fo shou 佛 手

 

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Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Citrus medica, L. var, ascrodactyllis, Sw.

Citrus medica, var, chirocarpus, Lonr.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

bushukan (fo shou gan)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

pusu

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

fat shou

Other Names:

別名﹕

chen fo shou , fo shou gan 佛手柑

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Fingered Citron

Distribution:

產地﹕

Sichuan, Guangdong,  Zhejiang, Fujian, Yunnan provinces of China.

主產于廣東﹐ 四川﹐ 浙江 福 建 ﹐ 云 南  等地,

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, bitter and warm.

味辛﹐ 苦,性温。

Channels  meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

liver, spleen, and lung.

归肝﹐ 脾 ﹐ 肺经。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. anti-asthma effect
  2. anti-spasm effect on the smooth muscle of the intestine of rats
  3. inhibiting effect on CNS: injection of fo shou alcohol extract of 20g/kg, the instantaneous activity of rats obviously decreases.
  4. effect on cardiac muscles: the protect the heart muscles in cases of lack of oxygen
  5. anti-inflammation effect

 

  1. 平喘作用
  2. 對胃﹐ 腸平滑肌作用:佛手醇提取物對大鼠﹐ 免離體腸管有明顯解 痙作用。
  3. 3﹐ 對中枢的抑制作用
    小鼠腹腔注射佛手醇提取物20g/kg,自發活動明顯减少并维持2小時。
  4. 對心血管系统的作用
    佛手醇提取能
    著增加豚鼠離體心臟的冠脉流量和提高小鼠的耐缺氧能力,對大鼠因垂体後葉互引起的心肌缺血有保護作用,并使豚鼠因结扎冠狀動脉引起的心電圖變化有所改善,對氯仿-腎上腺素引起的心律失常也有预防作用。
  5. 抗炎作用

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for
  1. tightness in chest, pain in the rib cage,
  2. flatulence, burping, nausea, and lack of appetite due to weak digestion,
  3. chronic cough with abundance of phlegm.

主治

  1. 肝氣郁结之胁痛﹐ 胸悶,
  2. 脾胃积滞之脘腹脹满﹐ 嗳氣﹐ 惡心,
  3. 久咳痰多。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

citropten, diosmin, hesperidin.

成熟佛手果實中含檸檬油素﹐ 6,7-二甲氧基香豆精﹐ 3,5,8-三羟基-4',7-二甲氧基黄酮。

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to 5 g.

3~5克。

Samples of formulae

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Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

 

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