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Chinese Honeylocust

Chinese Honeylocust. Class: For desolving phlegm, stopping cougth, and soothing breathing. Properties: Warm; Pungent. Meridians: Lung; Large Intestine

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Zao Jia
中文名 (Chinese)
ηš‚θš
Latin Name
Gleditsia Sinensis
English Name
Chinese Honeylocust
Alias Names
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☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Warm; Pungent
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Large Intestine
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For desolving phlegm, stopping cougth, and soothing breathing
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
εŒ–η—°ζ­’ε’³εΉ³ε–˜
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To relieve cough and dispel phlegm, open orifices, kill worms and dissipate binds.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Cough of phlegm asthma, wind stroke clenched jaw, phlegm-drool and congesting lung, clouded spirit with loss of speech, epilepsy, throat impediment, urinary and fecal stoppage, swollen welling abscess, scab and lichen.
Toxicity
Toxic
Clinical Manifestations
1. its decoction increases mucous secretion of respiratory tract in experimental cats.2. its decoction induces hysterospasm in rats.3. inhibiting the growth of trichophyton violaceum and nocardia asteroides in vitro.4. large dosage may cause hemolysis and
πŸ”— External References
SymMap
91
TCMID
1954
TCMSP
91
TCM-ID
2569