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Common Valeriana Equivalent Plant: Valeriana Officinalis Var Latifolia, Valeriana Amurensis
Common Valeriana Equivalent Plant: Valeriana Officinalis Var Latifolia, Valeriana Amurensis. Properties: Acrid; Bitter; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Liver
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Xie Cao
中文名 (Chinese)
缬草
Latin Name
Radix et Rhizoma Valerianae Officinalis; Radix et Rhizonma Valeriamae Amurensis; Radix et Rhizoma Valeriamae Latifoliae
English Name
Common Valeriana Equivalent Plant: Valeriana Officinalis Var Latifolia, Valeriana Amurensis
Alias Names
穿心排草鹿子草甘松猫食菜潢山香抓地虎拔地麻七里香大救驾小救驾香草蜘蛛香潢坡香五里香
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Acrid; Bitter; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Liver
Part Used
Root and rhizome
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To quiet heart and spirit, dispel wind-damp, move qi- blood, relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Disquieted heart spirit, palpitation and insomnia, mania and withdrawal, visceral agitation, wind-damp impediment pain, distending pain in stomach duct, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, knocks and falls.
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