Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Pseudostellariae

Latin botanical name:

拉丁文學名﹕

Pseudostellaria heterophylla (miq) Pax ex Pax et Hoffm

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

taishijin

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

haeasam

Pron. in

Cantonese:

粵音﹕

taai3  z2 sam1

Other Names:

別名﹕

tong shen, si ye shen, si ye cai, mi shen

童參﹐四葉參﹐四葉菜﹐米參。

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Heterophylly false starwort Root, pseudostellaria

Distribution:

產地﹕

分佈於黑龍江﹐吉林﹐遼寧﹐河北﹐河南﹐山東﹐山西江蘇﹐安徽﹐浙江﹐江西﹐湖北﹐陝西 等 省。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, sweet, neutal.

味甘、苦，性平。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

抗疲勞﹐應激作用，并有增強免疫系統﹐抗病毒作用。(太子参皂甙A有抗病毒作用)。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, spleen

肺﹐脾。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

benefit qi and correct yinxu condition. Its qi enhancing effect is not as strong as ren shen (ginseng). It better suits those with weak function and yinxu (yin deficient) and those who cough due to lung qi deficient, yinxu (yin deficient) ; for chronic and acute hepatitis.. It is commonly used as substitute for ren shen and for huang qi in cases of hypertension. Compared to xi yang shen (American ginseng), it is a better choice for correcting yinxu condition.

益氣滋陰生津。但補氣之力遠不及人 參。 較重於滋 陰﹐生津止渴﹐調肺潤 燥。宜 于陰虛 體弱 者﹔肺 氣不足陰 虛 咳嗽。急慢性肝炎。處 方時有血壓偏高情況者﹐常用太子參代替人 參、黃耆。 比起 西洋參﹐太子參養陰之力較強。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

1. 太子参皂 甙A (taizishen saponin A)﹐

2. 棕櫚酸 (palmitic acid)﹐

3. 亞油酸 (linoleic acid) ,

4. β－谷 甾醇 (β-sitosterol)，

5. 糖 (sugar)

6. 磷脂 (phosphatides),

7. 氨基酸 (amino acid), 含有 16 種氨基酸，其中人體必需的 八種。佔 氨基酸總量的 40%。                                  It contains 16 amino acid, among them, eight kinds of the amino acid, constituting 40% of the total amino acid,  are required by the human body.

8. 揮發油 (essential oil) 。

9. 微量元素﹕鐵﹐銅 ﹐錳﹐鋅﹐硒﹐鈷﹐鉬 等。     Trace elements of : iron, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, cobalt, molybdenum etc.

Dosage:

用量﹕

10 ~ 30 g

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Samples of formulae:

Warning:

禁忌﹕

do not overdose

過量服用可能有不良反應。