Rhizoma Sparganii
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RHIZOMA SPARGANII(三樱)
Luo's Medical Classics commended: "The herb is bitter and acid, promoting the circulation of qi in the blood and removing all kinds of blood stasis. "
The drug is the dried tubers of Sparganium stoloniferum (Sparganiaceae) or Scirpus yagara Ohiwi.
ANTICANCER PHARMACOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS
Screening tests with animals in vitro showed that the herb inhibits the growth of tumors.
EXPERIMENTAL FORMULAS
For cancer of the abdominal cavity:
Supplement to the Essential Prescriptions Worth a Thousand Gold says that: "Five kilos of the herb is decocted first and the broth is further boiled into a thick syrup to be taken twice a day, each time 4 grams." For thyroid adenoma:
Jiangsu Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine offers the following prescription. Collect all the herbs and grind them into fine powders to be made into pills about the size of green bean:
Rhizoma Sparganii 50g Fructus Aurantii 50g Radix Curcumae 50 Radix Angelicae Sinensis 50g Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 50g Radix Paeoniae Alba 50g Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 50g Semen Sipapis Albae 50g Prepared Squama Manitis 50g Thallus Laminariae seu Eckloniae 100g Sargassum 100g Spica Prunellae 100g Flos Carthami 25g Rhizoma Zedoariae 150g Herba Taraxaci 150g Concha Ostreae 150g
For cancer of the uterus, the ovary and the liver:
Liaoning Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine recommended intravenous or local injection of the 150% solution derived from Rhizome Sparganii and Rhizoma Zedoariae once daily or once every other day, each injection contains 20 to 60ml.
HISTORICAL COMMENTS
Kei Bao Materia Medica says: "The drug is mainly used for hypochondriac lump and mass in the abdomen."
Origin and Development of Medicine reads: "The drug is indicative for cardio-diaphragmatic pain. "
Luo's Medical Classics says: "The herb reduces vital energy, so it is always used together with Radic Ginseng."
