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All-Grass Manchurian Wildginger; Manchurian Wildginger Root

All-Grass Manchurian Wildginger; Manchurian Wildginger Root. Class: Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Lung; Kidney

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Xi Xin
中文名 (Chinese)
细辛
Latin Name
Radix et Rhizoma Asari; Asari Radix et Rhizoma
English Name
All-Grass Manchurian Wildginger; Manchurian Wildginger Root
Alias Names
小辛细草少辛细条绿须姜独叶草金盆草万病草卧龙丹铃铛花四两麻玉香丝
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Kidney
Part Used
Whole herb
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
辛温解表药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind-cold, to relieve nasal obstruction, to alleviate pain and to remove retained fluid.
Indication (主治)
Wind-cold common cold, influenza, headache, toothache, local anesthesia, nasal congestion, deep-source nasal congestion, wind-damp impediment pain, phlegm-rheum cough asthma.
Clinical Manifestations
1. sedative, analgestic and antipyretic. 2. its alsocholic infusion induces anesthetic effect on the sciatic neuroplexus of frogs and human lingual mucosa. 3. d1-demethyl coclaurine acts as a cardiotonic and vasodilator, and can also relax smooth muscles,
🔗 External References
SymMap
425
TCMID
3947
TCMSP
425
TCM-ID
2239