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yin chen hao  茵陳蒿

 

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

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Pharmaceutical name:

 藥 名 ﹕

Herba Artemisiae Yinchenhao

Latin botanical name:

拉 丁 學 名 ﹕

Artemisia scoparia Waldst. et Kit.; 

Artemisia capillaris Thunb.

Pron. in Japanese:

日 語 發 音 ﹕

inchinko

Pron. in Korean:

韓 語 發 音 ﹕

kyunchinho

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵 音 ﹕

yan1  can4 hou1

Common Name:

英 文 名 ﹕

capillaris
Distribution:

分 佈 ﹕

Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui (A. capillaris), northeastern China, Hebei, Shandong (A. scoparia).

陝 西 ﹐ 山 西 ﹐ 安 徽 (A. capillaris)﹐ 東 北 部 ﹐ 河 北 ﹐  山 東 (A. scoparia)

Properties (characteristics)bitter, acrid, cool

苦,辛,凉。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, spleen, gallbladder, stomach

肝﹐脾﹐膽﹐胃。

Actions & Indications:

主 治 ﹕

For:
  1. Clears infection of liver and gallbladder and relieves jaundice
  2. As antipyretic
  3. Difficulty in urination
  4. Boils and itchiness
  5. Headaches
  6. Leaves can be used for mosquito repellent.

 

  1. 濕 熱 黃 疸 , (肝 臟 ﹐ 膽 囊 感 染 )
  2. 退 熱
  3. 小 便 不 利 ,
  4. 風 癢 瘡 疥 ,
  5.  除 頭 痛
  6. 葉 用 來 驅 蚊 蟲
Medical Function:

藥理:

 to be loaded
Chemical Ingredients:

化學成份:

1. 6, 7-dimethoxycoumarin, scoparo ne[1], scopeletin[2],6-hydroxy-7-methylesculetin[3], capilarin[4].

2. capillarisin, 7-methylcapillarisin[5], 4'-methylcapillarisin, 6-demethoxycapillarisin, 6-demethoxy-4'-methyl-capillarisin[6].

3. areapillin[1], isoareapillin[8], cirsimauitin, cirsilineol, genkwanin[6], isorhamnetin, quercetin[9], rhamnocitrin[6], eupatolitin, hyperin, cacticin, isorhamnetin-e-glucoside[9], eupalitin, [3], 7-methyl-aromadendrin[4], rutin, quercetin-3-glucogalactoside, quercetin-3, 7-rutinosodigalactoside, kaempferol-e-glucogalactoside[16].

4. capillartemisin A, B; deoxycapillartemisin[8,11]; chlorogenic acid[12]; salicylic acid; azelaic acid; pyrogallol tannins[13]; oxalic acid.[14].

5. (1) capillen, O-methoxycapillen, capillin[15], capillianol, norcapillene[16], capillon[17], neocapillene[18], dehydrofalcarinone, dehydrofalcarinol; 1-phenyl-2, 4-hexa-dyne-1-ol[19].

(2) alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, p-cymene, carene, alpha-terpineol, acetylborneol.[19].

geraniol acetate; 1, 8-eucalyptol; 1-thujone; carvone; thujylalcohol[19].

(3) beta-elemene; beta-caryophyllene; alpha-humulene[21], ar-curcumene[15].

cadinene, caryophyllene epoxide[22].

(4) eugenol[15], methyleugenol[23].

6.  p-hydroxy-acetophenone[13], methylhepthylketone[24], vanillin[20], butylaldehyde, furaldehyde[24].

7. beta-sitosterol[12], phytoestrogens, choline[12].

Dosage:

用量﹕

9 ~15 g
Commonly Used formulae:

常用配方:

yin chen hao tang (茵陳蒿湯)
Modern Research:to be loaded
Cautions:

禁 忌

not to use in qixu (qi deficiency) type of jaundice.

黃疸而有 氣虛症狀忌用 。

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