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ba ji tian
巴
戟 天
By:
Joe Hing
Kwok Chu
Edited by
Joe Hing Kwok Chu
| Pharmaceutical
name: |
Radix Morindae Officinalis |
| Latin botanical
name: |
Morinda officinalis How; Family:rubiacease |
| Pron. in Japanese: |
hagekiten |
| Pron. in Korean: |
p'agukch'on |
| Pron. in Cantonese: |
pa kit tian |
| Common Name: |
morinda root |
| Distribution: |
Quangdong, Quangxi, Fujian |
| Properties
(characteristics) |
acrid sweet and warm |
| Channels
(meridians) entered: |
kidney and liver channels |
| Actions &
Indications: |
used as tonic for kidneys, improving yang,
especially for
shenyangxu (kidney yang deficiency) that causes
impotence,
infertility, premature ejaculation, frequent urination,
incontinence, irregular menses, cold and painful lower abdomen and
chronic inflammation of nerves (especially the sciatica nerves).
Used for muscular atrophy, ridding of damp cold. |
| Dosage: |
4 ~ 10 grams |
| Chemical
ingredients: |
morindin, vitamin C,asperuloside tetraacetate,
resin, monotrpein, methyl isoalizarin, methylisoalizarin
1-methylether, rubiadian, rubiadin-1-methyl-ether,
2-methylanthraquinone, 2-hydroxy-3- (hydroxymethyl)-anthraquinone,
1-hydroxy, antraquinone, anthraquinone,
1,6-dihydroxy-2-methoxy-anthraquinone,
1-hydroxy-2-methoxyanthraquinone; elements: lead, iron, magenese,
zinc, potassium, calcium, magnesium, nickel , barium, sodium,
phosphorus, aluminium, etc. Organic acid: 24-ethycholesterol, non-adecane,
glucose, and mannose. |
| Modern Research: |
ba ji tian extract can be used to counter act the
adverse effect of hydrocortisone on the atrophy of thymus gland,
and adrenal
cortex, and the increase level of
SGPT. |
| Cautions: |
Contra-indication for damp heat or heat caused by
yin deficiency. Use
caution in patients with difficulty in urination but usually
shenyangxu
patients have tendency to develop enlargement of prostate.
3. Some old literatures mentioned not to use it with dan shen
丹 參(Radix salivae miltiorrhizae).
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Dec 19, 2003; 0:50 a.m. LA
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