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    Master Antineoplastic Oncology, Blood-Brain Barrier Penetrating & Choleretic Monarch (破血消坚 / 抗肿瘤清心凉血行气解郁利胆退黄开窍醒神治恶性肿瘤脑瘤胶质瘤肺癌脑转移 — 中华药典浙八味第一抗癌神草温郁金 / 国家二类抗癌新药榄香烯原植物 / 脑瘤肺癌与胆石症药皇 / 孕妇禁用)

    温郁金 / 温州郁金 / 温莪术 / 浙郁金 / 片姜黄原植物 / 浙八味 — Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Ling

    Pinyin: Wēnyùjīn / Wēnzhōu Yùjīn / Wēn'ézhù · Malay: Kunyit Wenzhou / Temu Wenyujin / Wenyujin / Wenzhou Turmeric / Zhejiang Curcuma / Radix et Rhizoma Curcumae Wenyujin · Family: Zingiberaceae (姜科 / 姜黄属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Cool to Cold (Tuber) / Warm (Rhizome) (寒/温 / 辛苦微寒清心凉血利胆 / 破血行气)

    Flavor

    Pungent, bitter, aromatic, cooling-astringent (辛、苦、微寒、气极浓郁芳香甘冽辛烈)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Heart (心), Lung (肺), Gallbladder (胆)

    Traditional Edict

    Wenyujin / Wenzhou Turmeric (Kunyit Wenzhou / Wen Yu Jin / Wen E Zhu / Pian Jiang Huang). Authentic Zhe-Ba-Wei medicinal yielding tuber (Yu Jin) and rhizome (E Zhu). Source of National Antineoplastic Drug Elemene: crosses blood-brain barrier, arrests glioblastoma and lung cancer brain metastases, flushes gallstones.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • BLACK BOX PREGNANCY CONTRAINDICATION: Strong blood-breaking, uterine-contracting, and embryo-dislodging action. Incompatible with Cloves (Ding Xiang). Contraindicated in active gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

    Clinical Applications

    • Malignant neoplasms (glioblastoma multiforme, lung carcinoma, bladder cancer, and brain metastases via Beta-Elemene >= 0.25%), reversal of multidrug resistance (P-gp inhibition), cholelithiasis, and uterine fibroids.

    Quality Markers

    Beta-Elemene (beta-榄香烯) >= 0.25%-0.50%, Curcumol >= 0.30% & Essential Oil >= 3.00% v/w (GC-MS/HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Beta-elemene crosses the blood-brain barrier, downregulating cyclin B1/Cdc2 (G2/M arrest) and inducing caspase-3/9 apoptosis in glioblastoma. 2. Curcumol upregulates hepatic BSEP bile acid export, flushing gallstones.

    Preparation & Dosage

    WENYUJIN ONCOLOGY & GALLSTONE FLUSHING DECOCTION: 15 to 20 g steamed tubers (Wen Yu Jin) or vinegar rhizome (Wen E Zhu) boiled with Jin Qian Cao (25 g) and Salvia (Dan Shen, 15 g) in 800 mL water for 30 min; drink warm twice daily. Standardized Elemene emulsion under oncology protocol.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. Classical Orifice-Opening & Phlegm-Heat Coma Formula (Chang Pu Yu Jin Tang) with Acorus (Shi Chang Pu). 2. Sovereign Cholelithiasis & Gallbladder Stone Flushing Draught (Yu Jin Jin Qian Pai Shi Tang) with Desmodium.

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