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Radish Seed

Radish Seed. Class: Digestants. Properties: Pungent; Sweet; Calm. Meridians: Lung; Spleen; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Lai Fu Zi
中文名 (Chinese)
θŽ±θ”ε­
Latin Name
Semen Raphani; Raphani Semen
English Name
Radish Seed
Alias Names
θεœε­θŠ¦θ”ε­
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Pungent; Sweet; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Spleen; Stomach
Part Used
Seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Digestants
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
梈食药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To promote digestion and relieve abdominal distension, and to relieve cough and resolve phlegm.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Food stagnation, distending pain in stomach duct, constipation, accumulation and diarrhea, phlegm congestion cough asthma.
Clinical Manifestations
1. raphanin, one of its active components, inhibits the growth of staphylococcus and bacillus coli in vitro. 2. intravenous injection of its aqueous extract exerts hypotensive effect in anesthetized rabbits ( 1.0-4.8g/kg ), cats ( 0.8-1.18g/kg ) and dogs
πŸ”— External References
SymMap
234
TCMID
7954
TCMSP
234
TCM-ID
1240
0
Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
πŸ“‹ Sample Trials
None linked yet.
πŸ“Š Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42022341431
The association between consumption of bitter-taste vegetables available in Asian culture and weight status and metabolic profile in children: a systematic review
Sensitivity to bitter taste is the best-known example of taste variability that
πŸ“š Sample References
PMID 34959999
Raphani Semen ( Raphanus sativus L.) Ameliorates Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating De Novo Lipogenesis
Nutrients Β· 2021