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Tu Niu Xi - Achyranthes aspera
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 Pin Yin
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Tu Niu Xi
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Radix Achyranthes aspera
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| Introduction |
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Radix Achyranthes aspera is the root of Achyranthes aspera Linn. (Fam. Amaranthaceae). It's collected in summer and autumn, removed from stems and leaves and dried in the sun.
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| Western medical |
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tu niu xi is indicated in the treatment of fever in common cold, tonsillitis, mumps, malaria, rheumatic arthritis, urinary stones and edema in nephritis, etc..
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| Eastern medical |
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- Pattern: Clears Heat, removes Toxin, induces diuresis.
- Properties: Slightly bitter, cool.
- Channels entered: Lung, Spleen, Liver and Bladder.
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| Chemical constituents |
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tu niu xi mainly contains saponins, oleanolic aicd and betaine, etc..
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| Pharmacological actions |
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| Miscellaneous effects |
The decoction of tu niu xi showed anti-tumor effect on human in vivo. tu niu xi could neutralize bacilius diphtheriae toxin and prevent diphtheria.
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| Clinical Studies |
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| Fever in common cold, infantile fever |
tu niu xi (whole plant), gou gan cai, ci zhen cao, 30g. Water decoction, 1 dose daily. |
| Whooping cough |
tu niu xi, e bu shi cao, ma lan, 30g, decocted with juice of rice wine. 1 dose daily, being takin in three times. |
| Diphtheria |
tu niu xi 60g; ban lan gen, da qing ye 30g each were decocted into 200ml juice. 200ml for adults, 150ml or children between 7~8 years old, 100ml ofor 4~5 and 50 for infants. |
| Cancers |
Asopharyngeal cancer: tu niu xi, ye mai, han fang ji, 30g. |
Esophageal carcinoma: tu niu xi, dan shen, huang qi, sha shen, dang shen, 9g each; huang qin, chuan bei, ji nei jin, 6g each; jin yin hua 15g; bai ying 30g, for helf a year. |
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| References |
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Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998 |
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