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Last update: May 12, 2011, 2:47 p.m. LAH

 

luo shen hua 神花

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu    朱興國編 譯     (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Calyx Hibisci sabdariffae

Botanical name:

拉丁生物學名﹕

Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn.

Japanese Name::

語發音

rakushinka

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese::

粵音﹕

lok3 san4 faa1

Other Names:

別名﹕

luo shen kui 洛神葵,shan qie 山茄,luo ji kui 洛濟葵,mei gui qie 玫瑰茄。

Common Name:[1]

文名﹕

English: rosselle, rozelle, sorrel, red sorrel, Jamaica sorrel, Indian sorrel, Guinea sorrel, sour-sour, Queensland jelly plant, jelly okra, lemon bush, and Florida cranberry.

French: oseille rouge, oseille de Guinée;

Spanish: quimbombó chino, sereni, rosa de Jamaica, flor de Jamaica, Jamaica, agria, agrio de Guinea, quetmia ácida, viña and viñuela;

Portuguese:vinagreira, azeda de Guiné, cururú azédo, and quiabeiro azédo;

Dutch (Surinam): zuring.

North Africa and the Near East:  karkadé or carcadé and it is known by these names in the pharmaceutical and food-flavoring trades in Europe.

Senegal: bisap.

Distribution:

產地﹕

Being in grown in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hainan, Sichuan provinces of China and many parts of the world.

台灣,福建,廣東,廣西,海南,四川,雲南與世界各地有栽培。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sour, cool.

味酸,性凉

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

kidney

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

 

  1. hypotensive[2]

  2. diuretic

  3. cholagogue

  4. lessen blood viscosity

  5. stimulate intestinal peristalsis

  6. disintoxication

  7. antibiotic

  8. expels oxalate [3]

  9. anticancer

 

  1. 降血壓,

  2. 利尿,

  3. 促進膽汁分泌,

  4. 減少血液粘度,

  5. 刺激腸壁蠕動,

  6. 解酒,

  7. 抗菌,

  8. 排草酸鹽 [3]

  9. 抗癌

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For clearing infection, relieving thirst, arresting cough and lowering blood pressure.

清熱,解渴,止咳,降血壓。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

The flower calyx contains:

花萼主含:

hibiscus acid, about 15% in dry calyx

木槿酸,乾萼片中含量约为15%

Dry fruit calyx contains:

果萼含:

anthocyanins

花色苷類

delphinidin-3- sambubioside

燕草素-3-接骨木二糖苷

cyanidin-3-sambubioside

菊素-3-接骨木二糖苷

delphinidin-3-glucoside

少量的燕草素-3-葡萄糖苷

cyanidin-3-glucoside

菊素-3-葡菊糖苷

Flower contains:

花含

gossypitrin

棉花苷

hibiscitrin

木槿苷

sabdaritrin

玫瑰茄苷

gossytrin

棉黄次苷

sucrose, reducing sugar, dehydrosucrose,  dehydropentose, coarse protein, coarse fat, citric acid, tartaric acid, oxalic acid, vitamin C etc

蔗糖,還原糖,失水蔗糖,失水戊糖,粗蛋白,粗脂肪,檬酸,酒石酸,草酸,生素C等

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

4~5克。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

[1]http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/roselle.html

[2] Journal of Ethnopharmacology Volume 65, Issue 3, June 1999, Pages 231-236

[3] J Urol. 2011 Jan;185(1):323-8.

 

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