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Root of Gansui; Gansui Root

Root of Gansui; Gansui Root. Class: Drastic Purgatives. Properties: Bitter; Cold; Toxic. Meridians: Lung; Kidney; Large Intestine

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Gan Sui
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
็”˜้‚
Latin Name
Kansui Radix; Radix Kansui
English Name
Root of Gansui; Gansui Root
Alias Names
ไธป็”ฐ้‡ๆณฝ็”˜่—้™ต่—็”˜ๆณฝ่‹ฆๆณฝ็™ฝๆณฝ้ฌผไธ‘้™ตๆณฝ่‚ฟๆ‰‹่Šฑๆ นไนๅคด็‹ฎๅญ่‰ๅŒ–้ชจไธน่‚ฟๆ‰‹่Šฑๅคด็—›่Šฑ็Œซๅ„ฟ็œผ
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Bitter; Cold; Toxic
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Lung; Kidney; Large Intestine
Part Used
Tuberoid
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Drastic Purgatives
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
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๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To cause drastic purgation and expel the retained water.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Edema, ascites, flowing rheum in chest, concretion conglomeration accumulation and gathering, epilepsy, cough and asthma, urinar y and fecal stoppage.
Toxicity
Toxic
Clinical Manifestations
1. purgative effect on mice by both fresh and prepared products but the latter bing more potent.2. kansuinine a abd b are analgesic.
๐Ÿ”— External References
SymMap
135
TCMID
3336
TCMSP
135
TCM-ID
661