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Stemona Root; Root of Japanese Stemo
Stemona Root; Root of Japanese Stemo. Class: Antitussive Antiasthmetics. Properties: Sweet; Bitter; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Lung
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Bu
中文名 (Chinese)
百部
Latin Name
Radix Stemonae; Stemonae Radix
English Name
Stemona Root; Root of Japanese Stemo
Alias Names
百部根白并玉箫箭杆嗽药百条根野天门冬百奶九丛根九虫根一窝虎九十九条根山百根牛虱鬼药虱药
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Bitter; Slightly Warm
Meridians (归经)
Lung
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Antitussive Antiasthmetics
功效分类 (CN)
止咳平喘药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
1. to moisten the lungs and stop cough; 2. to kill lice and parasites
Indication (主治)
Wind-cold cough, pertussis, tuberculosis, senile cough and asthma, ascariasis, oxyuria disease, scab and lichen, eczema, cootie.
Clinical Manifestations
1. relieving cough in common cold. stemona root (baibu) is used with schizonepeta (jingjie), platycodon root (jiegeng) and aster root (ziwan). 2. relieving whooping cough. stemona root (baibu) is used with glehnia root (beishashen), tendrilled fritillary
🔗 External References
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