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Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock

Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock. Class: Pungent Cool Diaphoretics. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Cold. Meridians: Lung; Stomach

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Niu Bang Zi
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
็‰›่’กๅญ
Latin Name
Arctil Fructus; Fructus Arctii
English Name
Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock
Alias Names
ๆถๅฎž้ผ ็ฒ˜ๅญ้ป็ฒ˜ๅญๅคงๅŠ›ๅญๆฏ›็„ถ็„ถๅญ้ป‘้ฃŽๅญๆฏ›้”ฅๅญ็ฒ˜่‹ๅญๅคง็‰›ไบ†็‰›ๅญๅœŸๅคง้…ฎๅญไธ‡ๆŠŠ้’ฉ้ผ ๅฐ–ๅญ
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Pungent; Bitter; Cold
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Lung; Stomach
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Pungent Cool Diaphoretics
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
่พ›ๅ‡‰่งฃ่กจ่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To dispel wind-heat and relieve cough, to promote eruption, to counteract toxicity, and to soothe sore throat.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Wind-heat common cold, cough with profuse phlegm, measles papules, wind papules, swelling pain in throat, epidemic parotitis, erysipelas, swollen welling abscess and sore toxin.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its extract exerts a significant and prolonged effect of lowering blood sugar in rats.2. mildly diuretic and laxative.3. an active component, arctiin, can induce tonic convulsion, feeble respiration and eventually paralysis in frogs, mice and rabbits.
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
301
TCMID
3673
TCMSP
301
TCM-ID
1562