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pu gong ying 蒲公英
 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing in progress

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba Taraxaci Mongolici cum Radice

Latin botanical name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.- Mazz.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

hokoei

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

p'ogongyong

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

pu kung ying

Other Names:

別名﹕

huang hua di ding 黃花地丁。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

dandelion

Distribution:

產地﹕

throughout china, esp. Shanxi, Hubei, Shandong, and the northeast (formerly called Manchuria)

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, sweet, cold.

味苦中帶甘,性寒.

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, stomach

歸肝、胃經。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

Medical functions:
  1. promotes bile flow
  2. protects liver
  3. promotes urination (high in protassium)
  4. anti-bacteria: inhibits Staphylococcus aureaus, and Corynebacterium diphtheriae
  5. promotes digestion
  6. mild laxative effect

藥理﹕

  1. 利膽
  2. 保肝
  3. 利尿作用(因為含有大量的鉀)。
  4. 抑制金黃色葡萄球菌、白喉桿菌等作用
  5. 健胃
  6. 緩瀉效果

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

being used in breast cancer, boils, lung cancer with pus and blood in phlegm. It is effective in bacterial infection of the breast type of tumer.

用於乳癰腫痛,疔瘡熱毒,肺癰咳吐膿血痰。蒲公英對熱毒所致的乳癰腫痛﹐疔瘡有良好的效果。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

taraxasterol choline, inulin, pectin

Dosage:

用量﹕

9 ~ 30 g

Samples of formulae:

方劑舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

The decoction of pu gong ying can enhance the effect of trimethoprimum (TMP) . The ideal combination is pu gong ying 2.5 g (raw herb):TMP 10 mg.

 本品煎劑和 磺胺增效劑( trimethoprimum)之間有增效作用,並選出其較優的配方比為:蒲公英2.5克(生藥):TMP10毫克。

 

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

relatively safe. Heartburn with oral administration has been reported

 

 

 

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