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jiang huang, 薑黃﹔yu jin 鬱金

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 

Today's Application:

現代應用﹕

Today's Application:

for:

  1. high lipids

  2. angina pectoris

  3. rheumatoid arthritis

  4. inflammation after surgery

  5. periodontitis

  6. tumor

  7. acid dyspepsia,

  8. flatulent dyspepsia,

  9. atonic dyspepsia

  10. shingles/herpes zoster

  11. herpes simplex

  12. hepatitis caused by viral infection

  13. cerebral embolism

  14. coronary atherosclerosis

  15. for inhibiting building up of b- amyloid

現代應用﹕

高血脂症﹐ 心绞痛/狹心症﹐ 風濕性關節炎﹐ 術後炎症﹐ 牙周炎﹐ 腫瘤﹐ 胃酸過多﹐ 胃脹﹐ 胃施鬆﹐ 带狀疱疹﹐ 單純性一般疱疹,  病毒性肝炎 , 腦 栓塞, 冠狀動脈粥樣硬化﹐ 防止澱粉狀蛋白斑" b-類 澱粉蛋白之 形成

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名

Rhizoma Curcumae Longae (jiang huang)

Tuber Curcumae Longae (yu jin)

Latin botanical name:

 拉 丁學名﹕

  • Curcuma Longa L﹐ (jiang huang 薑黄)

  • Curcuma domestica Val. (jiang huang 薑黄)

  • Curcuma kwngsinenssis S.G. Leee et C.F. Ling L. (Guangxi e zhu 廣西莪朮 )

  • Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (yu jin 鬱金 )

  • Curcuma zedoaria (berg) Rosc. (e zhu 莪朮 )

  • Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling (温 鬱金)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

kyoo (jiang huang)

秋 ウコン (秋薑黃)

ukon (yu jin)

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

kanghwang (jiang huang)

ukkum (yu jin)

Other Names:

別名﹕

jiang huang also known as chun yu jin.

寶鼎香(《綱目》春 鬱金。

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

goeng1 wong4 (薑 黄)

wat1 gam1(鬱 金)

Common Name:

常用英文名﹕

turmaric (jiang huang)

Distribution:

產地分佈﹕

Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fukien, Guizhou,Taiwan provinces of China and India, South East Asia.

四川﹐ 廣東廣西﹐ 雲南﹐ 福建﹐ 貴州﹐ 台灣﹐印度與東南亞等地﹐

Properties (characteristics):

性 味﹕

arid, bitter, aromatic, warm.

辛﹐苦, 香﹐性溫。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

liver, spleen

肝﹐脾

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

b> Actions & Indications:Improves circulation of blood and qi, promotes flow of menses and relieves pain. For wind chill induced shoulder pain, mood fluctuations, schizophrenia, fever with dizziness, vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, bleeding not during menses, jaundice, lower back pain, chest and abdomen pain caused by blood stasis, flatulence, pain during period of menses, injuries, bruises and swelling. treatment of pain in the rib area.

b> 主 治﹕行 氣破瘀﹐ 通經止痛。主治風寒肩臂﹐ 腰背疼痛﹐ 血滞胸腹脹痛﹐  失 心癫狂﹐  熱病神昏﹐ 吐血﹐ 衄血﹐ 尿血﹐ 血淋﹐ 婦女倒經﹐ 黄疸痛 經﹐跌打捐傷﹐ 瘀血腫肿痛等治 ﹐胸腹脅肋諸痛

 

Medical Function:

藥理﹕

Medical Function:

  1. lowers blood lipids

  2. anti coagulation of platelets

  3. protects heart muscles from injuries caused by lack of oxygen

  4. protects liver from toxin

  5. promotes secretion of bile

  6. promotes flow of menses and relieves pain

  7. anti tumor [without influencing platelets, it enhances inhibition of fibrinolysis (the process that breaks down fibrin (fibrous proteins), such as those that protect tumors from the immune system) ]

  8. anti inflammatory

  9. anti-oxidation

  10. promotes metabolism of alcohol

  11. antibiotic

  12. antivirus

  13. protects heart muscle from lack of oxygen

  14. helps intestinal peristalsis (intestinal movements that help evacuation)

 

