Research progress of Tibetan medicine "Zha-xun".
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20180122.001
- Author:
Ming-Ming ZHAO
1
;
Rui GU
2
;
Jiu-Yu FAN
1
;
Yong ZENG
1
;
Yun CAO
1
;
Wen-Qian WANG
1
;
Shi-Hong ZHONG
3
;
Peng MI
4
Author Information
1. School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137， China.
2. School of Ethnomedicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137， China.
3. School of Pharmacy, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu 610083， China.
4. Aba County Tibetan Hospital, Aba 624600， China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Zha-xun;
chemical composition;
clinical application;
origin;
pharmacological activity
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2018;43(8):1554-1562
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Zha-xun is widely used in Tibetan medicine and is also an international traditional medicine. This article would summarize the use status and research progress of Zha-xun by various ethnic groups all over the world, and the results show that it has various synonyms but most of them imply its most characteristic feature-outflow from the rock; Zha-xun resources are distributed in various places of the world, and its bearing spots are closely related to the geological structure; there are sharp arguments on the origins of Zha-xun, mainly including the minerals origin, biological fossils origin, biological origin, etc. Zha-xun has multiple functions and is mainly used to treat stomach disease, liver disease and rheumatoid arthritis in China, and premature ejaculation, impotence, vaginitis embolism in foreign countries. "Iron" Zha-xun is used into medicines both at home and abroad. According to ancient materia medica texts, it was mainly classified into five types, including gold Zha-xun, silver Zha-xun, copper Zha-xun, iron Zha-xun and lead Zha-xun mainly based on the predominance of color rather than the minerals contained. It is commonly believed by the domestic and foreign scholars that humic acid is the main medicinal part of Zha-xun, and their studies have found that it has a variety of pharmacological activities such as anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory, liver protection, analgesia, immune regulation, increasing sexual desire and fertility, antioxidation, antibacterial, antidiabetic, antiepileptic, antipsychotic, etc. This paper provides a scientific basis for the rational utilization of Zha-xun resources.
