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jiang huang, 薑黃  (in English and Chinese)

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

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Today's Application:

現代應用﹕

Today's Application:

for:

  1. high lipids

  2. angina pectoris

  3. rheumatoid arthritis

  4. inflammation after surgery

  5. periodontitis

  6. tumor

  7. acid dyspepsia,

  8. flatulent dyspepsia,

  9. atonic dyspepsia

  10. shingles/herpes zoster

  11. herpes simplex

  12. coronary atherosclerosis

  13. for inhibiting building up of b-amyloid

  14. leukemia

現代應用﹕

高血脂症,心绞痛 狹心 症,風濕性關節炎,術後炎症,牙周炎, 腫瘤,胃酸過多,胃脹,胃施鬆,带狀疱疹,單純性一般疱疹,  病毒性肝炎, 腦栓塞, 冠狀動脈粥樣硬化,防止 b-類 澱粉蛋白之 形成,白血病,膽石

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Rhizoma Curcumae Longae

Biological name:

拉丁學名﹕

  • Curcuma Longa L,

  • Curcuma domestica Val.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kyoo (jiang huang )

akiukon (秋薑黃)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

kanghwang

Other Names:

別名﹕

huang jiang, mao jiang huang, bao ding xiang, huang si yu jin,  chun yu jin. (yu jin is Curcuma aromatica Salisb. It is not jiang huang, Curcuma longa )

黃薑、毛薑 黃、寶鼎香、黃絲郁金春鬱金。(鬱 金 Curcuma aromatica Salisb. 不是薑黄)

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

goeng1 wong4 (薑 黄)

Common Name:

常用英文名﹕

tumeric

Distribution:

產地分佈﹕

Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fukien, Guizhou,Taiwan provinces of China and India, South East Asia.

四川, 廣東廣西, 雲南, 福建, 貴州, 台灣,印度與東南亞等地,

Properties (characteristics):

性 味﹕

acrid, bitter, aromatic, warm.

辛,苦, 香,性溫。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

stomach, liver, spleen.

胃,

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Actions & Indications: Improves circulation of blood and qi, promotes flow of menses and relieves pain. For wind chill induced shoulder pain, mood fluctuations, schizophrenia, fever with dizziness, vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, bleeding not during menses, jaundice, lower back pain, chest and abdomen pain caused by blood stasis, flatulence, pain during period of menses, injuries, bruises and swelling. angina, treatment of pain in the rib area, gallbladder stones, postpartum pain.

主治﹕行 氣破瘀, 通經止痛。主治風寒肩臂, 腰背疼痛, 血滞胸腹脹痛, 失心癫狂, 熱病神昏, 吐血 , 衄血, 尿血, 血淋, 婦女倒經, 黄疸,痛 經 ,跌打損傷, 瘀血腫痛等治 ,心绞痛,胸腹脅肋諸痛,膽結石,産後腹 痛

 

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

Medical Function:

  1. lowers blood lipids

  2. anti coagulation of platelets

  3. protects cardiac muscle from lack of oxygen

  4. protects liver from toxin

  5. against HBV replication

  6. promotes secretion of bile**

  7. promotes flow of menses and relieves pain

  8. anti tumor [enhances fibrinolysis (the process that breaks down fibrin (fibrous proteins), such as those that protect tumors from the immune system) ]

  9. anti inflammatory

  10. anti-oxidation

  11. promotes metabolism of alcohol

  12. antibiotic

  13. antivirus

  14. helps intestinal peristalsis (intestinal movements that help evacuation)

  15. stimulate uterus contraction

  16. Curcumin inhibits prosurvival pathways in chronic lymphocytic leukemia B cells and combined with green tea extract epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) may overcome their stromal protection.[1]

  17. inhibits forming of fibrosis in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients

藥理﹕

  1. 降血脂作用

  2. 抑制血小板聚集和抗血拴形成

  3. 保護心肌缺血性損傷

  4. 保肝作用

  5. 抑制乙 型肝炎病毒複製

  6. 利胆作用*

  7. 通經止痛

  8. 抗腫瘤

  9. 抗炎作用

  10. 抗氧化作用

  11. 促進酒精代謝

  12. 抗病原微生物,

  13. 抗病毒

  14. 帮助腸蠕動以助排空

  15. 刺激子宫收缩

  16. 薑黃素可抑制在慢性淋巴細胞白血病促生存通路B細胞. 結合綠茶提取物兒茶素(EGCG)可以克服慢性淋巴細胞白血病對基質細胞的保護。[1]

