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Thinleaf Milkwort Root

Thinleaf Milkwort Root. Class: Tranguilizing Medicinal. Properties: Bitter; Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Kidney; Lung

๐ŸŒฟ Names
Pinyin Name
Yuan Zhi
ไธญๆ–‡ๅ (Chinese)
่ฟœๅฟ—
Latin Name
Polygalae Raedix; Radix Polygalae
English Name
Thinleaf Milkwort Root
Alias Names
่‘ฝ็ป•่•€่’ฌๆฃ˜่€็ป†่‰ๅฐ้ธก่…ฟๅฐ้ธก็œผๅฐ่‰ๆ น
โ˜ฏ TCM Properties
Properties (ๆ€งๅ‘ณ)
Bitter; Pungent; Warm
Meridians (ๅฝ’็ป)
Heart; Kidney; Lung
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Tranguilizing Medicinal
ๅŠŸๆ•ˆๅˆ†็ฑป (CN)
ๅฎ‰็ฅž่ฏ
๐Ÿฉบ Clinical Profile
Function (ๅŠŸ่ƒฝ)
To quiet heart and spirit, dispel phlegm and open orifices, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Indication (ไธปๆฒป)
Pharyngitis, disquieted heart spirit, fright palpitation and insomnia, amnesia, fright epilepsy, cough with profuse phlegm, effusion of back from welling abscess and flat abscess, painful swollen breast.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its expectorant effect is stronger than radix platycodi. 2. increasing the contractility and muscular tone of gravid or ungravid uteri in experimental animals. 3. exerting a strong hemolytic effect in vitro.
๐Ÿ”— External References
TCMID
1010
TCM-ID
2554