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Cholla Equivalent Plant: Opuntia Vulgaris
Cholla Equivalent Plant: Opuntia Vulgaris. Properties: Bitter; Cold. Meridians: Heart; Lung; Stomach
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Xian Ren Zhang
中文名 (Chinese)
仙人掌
Latin Name
Opuntia Dillenii
English Name
Cholla Equivalent Plant: Opuntia Vulgaris
Alias Names
凤尾簕龙舌平虑草老鸦舌神仙掌霸王观音掌观音刺霸王树灿巴掌火焰火掌刺巴掌番花麒麟花佛手刺避火簪
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Lung; Stomach
Part Used
Root and stem
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To move qi and quicken blood, cool blood and stanch bleeding, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Indication (主治)
Stomachache, lump glomus, dysentery, throat pain, lung heat cough, tuberculosis and hemoptysis, blood ejection, bleeding from hemorrhoids, sores clove boil, mammary welling abscess, epidemic parotitis, skin lichen, snake or insect bites, scalds, frostbite.
🔗 External References
HERB DB
TCMID
2588
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