三颗针又名小檗,是小檗属(Berberis)植物的根部,有抗菌、消炎作用。此属植物中含小檗碱和小檗胺等生物碱。小檗胺是在提取过小檗碱的度废液中回收的主要成分。药理试验已证明小檗胺有升高白细胞、降压和治疗大鼠实验性矽肺等作用。临床上小檗胺用于治疗肿瘤患者由于放疗、化疗引起的白细胞减少,有显著升高作用:用于治疗苯作业引起的白细胞减少患者,有升高白细胞、增加体外淋巴细胞转化率和显著改善症状等作用。 The three needles, also known as peony, are the roots of Berberis plants and have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. This genus contains alkaloids such as berberine and berbamine. Berbamine is the main component recovered in the effluent of berberine. Pharmacological tests have demonstrated that berbamine has a role in increasing leukocytes, blood pressure, and treating experimental lungs in rats. Berbamine is clinically used to treat leukopenia caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer patients. It has a significant elevation effect: it is used to treat patients with leukopenia caused by benzene treatment, has elevated white blood cells, increased lymphocyte transformation rate in vitro, and significantly improved Symptoms and other effects.