Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Hordei Germinatus |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Hordeum sativum Jess. var. vulgar, Hack. (sprouts) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | mak6 ngaa4 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | prescription name in pinyin: mai ya 麥芽,da mai ya 大麥芽,sheng mai ya 生麥芽,chao mai ya 炒麥芽,jiao mai ya 焦麥芽。 大麥糵(《藥性論》),麥糵(《日華子本草》),大麥毛(《滇南本草》),大麥芽(《本草匯言》) 處方名:麥芽,大麥芽,生麥芽,炒麥芽,焦麥芽等。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | barley grass, hordeum vulgare grass, pearl barley grass, scotch barley grass |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, neutral 甘,平。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach. 脾,胃。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | - reduce the risk of coronary heart disease [2]
- lower blood sugar
- lower blood pressure
- beneficial for ulcerated colitis
- hordenine, a chemical in the root of developing barley, may stimulate the sympathetic nervous system.[1]
- digestive enzyme that help digestion
- 減低冠心病
- 降血糖
- 降血壓
- 對潰瘍性腸炎有效
- 麥芽素有增進自主神經作用
- 消化酶有助消化作用
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Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | ulcerated colitis [1], peptic ulcer, hypertension, diabetes, indigestion, flatulence, lack of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. 用於治療胃潰瘍,潰瘍性腸炎,高血壓,糖尿病,食積不消,脘腹脹滿,食欲不振,嘔吐瀉泄 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 含酶類:α- 澱粉酶α-amylase,澱粉酶 b-amylase, 轉化糖酶 invertase, 極限糊精酶 limitdextrinase (普魯藍酶pullulanase), 纖維素酶 cellulase, b-葡聚醣 b-glucanase, 酚酶 phenolase, 酸性磷酸脢 acid phosphatase, , 蛋白酶 peptidase, 內蛋白激酶 endorprotinase, 蛋白激酶 protinase, 磷酸二酯酶 phosphodiesterase, 脂酶,朊酶,氧化酶,催化酶,纖維二糖酶,龍膽二糖酶,地衣聚糖酶,過氧化異構酶等;另含大麥芽鹼(hordenine)約0.13%~0.25%,大麥鹼 A(hordatine),大麥鹼B(hordatine B),腺嘌呤 (adenine) (维生素B4),膽鹼 (Choline) 0.02%~0.1%,甜菜鹼 (三甲基甘氨酸)0.06% (Betaine Hydrochloride),卵磷脂 (lecithin),氨基酸 (animo acid),維生素 (vitamin) B,D,E,蔗糖等糖類 (cane sugar),以及細胞色素C (cytochrlme C)。還含有生育醌(α-托科醌,α-tocopheryl quinone),α-生育三烯酚(α-tocotrienol),肥皂草甙 (saponarin),大麥黃甙 (lurlnarin),白花色甙 (leucoanthocyanins)。 |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | 6 to 15 g 6~15 克。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | For indigestion: jiao san xian 消化不良:焦三仙 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | To avoid increasing the drug effect, not to take with ma huang, caffeine, blood sugar lowering drug, blood pressure lowering drug, cardiac function enhancing drug, 避免與以下各藥同用,以免過度增加藥力:麻黃,降血糖藥,降血壓藥,咖啡因,強心劑。 |