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Forbes Wildginger
Forbes Wildginger. Properties: Acrid; Warm
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Du Heng
中文名 (Chinese)
杜衡
Latin Name
Asarum Forbesii
English Name
Forbes Wildginger
Alias Names
怀蘅薇香杜土卤楚蘅杜蘅土杏马蹄香蘹香杜衡葵土细辛钹儿草杜葵南细辛马辛马蹄细辛泥里花土里开花
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Acrid; Warm
Part Used
Rhizome and root or whole herb
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind and dissipate cold, disperse phlegm and move water, quicken blood and relieve pain, resolve toxin.
Indication (主治)
Wind-cold common cold, phlegm-rheum cough asthma, edema, wind-cold-damp impediment, knocks and falls, headache, toothache, stomachache, sand qi abdominal pain, scrofula, toxin swelling, snake bite.
Toxicity
Slightly toxic
🔗 External References
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