  17. 抑制肺囊腫之囊腫纖維形成

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

volatile oil  4.2%-14%:

揮發油 4.2%-14%:

tumerone (C15H22O)

薑黃酮 (C15H22O)

dihydroturmerone

二氫薑黃酮

curcuminoids: curcumin 62% ,

類薑黃素 62%

demethoxycurcumin  38%

去甲氧基薑黄素 38%

bisdemethoxycurcumin  29%

去二甲氧基薑黄素29%

starch (30-40%)

澱粉(30-40%)

borneol

龍腦

Zingberene

薑烯

Arabic gum

阿拉伯膠

glucose

葡萄糖

fructose

果糖

Curcumol

莪朮 醇

fat

脂肪油

zingiberen (C15H24)

薑烯 (C15H24)

phellandrene 1%

水芹烯1%

eucalyptol 1%

油 精1%

Dosage per day :

每日劑量﹕

3 ~ 9 g

3 ~ 9 克。

Samples of formulae:

 

Modern Research:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15974909

http://www.studa.net/yaoxue/080522/11150373.html in Chinese with English abstract. (中文,有英文摘要)

Cautions:

prolonged large dosage may irritate the mucus of the stomach and cause ulcer.

contra-indication if blood deficient but without qi stagnation and blood stasis.  

In mice study, significant fall in the WBC and RBC levels of the Curcuma longa-(jiang huang) treated animals as compared to the controls. [2]

期 服用大剤量的薑黄,可能刺激胃粘膜而致胃潰瘍 氣 滯血 淤者忌服

Note:

註 ﹕

See the differentiating jiang huang, yu jin, shu gu jiang huang  and e zhu

按此看姜黄,鬱金,束骨姜黄,莪朮之分別   

Reporting in the Dec. 7, 2004, online edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the research team also determined curcumin is more effective in inhibiting formation of the protein fragments than many other drugs being tested as Alzheimer's treatments.

澱粉狀蛋白斑(amyloid plaque) 属于蛋白粉末不正常的集結, 叫做 b-澱 粉狀蛋 白(b-amyloid) , 是導致阿耳茨海默氏病的記憶衰退的元凶。
  
美國洛山基加里福尼大學最近通過老鼠所作的研究實驗結果表明, 薑黄不僅能防止那些患有 老化性腦部疾病病者積累病斑, 而且可以阻止病斑在第一 阶段的發展。此项研究的結果發表在生物化學刊物上。
  

**Note: Compared to shu gu jiang huang (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) this herb contains the ingredient of bisdemethoxycurcumin and shu gu jiang huang does not contain any. It is the bisdemethoxycurcumin that can decrease bile flow.  Shu gu jiang huang  (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) is a better choice of herb for promoting bile secretion.
Atherosclerosis: arteries characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of large and medium-sized arteries.

*與束 骨薑黄 比較,薑黄含去 甲氧基薑黄素。此成份能抑制膽汁之分泌。所以如要增加膽汁分泌束 骨薑黄較好。

Ingredient Comparison of Jiang Huang 薑黃之成分分析比較表

Ingredients, 成 份 ﹕

from Okinawa (琉 球) 沖繩

from Sumatra 蘇門答臘島

water, 水 份:

 2.8 %

3.9 %

protein 蛋 白 質:

 9.9 %

7.3 %

fat, 脂 肪:

 4.3 %

3.5 %

volcanic ash, 火 山 灰:

 6.2 %

6.0 %

sugar/carbohydrates,醣,碳水化合物:

 70.7 %

59.3 %

food fiber, 食物纖維:

 5.2 %

20.0 %

calcium, 鈣

169 mg

491 mg

potassium, 鉀

 1.75 %

2.1 %

magnesium, 鎂

268mg

305 mg

 [1] 2009 Feb 15;15(4):1250-8. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-08-1511.

 [2]  1992 Apr;58(2):124-7.

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