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dong gua pi 冬瓜皮        (in English and Chinese 中英文)

dong gua zi 冬瓜子

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國編譯       
 

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Exocarpium benincasae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Binincasa hispida Thunb.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

tokapi

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

tong gwa pi

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

dung1 gwaa1 pei4

Other Names:

別名﹕

bai gua pi 白瓜皮

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Chinese wax gourd peel

Distribution:

產地﹕

Being produced in all China. 全中國各地均産。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, cool.

甘,凉。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

spleen, small intestine.

脾,小腸。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

1.Diuretic effect: in non-renal type of edema, during recuperating period, the patients were given 50 g of dong gua pi decoction and drank 1000 ml of water. Within 2 hours, the amount of urine was twice the amount of control group. But, during the period after giving the herb, the urine excretion was less than that of control group. [1] [2].

2. Effect on blood sugar: after giving 250mg/kg achohol extract to lab rats, it did not show any blood lowering effect. [3]

 

1. 利尿作用:非腎性水腫恢復期患者內服冬瓜皮50克之煎劑,並飲水1000ml. 2 小時內尿量增加2倍。給藥2~4小時之間,尿量卻較對照組減少。【1】 【2】
2. 對血糖影響:給大鼠灌服冬瓜乙醇提取物250mg/kg 對大鼠血糖負荷無降低作用。【3】

Actions & Indications:

主治 ﹕

利尿消腫。用於水腫脹滿,小便不利,暑熱口渴,小便短赤。

常配合茯苓皮,澤瀉,豬苓等藥同用。
 

Chemical ingredients:

化學 成份﹕

evaporating oil constititions: 揮發性成分:
E-2-hexe-nal E-2-已烯醛
n-hexenal 正已烯醛
n-hexyl formate 甲酸正已醇酯
2,5-dimethylpyra-zine 2,5-二甲基吡嗪
2-ethyl-5- methylpyrazine 2,6-二甲基吡嗪
Triterpenoids: 三萜類化合物:
isomultiflorenyl acetate 已酸異多花獨尾草烯醇酯
glutinol 粘霉烯醇
simiarenol 西米杜鵑醇
cucurbita-5,24- dienol 5,24-葫蘆二烯醇
derivatives of cholesterol 膽固醇衍生物:
24-ethylcholesta-7,25-dienol 24-已本膽甾-7,25-二烯醇
24-ethylcholesta-7,22,25-trienol 24-已基膽甾 -7,22,25-三烯醇
24- ethylcholesta-7-enol 24-已本膽甾-7-烯醇
24-ethylchol-lesta-7,22-dienol 24-已基膽甾-7,22-二烯醇
Also contains: 另含:
vitamin B1, B2, C, niacin, carotene, glucose, fructose, sucrose, organic acid, starch,  sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, zinc, iodine, chromium, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignan etc. 维生素 B1,B2,C,煙酸,胡蘿卜素),葡萄糖,果糖,蔗糖,有機酸,澱粉,以及鈉,鉀,鈣,鐵,錳,鋅,碘, 鉻,纖維素,半纖維素,木脂素等

Dosage:

用量﹕

In decoction for oral consumption: 1 to 30 g. External use: use appropriate amount.

内服,煎湯:1~30 克。

Samples of formulae:
處方舉例﹕

For heat stroke and/or heat with delirium: use 50 g of dong gua (wax gourd) with skin make into decoction. Take orally in separate dosage. To be effective, take large amount. Also use bai hu tang   with added ingredient or also use qing gong tang. 【4】

Emphysema: dong gua pi, fresh yu xing cao, fresh roots of yi yi ren, lu gen 30 g each. Make into decoction. One dosage per day, make into 2 servings. Treated 36 cases. All healed.【6】

暑濕高温昏迷:冬瓜50克連皮煎湯。分數次服。能请暑利尿。大量服用才有效。多配白虎湯加味,或清宫湯加减。 【4】

肺氣腫:冬瓜皮,鲜魚腥草,鲜薏苡仁根,蘆根各30克。煎湯。每日一剂。分二次服。治疗36例。均治愈。【6】

Modern Research:

現代 研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素 與禁忌﹕

Do not use if the edema is caused by malnutrition.

因營養不良而致之虛腫慎用。

【1】江蘇新醫學院;上海。上海人民出版社。1977;761.

【2】冉先德,中華藥海,哈尔滨出版社,1993;768.

【3】Chandrasekar B et al. Indian J Med Res, 1998; 90;300

【4】廣東醫學, 1965; (5);19
【5】胡國臣,中藥現代臨床應用手冊。第一版。北京;學苑出版社1993;116.
【6】安徽單驗方選集,第一版,合肥;安徽人民出版社;1976;76.
 

参考:《全國中草藥匯編》

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