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    Blood-Breaking, Mass-Dissolving & Traumatic Analgesic Sovereign (破血行气 / 消积散瘀舒筋活络消肿止痛抗癌解毒要药 — 南洋消癥化瘤第一药)

    圆唇山柰 / 倒提壶 / 海南三七 / 封山莲 — Kaempferia rotunda L.

    Pinyin: Yuánchún Shānnài / Dàotíhú · Malay: Temu Putih Asli / Kunir Putih / Temu Rapet Besar · Family: Zingiberaceae (姜科)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Warm (微温 / 温)

    Flavor

    Pungent, bitter, intensely camphoraceous-aromatic (辛、苦、大香)

    Meridians

    Liver (肝), Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃)

    Traditional Edict

    Peacock Ginger (Temu Putih Asli / Kunir Putih). Variegated leaves with purple undersides and spring resurrection lilies. Supreme mass-dissolving monarch drug that breaks stagnant blood, melts breast tumors (Ru Pi), dissolves ovarian cysts, and knits fractures.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Potent blood-breaking action. STRICTLY CONTRAINDICATED IN PREGNANCY (potent abortifacient and emmenagogue). Contraindicated during active profuse menorrhagia and bleeding ulcers.

    Clinical Applications

    • Breast fibroadenoma volume reduction, ovarian endometrioma cyst regression, uterine leiomyomas, closed bone fractures (callus mineralization), and post-traumatic contusions.

    Quality Markers

    Crotepoxide (环氧树脂抗癌素) >= 1.20% & Benzyl Benzoate >= 15.00% (HPLC/GC-MS MHM standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Crotepoxide and pipoxide electrophilic alkylation downregulates Bcl-2 and survivin, triggering Caspase-3/8/9 apoptosis in breast and ovarian tumor lines. 2. Benzyl benzoate microvascular vasodilation. 3. Osteoblastic Runx2 stimulation.

    Preparation & Dosage

    Sliced dried white root tubers in decoction: 6-12 g daily. THE SOVEREIGN BREAST NODULE & CYST DISSOLVING POULTICE: 30 g fresh grated rhizome with Curcuma zedoaria applied over breast nodules. Standardized Crotepoxide extract: 250-500 mg.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Breast Nodule & Fibroma Formula with Curcuma aeruginosa (Temu Hitam) and Prunella vulgaris. 2. Traumatic Bone-Setting Poultice with Cissus quadrangularis.

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