| lai fu zi 萊服子 by: Joe Hing kwok Chu
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Semen Raphani | Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Raphanus sativus L. | Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | | Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | | Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | loi4 fuk6 zi2 | Other Names: 別名 ﹕ | luo bo zi 蘿蔔子，bo zi 蔔子，bai bo zi 白蔔子，hong bo zi 紅蔔子，cai tou zi 菜頭子。 | Common Name: 英文名﹕ | | Distribution: 產地﹕ | most part of China. 全國各地都有栽培。 | Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, sweet, neutral
辛、甘，平。 | Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, lung. 歸脾、胃、肺經。 | | Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | | Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | digestive stagnation, flatulence, noise in intestines, burping with acidic gas, cough and wheezing with phlegm, chronic asthmatic bronchitis. Clinically, the extract of lai fu zi is being used in treating flat warts, diarrhea in children, menorrhagia (massive vaginal bleeding not during menses). The squeezed juice of lai fu roots has been effectively used, without known side effect, as enema for treatment of colitis, proctitis (inflammation of the retum) and bleeding of colon. 腸胃積滯，腹脹，腸鳴，噯氣吞酸，裏急後重，咳嗽痰喘，慢性喘息性氣管炎。 臨床上常用其植物提取物治療扁平疣，小兒泄瀉，血崩症等。萊菔榨汁液制成灌腸劑用於治療結腸炎，結腸出血，結腸直腸炎等疾病。 | Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | Lai fu zi contains a small amount of volatile oil and 45% of fat. Among the volatile oil there are : methyl- mercaptan, α,β-methylbutanol, β, γ－hexenol. Among the fat there are: large amount of eruci acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, glycerol sinapate. it also contain sinapine, raphanin (a vegetable antibiotic). It also contains: n-triacontane, stearic acid, β, γ- sitosterol. Alcohol extract of mature seed contians: amino acid, protein, sugar, polysaccharide, phenol, alkaloid, flavonoid glycosied, phytosterols (plant sterools), vitamin C, B1, B2, E and coenzyme. Lai fu zi produced in Japan also contain organic germanium. [a] 萊菔子含少量揮發油及45％的脂肪油。揮發油中含有甲硫醇（methyl- mercaptan), α,β-己烯醛 α,β-methylbutanol 和 β, γ－已烯醇 β, γ－hexenol 等；脂肪油中含多量芥酸（eruci acid ）、亞油酸 linoleic acid、亞麻酸 linolenic acid、芥子酸甘油酯（ glycerol sinapate ）等，另尚含芥子鹼（ sinapine ）以及植物抗菌素萊菔子素（ raphanin）[1.2.3]。另尚含正三十烷 n-triacontane、正十八碳酸（硬脂酸）stearic acid、β, γ-谷甾醇（β, γ- sitosterol)[4.5] 。相繼又從萊菔子中提取出辛烯醛及鄰苯二甲酸丁二酯[6]。成熟種子的乙醇提取物分得一種無色透明的板狀結晶為芥子鹼硫酸氫鹽（sinapine bisulfate），藥理試驗表明具有較強的降壓作用[7]。萊服子中還含有氨基酸、蛋白質、醣、多糖 polysaccharide、酚類 phenol 、生物鹼 alkaloid、黃酮苷 flavonoid glycoside、植物甾醇 phytosterols (also called plant sterols) 、維生素類（C、B1、B2、E）及輔酶 coenzyme, Q[8 .9]。日本產的白萊菔子中含有機鍺（germanium）[10]。 來源：《現代中藥藥理與臨床》- 作者：王本祥 主編 [a] Source: translated from Modern Chinese Medical Function and Clinical Practice (in Chinese), edited by Wang Ben Xiang | Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g 10～20克 | Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | | Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | | Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | 本品能耗氣，無食積、痰滯者慎用。人參惡萊菔子。 |
中文化學成分來源：http://www.tianyao.com.cn/qingxuan.htm 蘿卜硫素（1-異硫氰酸-4-甲磺酰基丁烷）是蔬菜中所發揮的抗癌效果最好的植物活性物質，能夠刺激人或動物細胞產生僅對身體有益的Ⅱ型酶，同時抑制I型酶的產生，使細胞形成對抗外來致癌物浸蝕的膜，達到抗癌效果。（王見冬[1] 錢忠明[2] 等。[1]北京化工大學制藥工程系100029 [2]香港理工大學應用生物與化學科技學系） |