| English
Name |
| Coastal
Glehnia Root |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Origin |
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Coastal
Glehnia Root is the dried root of Glehnia littoralis
Fr. Schmidt ex Miq. (Fam Umbelliferae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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This
herb is sweet and slightly bitter in taste and slightly cold
in nature, and is distributed to the Lung and stomach Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
| Incompatible
with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri. |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated and dry place, protected from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Slenderly
cylindrical, branching occasionally, 15-45 cm long, 0.4-1.2
cm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white, slightly rough,
occasionally with patches of cork adhering, or yellowish-brown
when unpeeled, finely wrinkled longitudinally, and with brownish-yellow
spotted rootlet scars. Top usually with yellowish-brown remains
of rhizome. The upper part some what thin, the middle part
relatively thick, and the lower part tapering. Texture fragile,
easily broken, fracture yellowish-white in bark and yellow
in wood. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.
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ACTION |
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To replenish
yin of the lung and stomach, remove heat from the lung, and
promote fluid secretion. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Dry
cough caused by heat in the lung; bloody sputum in phthisis;
thirst in febrile diseases. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Moistening the lung to relieve cough
The herb has the effect of clearing away heat in the lung
and replenishing lung-Yin, and is often used in combination
with Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix
Trichosanthis, etc. to treat dry cough with little sputum
or long-lasting cough with hoarse voice.
2. Nourishing the
stomach and promoting the production of body fluid
In treating dry throat and thirst due to exhaustion of body
fluid by febrile disease, the herb is used in combination
with Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, etc.
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