Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Rhizoma Kaempferiae galangae |
Latin Botanical name: 學名﹕ | Kaempferia galanga Linn |
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕ | |
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕ | saa1 goeng1 (sha jiang 沙薑.) |
Other Names: 別名﹕ | shan nai 山奈.﹐san nai 三奈 ﹐san nai zi 三奈子﹐sha jiang 沙薑.。 |
Common Name: 英文名﹕ | Resurrection lily |
Distribution: 產地﹕ | Southeast Asia and southern parts of China. 分佈東南亞與華南各地。 |
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | acrid, warm. 味辛，性溫。 |
Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | stomach 胃經。 |
| Medical functions: 藥理﹕ | |
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕ | chest and abdomen paint, dysentery, tooth cavity and ache. Also use as spice in cooking. 心 腹 冷 痛 ， 寒 濕 霍 亂 ， 風 蟲 牙 痛 。 亦作料理香料。 |
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕ |
The rhizome is also reported to display cytotoxic properties. (Chem. Pharm. Bull., 33, 3565, 1985). In the rhizomes of a related species, K. rotunda, a number of "cyclohexane diepoxides" (diepoxides of cyclohexa-1,3-diene) were found (Phytochemistry, 43, 305, 1996)| 2.5 to 4% essential oil: | 揮 發 油 2.5 ~ 4%: | | ethyl cinnamate (25%) | 桂 皮 酸 乙 酯 | | ethyl-p-methoxycinnamate (30%) | 對 甲 氧 基 桂 皮 酸 乙 酯 | | p-methoxycinnamic acid | 對甲氧基肉桂酸 | | 3-carene-5-one | 烯 - 3 - 5 - 1 | | Borneol | 龍 腦 | | Camphene | 莰 烯 | | Carene-3 | 烯 - 3 | | p-methoxystyrene | 對 甲 氧 基 蘇 合 香 烯 | | Kaempferol | 山 奈 酚 | | Kaempferide | 山 奈 素 | | | |
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Dosage: 用量﹕ | 10 to 20 g. Concentrated extract: 0.5 to 2 g. 10∼20克；濃縮中藥：0.5∼2克。 |
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕ | |
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕ | anti-fungal activity |
Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | Not to use in case of yinxu (yin deficient) with stale fire in stomach. 陰虛 胃有鬱火忌服。 |