Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Herba seu Radix cirsii Japonici |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Cirsium spicatus, Max.; C. japonicum DC |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | taikei |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | taegye |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | taai6 gai3 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | prescription name: da ji, da ji cao, da ji gen, da ji tan, xian da ji, ci ji. 處方名：大薊、大薊草、大薊根、大薊炭、鮮大薊、 刺薊。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Japanese thistle |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet, cool. 甘，凉。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, lung, spleen, kidney. 肝，肺 ，脾，腎。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | for treatment of vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, bleeding not during menses, vaginal discharge, pain in intestine, abscess in intestine, boils, carbuncles. 治吐血，衄血，尿血，血淋，血崩，帶下，腸風，腸癰，癰瘍腫毒，疔瘡。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | Fresh leaves contain: | 鮮葉含 | | pectolinarin, about 2.1% | 6-甲氧基柳穿魚式(即大薊苷,pectolinarin)約2.1% | | 6,4'-dimethoxyscutellarein-7-rhamnoglucoside)\ | 6，4'-二甲氧基黃芩素-7-鼠李葡萄糖苷 | | pectinarigenin: | 柳穿魚素： | | 5,7’-dihydroxy-6,4'- dimethoxyflavone | 5,7-二羥基-6,4'-二甲氧基黃酮 | | 13-acetyl-amyrin | 13-乙醯香樹脂醇 | | 4-acetyl-taraxasterol | 4-乙醯蒲公英出醇 | | 32 cosanol | 三十二烷醇 | | β-sitosterol | β-谷甾醇 | | stigmasterol | 豆甾醇 | | whole plant shows reaction of alkaloid and evaporating oil | 又據報導全草顯生物鹼及揮發油反應。 |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | Take orally as decoction:15 to 30 g. External application: use appropriate amount. Smash and apply to affected areas. 15～30克；外用鮮品適量，搗爛效患處。 |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | shi tan san 十炭散 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Do not use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) and without blood stasis. 脾虛而無血淤者忌服。 |
Da ji tan (da ji charcoal) is the herb that has been cut, dried under the sun and stir-fried till dark (but still preserving the property of the herb). Its function of arresting bleeding is stronger.