| English
Name |
| Morinda
Root |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Origin |
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Morinda
Root is the dried root of Morinda officinalis How
(Fam. Rubiaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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The
drug is sweet tasteless to the taste, slightly cold in nature,
and distributed to the Lung, Liver and Kidney Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated and dry place, protected from mould and moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Compressed-cylindrical,
somewhat curved, varying in length, 0.5-2 cm in diameter. Externally
greyish-yellow or dark grey, with longitudinal wrinkles and
transverse cracks, some bark transversely broken and separated
from wood. Texture tough, fracture bark thick, pruple or purplish,
easily separated from wood. Wood hard, yellowish-brown or yellowish-white,
1-5 mm in diameter. Odourless; taste, sweetish and slightly
astringent. |
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ACTION |
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To reinforce
the kidney yang, to strengthen the trndons and the bones, and
to relieve rheumatic condition. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Impotence,
seminal emission, infertility, menstrual disorders, pain and
cold feeling in the lower abdomen; rheumatic arthralgia; limpness
of the legs.
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.Reducing
heat and removing poisonous substances.
It is
often used in treating snake-bite, centipede-bites, bee-stings
or scorpionism; to treat snake-bite, 120g of the fresh plant
are pounded and its juice is mixed with rice wine or warm
boiled water for oral administration, and after taking the
medicine the patient should stay in bed with quilts covered
to let out mild perspiration.
2.Promoting discharge of urine to eliminate edema.
It is
used in treating edema or ascites or oliguria or with others
having the function in promoting the discharge of urine. At
present, it is often used in treating ascites due to schistosomiasis
or due to hepatocirrhosis. To treat acute otitis media, its
juice mixed being it is used in treating cancer in clinical
pratice for medical researches.
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