Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Rhizoma Zingiber zerumbet |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese 粵音﹕ | kau4 goeng1 |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | shampoo ginger, awapuhi (Hawaian) |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Guangxi, Guangdong and Yunnan provinces of China, India, throughout Southeast Asia and Polynesia. 我國廣西、廣東和雲南地區，印度，東南亞，與太平洋群島。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, warm. 辛，溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | liver, spleen, stomach channels. 入肝、脾、胃三經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | anti-inflammation cytotoxic compounds: 3″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin, zerumbone, zerumbone epoxide, diferuloylmethane, feruloyl-p-coumaroylmethane, di-p-coumaroylmethane抗發炎 有對细胞有毒的化學成份 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | Being used in indigestion, flatulence, stomachache, painful menses, loose bowel movements due to pixu (spleen deficient). External application: for sprain, use qiu jiang and ripen noni fruit. Smash and make into paste and apply to affected area. For toothache and cavaties, smash and apply externally. 活血祛瘀、行氣止痛、溫中止瀉、消積導滯。用治肝氣郁滯引起的各種瘀血症。 治氣滯胃痛、腹痛、痛經等；治脾虛引起的腹泄、消化不良等；治食滯胃脘。 外用：治扭傷。用球薑加成熟的檄樹果，捣成漿。敷於患處。蛀牙牙痛，捣敷於患處。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | 3″,4″-O-diacetylafzelin, zerumbone, zerumbone epoxide, diferuloylmethane, feruloyl-p-coumaroylmethane, di-p-coumaroylmethane [1] Essential oil: zerumbone (37%), a-humulene (14.4%) and camphene (13.8%). The oils from leaves and flowers differed appreciably from that from rhizomes by the presence of large amounts of (E)-nerolidol (21.4% and 34.9%), b-caryophyllene (6.9% and 10.2%), and linalool (7.7% and 17.1%), respectively. The leaf oils differed from the others by their high levels of a- and S-pinenes (10.3% and 31.4%, respectively). [2] |
Dosage: 用量﹕ | In decoction for taking orally: 9 to 15 g. 內服：煎湯，9～15克。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | See cytotoxic compounds |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | large amount can be toxic. See cytotoxic compounds that may cause apoptosis. 大剤量可能有毒。其中有毒的化學成份能致细胞凋亡。 |