Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Fructus Siraitiae grosvenorii |
Latin name: 學名﹕ | Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle)C. Jeffrey ex Lu et Z. Siratia taiwaniana (Hayata) Jeffrey ex Lu & Zhang. 台灣羅漢果 Momordica grosvenori Swingle (incorrectly listed in the Herb Dictionary of People Republic of China, 1995) |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | rakanka |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | nahan'gwa |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | lo4 hon3 gwo2 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | momordica fruit |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Guangxi province of China. 廣西 |
Properties characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | sweet and cool. it is sweeter than cane sugar more than 200 times. 甘涼 其甜度比食糖約高200倍以上，其甜味物質還有防癌，抗癌作用 |
Channels meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | lung, spleen, stomach. 入肺，脾，胃 經 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | Its mogroside can lower AST and ALT. It also possesses anti-cancer and preventing cancer effect. 羅漢果甜甙能降低AST 與 ALT，並 有防癌，抗癌作用 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | arrest cough, relieves pain in the throat, constipation due to heat in the blood. The leaves call luo han ye are being used as luo han guo. 潤肺止咳，清解暑熱，涼血潤腸，用於肺燥咳嗽，咽喉幹痛，暑熱口渴，血燥便秘。 葉與羅漢果作用相同。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | |
| fructose | 果糖 | | amino acid | 氨基酸 | | flavonoid | 黃酮 | | triterpene glycosides | 三萜甙 | | mogroside V, IV | 羅漢果甙Ⅴ及Ⅳ | | D-mannitol | D-甘露醇 | | glucose | 葡萄糖 | | fructose | 果糖 | | manganese, iron, nickel, selenium, tin, iodine, molybdenum | 錳，鐵 ，鎳，硒，錫，碘，鉬 | | protein, vitamin C | 蛋白質，維生素C | | Seed contains: | 種仁含： | | fat 41.07% | 油脂41.07% | | Fatty acids: | 脂肪酸有： | | linoleic acid | 亞油酸 | | oleic acid | 油酸 | | palmitic acid | 棕櫚酸 | | stearic acid | 硬脂酸 | | palmitoliec acid | 棕櫚油酸 | | myristic acid | 肉豆蔻酸 | | lauric acid | 月桂酸 | | decanoic acid | 癸酸 |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 9 ~ 15 g (1/2 to 2 pieces of fruit) |
Samples of formulae: 處方舉例﹕ | Whooping cough: luo han guo 1 piece, dried fuji persimmon1piece. Boil with water and use as tea. Swollen throat due to cough luo han guo 1 piece, pang da hai 7 pieces. Boil with water and use as tea. 百日咳﹕ 羅漢果1枚，柿餅1個 。水煎服。 咳嗽喉嚨腫痛 ﹕ 羅漢果1枚﹐ 胖大海 7 枚。水煎服。 |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | |