| English
Name |
| Densefruit
Pittany Root-bark |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Origin |
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Densefruit
Pittany Root-bark is the dried root bark of Dictamnus
dasycarpus Turcz. (Fam. Rutaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is bitter in taste and cold in nature, and is distributed
to the Spleen, Stomach and Urinary Bladder Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated and dry place. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Quilled,
5~15 cm long, 1~2 cm in diameter, 2~5mm thick. Outer surface
greyish-white or pale greyish-yellow, with fine longitudinal
wrinkles and rootlet scars, frequently with small protruding
granular dots; inner surface almost white, with fine longitudinal
wrinkles. Texture fragile, dusting on breaking, fracture uneven
and somewhat lamellar, when outer layer peeled off, numerous
glittering small spots observed on exposuring to light. Odour,
muttony; taste, slightly bitter.
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ACTION |
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To remove
damp-heat detoxicating and dispel wind. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Skin
inflammation with yellowish watery discharge, eczema, rubella,
tinea, scabies; acute rheumatic arthritis; jaundice with dark
urine. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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Clearing
away evil heat and resolving dampness, dispelling
wind and relieving
itching.
For the treatment of suppurative inflammation of skin due
to damp-heat, urticaria or scabies or ringworm, pruritus,
etc., it is often combined with Radix Sophorae Flavescentis,
Periostracum Cicadae, Fructus Kochiae, Radix Ledebouriellae,
etc.; for pruritus vulvae with leukorrhagia, with Radix Sophorae
Flavescentis, Fructus Cnidii and Pericarpium Zanthoxyli for
wash.
Besides, it can also be used to treat jaundice or arthragia
due to damp-heat, etc..
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