ancient wisdom ยท Herb
Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome
Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome. Class: Phlegresolving Medicine. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Lung
๐ฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Qian
ไธญๆๅ (Chinese)
็ฝๅ
Latin Name
Rhizoma et Radix Cynanchi Stauntonii; Cynanchi Stauntonii Rhizoma et Radix
English Name
Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome
Alias Names
็ณ่ๅฝ่ฏๆณๅถ็ฝๅๆฐดๆจๆณๅคง้นค็ขๆฐดๆณ่ซ่ฑๅถ็ฝๅๆบช็ข็พนๆถ็ป่ไนๆขไป่็ฝๅ็็ฝๅ้น
็ฎก็ฝๅ
โฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆงๅณ)
Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm
Meridians (ๅฝ็ป)
Lung
Part Used
Root and rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Phlegresolving Medicine
ๅๆๅ็ฑป (CN)
ๅ็ฐ่ฏ
๐ฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅ่ฝ)
1. to resolve phlegm and stop cough; 2. to conduct qi downward
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
1. treatmant of cough due to invasion by exogenous pathogenic factors. swallowwort rhizome (baiqian) is used with schizonepeta (jingjie) and platycodon root (jiegeng) in the formula zhisuo san. 2. treatment of turbid phlegm blocking the lungs
๐ External References
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