ 去甲氧基薑黄素 38%
bisdemethoxycurcumin  29%/ 去二甲氧基薑黄素29%
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 1%/ 水芹烯1%
eucalyptol 1%/ 按油 精1%
Dosage per day 每日劑量﹕
3 ~ 9 g
3 ~ 9 克。
Cautions 警語﹕
prolonged large dosage may irritate the mucus of the stomach and cause ulcer.
contra-indication if blood deficient but without qi stagnation and blood stasis.  
In mice study, significant fall in the WBC and RBC levels of the Curcuma longa-(jiang huang) treated animals as compared to the controls. [2]
如長期 服用大剤量的薑黄,可能刺激胃粘膜而致胃潰瘍。血虚 而無氣 滯血 淤者忌服。
 [1] Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 15;15(4):1250-8. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1511.
 [2] Planta Med. 1992 Apr;58(2):124-7.
(by Joe Hing kwok Chu)