Guest guest Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 Gabrielle, Without seeing the Chinese characters, there's not too much I can do to help you with any surety. However, based on the Pinyin (which you admit may not be correct and which most Chinese are poor at), I wonder if you are talking about Radix Et Rhizoma Physalitis (Suan Jiang, a.k.a. Deng Lung Cao)? This med is categorized as an " anomalous medicinal " (meaning that it doesn't fit into any other standard category). It first appears in the Shen Nong Ben Cao where it is a medium grade medicinal (viz. page 61 of the Blue Poppy Press translation of The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica). It is bitter in flavor and cold in nature. It clears heat and resolve vexation, quiets the spirit, supplements the qi, disinhibits water, and brightens the eyes. Its indications include cough, fever due to wind heat, mounting, 100 day cough (i.e., pertussis), inadequate uterine contraction following miscarriage, and scanty urination. The reason I wonder if you're talking about this med is that one may see the inhibited urination of prostatism as a kind of scanty urination. Besides the Shen Nong Ben Cao, this med is described in English in Hong-yen Hsu's Oriental Materia Medica: A Concise Guide on page 815-816. Or check out page 319 of G.A. Stuart's Chinese Materia Medica: Vegetable Kingdom, Southern Materials Center, Inc. Taipei, 1911. That source defintely says this med clears heat and is a diuretic. It also says the plant resembles Solanum nigrum (Long Kui), a medicinal which is definitely in the anti-cancer (kang ai) category. This is interesting because a number of different plants are called Long Kui in different parts of China and are all used for the same anti-cancer purposes. So I wonder if there's any chance of a confusion between Physalis and Solanum Nigrum if the Pinyin really is Deng Long Cao. If you could fax me the Chinese characters, perhaps I could do more. My fax number is 303-245-8362. Bob , " gabriellemathieu " <gabriellemathieu> wrote: > Is anyone familar with this herb? It may be spelled Dan Lin Cao. We > are trying to find out if this is an herb which is used for prostate > cancer treatment. If anyone knows of any studies, or any information > about this herb, please post. Your help is appreciated. Thank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 , " gabriellemathieu " < gabriellemathieu> wrote: > Is anyone familar with this herb? It may be spelled Dan Lin Cao. We > are trying to find out if this is an herb which is used for prostate > cancer treatment. If anyone knows of any studies, or any information > about this herb, please post. Your help is appreciated. Thank are you sure it is not dong ling cao, a clear heat and toxin herb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2002 Report Share Posted March 31, 2002 , " pemachophel2001 " <pemachophel2001> wrote: > Gabrielle, > > Without seeing the Chinese characters, there's not too much I can do > to help you with any surety> If you could fax me the Chinese characters, perhaps I could do more. > My fax number is 303-245-8362. > > Bob > > Thanks Bob. I am waiting for the originator of the question to provide me with the characters. Best Regards, G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2002 Report Share Posted April 3, 2002 Gabrielle: I think Todd is probably correct. Dong Ling Cao is the aerial parts of Rabdosia rubescans. The herb relaxes smooth muscles and has antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic effects; and the essential oil possesses antibacterial activity. It's used to treat malignant cancer, especially in the breast and esphoagous. Jim Ramholz , " 1 " <@i...> wrote: > , " gabriellemathieu " < > gabriellemathieu> wrote: > > Is anyone familar with this herb? It may be spelled Dan Lin > Cao. We > > are trying to find out if this is an herb which is used for prostate > > cancer treatment. If anyone knows of any studies, or any > information > > about this herb, please post. Your help is appreciated. Thank > > are you sure it is not dong ling cao, a clear heat and toxin herb > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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