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Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome

Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome. Class: Phlegresolving Medicine. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Lung

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Qian
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
็™ฝๅ‰
Latin Name
Rhizoma et Radix Cynanchi Stauntonii; Cynanchi Stauntonii Rhizoma et Radix
English Name
Cynchum Root; Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome
Alias Names
็Ÿณ่“ๅ—ฝ่ฏๆŸณๅถ็™ฝๅ‰ๆฐดๆจๆŸณๅคง้นค็“ขๆฐดๆŸณ่Šซ่Šฑๅถ็™ฝๅ‰ๆบช็“ข็พนๆถˆ็ป“่‰ไนŒๆข—ไป”่œœ็™ฝๅ‰็‚’็™ฝๅ‰้น…็ฎก็™ฝๅ‰
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Lung
Part Used
Root and rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Phlegresolving Medicine
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๅŒ–็—ฐ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
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
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
19
TCMID
6108
TCMSP
19
TCM-ID
98