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 Last update: Sept 15, 2009; 4:27 p.m. LAH  ji_guan_hua.htm  qing_xiang_zi.htm

Celosiea_ critata.htm

  

 

qing xiang zi   青葙子 and  ji guan hua 雞冠花     

By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

 

Pharmaceutical name:

藥 名 ﹕

Semen Celosiae Argenteae

Latin botanical name:

拉 丁 文 ﹕

Celosia argentea L.  (qing xiang  青葙 )

Celosia cristata L.  (ji guan hua 雞冠花 )

Pron. in Japanese:

日 語 發 音 ﹕

seisoshi

Pron. in Korean:

韓 語 發 音 ﹕

ch'ongsangja

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵 語 發 音 ﹕

cing1 soeng1 zi2

Common Name:

英 文 名 ﹕

celosia seeds

Distribution:

分 佈 ﹕

throughout China and south east Asia

全 中 國 與 東 南 亞 。

Other Names:

別名﹕

ye ji guang hua, gou wei hua, gou wei xian

野雞冠花,狗尾花,狗尾莧。

 

 

Properties (characteristics)﹕

性 味﹕

sweet, cool.

甘 ﹐ 涼 。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸 經 ﹕

liver

Actions & Indications:

主 治 ﹕

For clearing wind heat and liver fire

Qing xiang zi or flower decoction: can be used as drops  to stop nose bleeding;

Taking orally as decoction: is being used in heat, painful, swollen eyes, superficial visual obstruction and cataracts caused by wind-heat

or liver fire.

Ji quan hua (flower) and jiquan hua zi (seeds): being used in  bleeding in hemorrhoids, diarrhea with red and white muccus, bleeding in menopause, vaginal infections with red or white discharge and various types of bleeding.

Seeds (zi) and flowers have the same medicinal effects.

青葙子煎劑點鼻止鼻血. 內服用于 熱性 眼腫痛﹐風熱肝火盛的

白內障。

雞冠花﹕用于痣瘡出血﹐紅白痢﹐紅白帶﹐各種 出血 。

青葙子與雞 冠花可通用。子與花可通用。皆用于﹕急 性 結 膜 炎 , 虹 膜 炎 , 葡 萄 膜 炎 ,高 血 壓 ,

鼻 衄 , 皮 膚 風 熱 瘙 癢 , 疥 癩 。

Chemical ingredients:

化 學 成 份 ﹕

Seeds of qing xiang zi contain:

β-sitosterol

β-穀 甾醇

cholesterylpalmitatie

棕櫚酸膽甾烯酯

3,4-dihydroxylbenzaldehyde

3,4-二 羥基苯甲醛

p-hydroxylbenzoic acid

對羥基苯甲酸

3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid

3,4-二 羥基苯甲酸

n-butyl-β-D-frucose glycoside

正丁基-β-D-果 糖苷

cane sugar

蔗糖

celosiaol

青葙子油脂

niacin

煙酸

potassium nitrate

硝酸鉀

Modern Research:

現 代 研 究 ﹕

Being used in treating hypertension

治高血壓 。

Medical function:

藥理:

anti-inflammation. Dilates blood vessels.

有消炎作用。 能擴張血管。.

Dosage:

用量﹕

Per day dosage: seed or flower, 5~10 grams.

每日量﹐花或子﹕5 ~ 10 克。

Cautions﹕

禁 忌 :

 

Do not use in cases of glaucoma or liver or kidney deficiency because it has a strong heat clearing effect and and can dilate the pupils.

青光眼﹐瞳孔散大或肝弱或腎虛者忌用

Note:

註 ﹕

ji guan hua (celosiea  critata L. ) and qing xiang  (Celosia argentea L.) are of the same family but of different species. The flowers with the shape of the comb of male chicken are called ji guan hua, literally means chicken comb flower. The flowers with the shape of wheat sprays are called qing xiang. (zi means seed). They can be used interchangeably.

雞 冠 花 與 青 葙 同 屬 異 種 的 植 物 。 其 花 如 雞 冠 者 是 雞 冠 花 。

其 花 如 麥 橞 者 是 青葙 。用 法 相 同 。

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