Present Day Applications: 現代應用﹕
Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Anemarrhena Rhizome
Latin botanical name: 拉丁文學名﹕	Anemarrhena aspodeloidea Bunge.
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕
Other Names: 別名﹕	suan ban zi cao 蒜瓣子草, lian mu 連母
Common Name: 英文名﹕	Common Anemarrhena Rhizome
Distribution: 產地﹕	Mainly in Hebei, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, North Eastern Provinces. 主產地區﹕河北, 陝西, 内蒙古, 陝西,東北。
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	cold, bitter, sweet. 性寒，味苦﹐甘。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕
Medical functions: 藥理﹕	lowers blood sugar antipyretic, sedative antibiotic    解 熱  降 血 糖  鎮 靜  抑 菌
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	yinxu (yin deficient)  with  afternoon fever and night sweating, constipation; toothache due to heat in stomach, diabetes with heat syndrome, edema, cough due to heat in the lung, constipation, and difficulty in urination.. 滋 陰 降 火 ， 潤 燥 滑 腸 ， 滋 腎 水 。胃 火 牙 痛 ,陰虛 發 熱 , 骨 蒸 潮 熱 , 盜 汗 , 消 渴﹐ 肺熱咳嗽﹐ 二便不利。。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	固 醇 類 皂 甙 (steroid type of saponin)， 知 母 皂 甙 ( Timosaponin A1﹐ A2﹐ A3﹐ A4﹐ B1﹐ B2﹐ A - I﹐ A - III ) 黃 酮 配 糖 體 ( Xanthone C-glycoside ) ， 芒 果 甙 ( Mangiferin ) ﹐ 鞣質 (tannin)﹐ 粘液 (jelly)﹐ 烟酸 (niacin)﹐ 胆鹼 (choline) 脂肪 (fat)。
Daily Dosage: 每日用量﹕	10 to 20 g. Concentrated Extract: 0.5 to 2 g. 10～20 克；濃縮中藥：0.5～2.克
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕	suan zao ren tang 酸棗仁湯
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Cautions: 禁忌﹕	Do not use in cases diarrhea due to pixu (spleen deficient). 脾 虛﹐ 大 便 溏 泄 者 忌 用 。