Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Solanum melongena L |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | nasubi （茄子 ） |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | gaji （茄子 ） |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | ke4 zi2；ai2 gwaa1 |
Other Names: 別名 ﹕ | Other Chinese Names: lao su 酪酥，luo su 落蘇，kun lun gua 昆侖瓜，ai gua 矮瓜 Other Names: badinjan (Arabic), brinjal (Indian), ketrikai, terung (Malay/Indonesian), wambotu (Sri Langka), vatimgana (Sanskrit/Indian) |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | English name: eggplant, melongene, aubergine, Jew's apple, mad apple |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | all over Asia |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, cool. 甘，涼。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | spleen, stomach, large intestine. 脾，胃，大腸。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | Purple qie zi (eggplant) is rich in vitamin P which can help soften capillaries, prevent the capillaries from bleeding, and is beneficial to hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coughing out blood, purpura and scurvy. The flavonoids possess antioxidant effect [1] The flavonoids possess hypolipidemic effect [2]紫茄子富含維生素P，可軟化微細血管，防止小血管 出血，對高血壓， 動脈硬化，咯血，紫癜（皮下出血，瘀血）及壞血病患者均有益。 其黃酮類化合物有抗氧化作用。 其黃酮類化合物有降低血脂作用。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | bleeding of the colon, boils, ulcers of the skin. Root is being used in treating chronic diarrhea and diarrhea with blood, beriberi, toothache, cold sores, prolapse of uterus. Use 10 to 20 g in decoction or in pills or in powder form or use externally. External Use: smash and apply to affected areas or make into decoction for external application or smash and get juice for external application or bake till dry and make into powder. 根 又名東風草，治久痢便血，腳 氣，齒痛，凍傷，婦女陰挺。10～20g水 煎服或人丸散，或外用. 用於腸風下血。熱毒瘡癰，皮膚潰 瘍。 外用﹕搗爛敷，煎水浸洗，搗汁外敷或 燒存性研末調敷。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | the whole plant contains | 全植物含: | | trigonelline | 胡蘆巴鹼 | | choline | 膽鹼 | | adenine | 肢嘌呤 | | imida 20-lylethylamine | 咪唑乙胺 | | solasodine | 澳洲茄胺 | | solanine | 龍葵鹼 | | arginine glucoside | 精氨酸葡萄糖 | | caffeic acid | 咖啡酸 | | fruit contains: | 果實含: | | ftrigonelline | 胡蘆巴鹼 | | stachydrine | 水蘇鹼 | | choline | 膽鹼 | | solanine | 龍葵鹼 | | vitamin P (especially the purple varity) | 維生素 P (紫色的含量最多) | | seed contains: the highest level of solanine | 種子:龍葵鹼的含量最高 | | skin contains: | 果皮含: | | nasunin 1.2～1.5% | 色素茄色 1.2～1.5% | | shisonin | 紫蘇 | | delphinidin-3-monoglucoside | 飛燕草素-3-葡 萄糖 | | delphinidin-3, 5-diglucoside | 飛燕草素-3,5-二 葡萄糖 | | leaves contain: | 葉含 | | solanine 0.002～0.03% | 龍葵鹼 0.002～0.03%。 |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10～15g dry herb 乾藥﹕ 10~15 克。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | For treatment of bleeding from intestine and for hemorrhoids: bake eggplants with stems, till crispy and make into powder. Take with rice soup. It also can be applied externally. (Source: Dian Nan Materia Medica) 治療腸風下血；痔瘡出血： 將帶蒂的茄子焙乾， 研成細末，用米湯調服，（不宜用酒）。 亦可作外用。《滇南本草》 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Do not over eat as vegetable in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) or having a cold or flu. Eggplant is high in histamine. 性寒涼，脾 虛者不宜多食。患傷風感冒時忌吃。茄子含有高量的組織胺。 |
