Present Day Applications:

現代應用：

For toothache: bi po 6 g, gao liang jiang 3 g, chuan jiao 25 g, sheng chuan wu 0.5 g, sheng cao wu 0.5 g, yang jin hua 0.2 g.  Add  100 cc of 75% alcohol. Soak for a week and add zhang nao (camphor) 2 g. Cover tightly. Ready for use. To apply: soak up some liguid with cotton ball. Bite between teeth. It will stop pain in one minute.

牙痛：蓽撥 6 g, 高良薑 3 g, 川椒 25 g, 生川烏 0.5 g. 生草烏 0.5 g, 洋金花0.2 g. 加 75% 酒精100 c.c. 。浸一週後加樟脑2 g。盖密。用時用棉花做成一小粒。醮一些液体。放入牙齒間咬住。一分鐘即可止痛。

Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Fructus Piperis Longi

Biological name:

學名﹕

Piper Longum ( Thumb ), Linn.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

hihatsu

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

p'ihal

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

bat1 but6

Other Names:

別名﹕

See Names used different parts of the world.

Common Name:

常用英文名﹕

long pepper, Jaborandi pepper, Bengal pepper

Distribution:

分佈﹕

Yunnan, Guandong.

雲 南、廣東等地。

Properties (characteristics):

性味:

acrid, warm, hot

辛 ﹐溫﹐辣。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 歸經﹕

stomach, large intestine

胃 ﹐大腸。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for cold and painful stomach, lack of appetite, vomiting, migraine, cold type of diarrhea, asthma. External usage: for toothache.

用 于胃腹冷痛，食欲不振，腎寒，偏頭痛﹐嘔吐，寒瀉，哮喘。外治牙疼。

Medical function:

藥理作用﹕

1. inhibit secretion of digestive juice, lowers total stomach acid

2. lower blood lipids: lowers LDL and VLDL and TC, prevent hardening of arteries.

3. calming effect on CNS

4. antibiotic effect

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

chronic cold type of diarrhea: bi po 9 g, water 500 cc. Simmer down to 250 cc. Drink while warm.[a]  (do not use milk if patient is lactose intolerant).

長期寒性腹瀉：蓽 撥 9 g, 加水500 c.c. 慢火煎至250c.c. 温服。如病人不能消化 乳糖，不可喝牛奶。
 

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

果 實含精油石竹烯（Caryophyllene）及生物鹼 (alkaloids),

蓽撥鹼（Piperlonguminine），胡椒鹼（Piperine），蓽撥環鹼（Pipernonaline）

More to be loaded.

Dosage:

用量:

1.5 to 4.5 g. Usually taken in powder form.

1.5 ～ 4.5 g. 一般研末服用。

Cautions:

禁 忌:

not to use in cases chronic infection with heat.

中有實熱鬱火忌用