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quan ye lian qiao (St. John's Wort) 貫葉連翹

 

Edited by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

A manuscript... writing and translation in progress

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba Hyperici

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Hypericum perforatum

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

 

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

 

Other Names:

別名﹕

qian ceng lou 千层楼、shang tian ti 上天梯、gan shan cao bian 赶山草鞭,xiao guo lu huang 小过路黄 , guan ye jin si tao 贯叶金丝桃

Common Name:

英文名﹕

St. John's wort

Distribution:

產地﹕

Produced in Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangxi provinces of China and many parts of the world.

江 蘇 ﹐ 山 東 ﹐ 四 川 ﹐ 江 西 等 地 。 世 界 各 地 都 有 出 產 。

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

 

Channels  meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

  1. 胡罗卜素(carotenoids)可以治灼伤.

  2. 氧杂蒽酮(xanthones)有抗病毒作用。

  3. hyperforin 是 阻斷型抗鬱劑﹐ 能 阻 斷 血清素 ﹐多巴胺 ﹐ 去甲腎上腺素,  γ-氨基丁酸 , L-麩胺酸 之 再吸收 。

 

  1. carotenoids can be used in burns and scaldings.
  2. xanthones possess anti-virus effect.
  3. hyperforin is a potent uptake inhibitor of serotonin (5-HT), dopamine (DA), noradrenaline (NA), GABA and L-Glutamate; also with memory enhancing properties

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

being used in mild  moderate depression, nerve pain, anxiety, or sleep disorders, as antipyretic, for arresting bleeding, burns and scalding. .

用 于 憂 鬱 ﹐ 神 經 痛 ﹐ 煩懮 ﹐睡 眠 不 安 ﹐  作 退热藥 和治疗灼伤,外伤出血等用 。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

10% tannin 10%鞣质
hypericin 金丝桃属素
pseudohypericin 假金丝桃属素
hyperesin Ⅰ,Ⅱ 贯叶连翘树脂 Ⅰ,Ⅱ
imanin 衣马宁
hyperforin  
carotenoids 胡罗卜素
   

Dosage:

用量﹕

 

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

 

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Side effects includes: pain in the abdomen, light sensitivity, dizziness, mania, and mood fluctuation.

While using guan ye lian qiao (St. John's wort), to prevent drug interaction, avoid using the following drugs:

  1. cyclosporine
  2. theophyline
  3. warfarin

 

副作用: 腹痛、对阳光敏感、晕眩、躁狂、情绪变化等。

服用贯叶连翘, 為 了 避 免 药物相互作用 要避免以 下 药物如﹕

  1. 环孢霉素(cyclosporine 防止器官移植排斥药物),
  2. 茶碱(theophyline 中樞興奮藥;舒張平滑肌藥 ),
  3. 香豆素(warfarin 抗凝血药)

Studies of the antidepressant activity of St John's wort:

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/show/NCT00066859

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/

http://www.biopsychiatry.com/stjohnanim.htm

 

 

 

References:

 

何乃强(2001-08-08)

http://www.biopsychiatry.com/hyperforin.htm

http://www.nootropics.com/hypericum.html

 

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