藥理﹕

  1. 降血脂作用

  2. 抑制血小板聚集和抗血拴形成

  3. 保護心肌缺血性損傷

  4. 保肝作用

  5. 利胆作用

  6. 通經止痛

  7. 抗腫瘤。增强 抑制纖溶作用但不影响血小板。 纖溶作用是指分解蛋白纖維作用。

  8. 抗炎作用

  9. 抗 氧 化 作 用

  10. 促 進 酒 精 代 謝

  11. 抗病原微生物,

  12. 抗病毒

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

volatile oil  4.2%-14%:揮發油 4.2%-14%:

 tumerone (C15H22O)

 薑 黃酮 (C15H22O)

 dihydroturmerone

 二 氫薑黃酮

curcuminoids:  curcumin 62% ,類薑黃素 62%
 desmethoxycurcumin  38% 去 甲氧基薑黄素 38%
 bisdesmethoxycurcumin  29% 去 二甲氧基薑黄素29%
starch (30-40%)澱粉(30-40%)
borneol龍腦
Zingberene薑烯
Arabic gum阿拉伯膠
glucose葡萄糖
fructose果糖
Curcumol莪朮醇
fat脂肪油
zingiberen (C15H24)薑 烯 (C15H24)
phellandrene 1%水 芹烯1%
eucalyptol 1%桉 油精1%

Dosage per day :

每日劑量﹕

3 ~ 9 g

3 ~ 9 克。

Samples of formulae:

ping xiao san 平 消散

Modern Research:

to be loaded

Cautions:

prolonged large dosage may irritate the mucus of the stomach and cause ulcer.

Note:

註 ﹕

he yu jin (black yu jin) is also called: wen yu jin, wen yi jin, chuan yu jin is produced in Zhejiang. Chuan in this case does not mean Sichuan province.

Guang yu jin does not mean it is produced in Guangdong. Guang (廣) in this case means "broad."

藥材商品因產地和品種不同﹐ 名稱亦不相同。

Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C.Ling 稱為 温 鬱金﹐ 黑 鬱金﹐川 鬱金、川益金。為產于浙江温州的植物 鬱金的乾 燥塊根。

Curcuma Longa L﹐ 稱為“黄絲鬱金或薑黃”。

其餘按 其性狀不同習稱“桂鬱金”或“綠絲鬱金”。

 

Reporting in the Dec. 7, 2004, online edition of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the research team also determined curcumin is more effective in inhibiting formation of the protein fragments than many other drugs being tested as Alzheimer's treatments.

澱粉狀蛋白斑(amyloid plaque)属于蛋 白粉末 不正常的集結﹐ 叫做 b-澱 粉狀蛋白(b-amyloid) ﹐ 是導致阿耳茨海默氏病的記憶衰退的元凶。
  
美國洛山基加里福尼亚大學最近通過老鼠所作的研究實驗結果表明﹐ 薑黄不僅能防止那些患有老化性腦部疾病病者積累病斑﹐ 而且可以阻止病斑在第一 阶段的 發展。此项研究的結果發表在生物化學刊物上。
  

 

Note: Compared to shu gu jiang huang (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) this herb contains the ingredient of bisdesmethoxycurcumin and shu gu jiang huang does not contain any. It is the bisdesmethoxycurcumin that can decrease bile flow.  Shu gu jiang huang  (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) is a better choice of herb for promoting bile secretion.
 

Atherosclerosis: arteries characterized by the deposition of atheromatous plaques containing cholesterol and lipids on the innermost layer of the walls of large and medium-sized arteries.

Ingredient Comparison of Jiang Huang 薑黃之成分分析比較表

Ingredients, 成 份 ﹕

from Okinawa (琉 球) 沖繩

from Sumatra 蘇門答臘島

water, 水 份:

 2.8 %

3.9 %

protein 蛋 白 質:

 9.9 %

7.3 %

fat, 脂 肪:

 4.3 %

3.5 %

volcanic ash, 火 山 灰:

 6.2 %

6.0 %

sugar/carbohydrates,醣、碳水化合物:

 70.7 %

59.3 %

food fiber, 食物纖維:

 5.2 %

20.0 %

calcium, 鈣

169 mg

491 mg

potassium, 鉀

 1.75 %

2.1 %

magnesium, 鎂

268mg

305 mg

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Last update: Mar 26; 9:42 a.m. LAH