| English
Name |
| Longan
Aril |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Longan
Aril is the aril of Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Fam.
Sapindaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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The
aril is sweet in taste and warm in nature. Its therapeutic
action is related to the Channels of the Heart and Spleen.
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| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated dry place, protected from moisture and moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Longitudinally
broken and irregular slices, frequently several slices agglutinated,
about 1.5cm long, 2~4 cm wide, about 1mm thick. Brown, translucent.
One surface shrunken, the other surface lustrous, with longitudinally
fine wrinkles. Texture soft. Odor, slightly aromatic; taste,
sweet.
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ACTION |
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To tonify
the heart and the spleen, to nourish blood, and to tranquilize
the mind. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Cardiac
palpitation, forgetfulness and insomnia due to deficiency
of qi and blood; anemia. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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Having
the efficacy of tonifying the heart and spleen and nourishing
the blood to calm the mind, longan aril is an effective tonic
usually administered for insufficiency of qi and blood due
to impairment of the heart and spleen resulting from overstrain,
manifested as palpitation, amnesia and insomnia. Applied individually,
it can be decocted or steeped in hot water to be taken orally
to cure deficiency of qi and blood in the old and the weak
during their convalescence.
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TIPS |
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The
kernels are ground to powder and applied as a styptic to abscesses,
sores, wounds. etc. |
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