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Xiao Hui Xiang - Foeniculum vulgare
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Xiao Hui Xiang
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Fructus Foeniculi
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| Introduction |
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Fructus Foeniculi is the dried ripe fruit of Foeniculu vulgare Mill. (Fam. Umbelliferae). The plant is cut in autumn when the fruit nearly ripe, dried in the sun, and then the drug is tapped off and removed from foreign matter.
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| Western medical |
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xiao hui xiang is used to treat complications after vasoligation, pelvic inflammation, infanitle hydrocele of testis and dysmenorrhea, etc..
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| Eastern medical |
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- Pattern: Disperses Cold, alleviates pain, warms the Kidney, reduces urine, regulates qi, harmonizes the Stomach and stops vomiting.
- Properties: Pungent, bitter, warm.
- Channels entered: Liver, Kidney, Spleen and Stomach.
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| Chemical constituents |
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xiao hui xiang contains trans-anethole, limonene, fenchone, estragole, g-terpinene, a-pinene, mycene, b-pinene, camphor, camphene, methoxyphenyl acetone and sabinene, etc..
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| Pharmacological actions |
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| Miscellaneous effects |
hui xiang oil could alleviate abdominal bloating and pain, lower the tension of the stomach and then stimulate it to restore normal peristalsis. Anethole may have anti-bacterial effect. |
Plant polysaccharide isolated from xiao hui xiang hand anti-tumor effect.
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| Clinical Studies |
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| Complications after vasoligation |
chuan lian zi, li zhi he, ju he, xiao hui xiang, chi shao, tao ren, dan pi, ru xiang, mo yao, 10g each. Modify the formula according to TCM differentiation. 1 dose daily. The formula was usded to treat 32 cases of complications after vasoligation, and 30 cases were effective. |
| Chronic pelvic inflammation |
xiao hui xiang, mo yao, hong hua, dang ui, chuan xiong, qian nian jian, tou gu cao, chi shao, ai ye, yan hu suo, mang xiao and huang lian were mixed with 50ml of 35% alcolol for external application. 91 out of 100 treated cases were effective. |
| Infanitle hydrocele of testis |
gan jiang, xiao hui xiang, gan cao, 3g each; gui zhi 4g; bai zhu, fu ling, li zhi he, che qian zi, yi yi ren, 9g each; shan yu rou 6g. Modify the formula according to TCM differentiation 1 dose daily, After 5~42 doses, 42 out of 46 treated cases were effective. |
| Primary dysmenorrhea |
Tong Jing Ling Tablet, each 100 tablets containing yan hu suo 25g; chao xiao hui xiang, chao zhe chong, wu yao, 15g each; xi xin 10g. Take the medicine 2 weeks before menstrual period, 5 tablets, tid, for 3 periods. 76 out of 80 treated cases were effective. |
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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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