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Pepperweed Seed; Tansymustard Seed; Lepidium Seed, Descurainia Seed

Pepperweed Seed; Tansymustard Seed; Lepidium Seed, Descurainia Seed. Class: Antitussive Antiasthmetics. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Big Chill. Meridians: Lung; Bladder

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Ting Li Zi
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
่‘ถ่‹ˆๅญ
Latin Name
Semen Lepidii; Semen Descurainiae; Descurainiae Semen Lepidii Semen
English Name
Pepperweed Seed; Tansymustard Seed; Lepidium Seed, Descurainia Seed
Alias Names
ไธๅކๅคง้€‚ๅคงๅฎค
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Pungent; Bitter; Big Chill
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Lung; Bladder
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antitussive Antiasthmetics
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๆญขๅ’ณๅนณๅ–˜่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To quench fire in the lung, to relieve dyspnea, and to cause diuresis.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Phlegm-drool and congesting lung, cough and asthma with abundant phlegm, distention fullness in chest and rib-side, edema in chest and abdomen, inhibited urination.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its alcoholic extract acts as cardioglycosides, i.e., enhances myocardial contractility, slows heart rate and decreases the conduction rate in experimental animals. 2. diurectic.
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
402
TCMID
4221
TCMSP
402
TCM-ID
2117