Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Herba Tripterygium hypoglauci |
Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Tripterygium hypoglaucum (Lévl.)Hutchins.
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Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | gwan ming saan hoi tong |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | liu fang teng 六方藤，zi jin teng 紫金藤，zi jin pi 紫金皮，huo ba hua 火把花 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Whiteback Thundergodvine |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Anhui, Zhejiang, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan provinces of China. 安徽﹐浙江﹐湖南﹐廣西﹐貴州﹐雲南﹐四川。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | According to some clinical report it is effective for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Total effectiveness: 86.7%. The effect usually appeared after 2 weeks of treatment. It possesses the effect of steroids. Some patients who had been using steroids for prolonged treatment were able to control the symptoms after discontinued using steroids. 據臨床報導，對類風濕性關節炎療效顯著。總有效率为86.7%，療效出现一般多在二周左右。本品具有皮質激素樣作用，某些長期使用激素的患者，服用本品後能停止服用激素而控制症状。 |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | - effective for rheumatoid arthritis.
- being used in cancer treatment as folk medicine.
- 類風濕性關節炎有效。
- 民間用於治療癌症。
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Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ | | Triptolide | 雷公藤甲素（雷公藤內酯，) | | Tripdiolide | 雷公藤乙素（雷公藤羟内酯，) | | Tripteroilide | 雷公藤丙素 | | triptonide | 雷公酮（雷公藤碳内酯，) |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 2.6 g. (260mg) 2.6 克 (260 毫克) |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | Triptolide, Tripdiolide, Tripteroilide have proven to be effective on laboratory animals. According to a report in 1977, using 0.25 mg/kg of the triptolide obtained from kun ming shan hai tang on L615 mice had very good result. Using kun ming shan hai tang on 32 cases of nose and throat cancer, lung cancer patients, 16 patients got relief. 雷滕素甲，乙，丙在動物試驗對腫瘤有很高的活性。1977年報導昆明山海棠中分離得到雷公藤素甲，0.25毫克/公斤對小鼠L615有很好的效果。以昆明山海棠試用於32例鼻咽癌，肺癌等，16例获得缓解。 |
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕ | Highly toxic. High dosage or prolonged usage can be toxic to the kidneys. Side effects include pain in stomach, amenorrhea, palpitation, facial pigment sediment; but after decreasing dosage or stopping medication symptoms will subside except amenorrhea. Use extreme care in cases of pregnancies. 具有劇毒性。長期或用大劑量對腎臟有毒。 有胃痛、經閉、心悸、面部色素沉着等，在减藥或停藥後均可消失(但經閉 除外)。 懷孕婦人慎用。 |
