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Glutinous Rice Root
Glutinous Rice Root. Class: Astringent Medicinal. Properties: Sweet; Calm. Meridians: Lung; Kidney
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Nuo Dao Gen
中文名 (Chinese)
糯稻根
Latin Name
Radix Oryzae Glutinosae
English Name
Glutinous Rice Root
Alias Names
糯稻根须稻根须糯谷根糯稻草根
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Kidney
Part Used
Root and stem base
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Astringent Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
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🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of spontaneous perspiration due to deficiency of vital energy, night sweat due to yin-deficiency, or pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis and neurasthenia with hectic fever of yin-deficiency type
Indication (主治)
1. antisudorific. 2. insecticidal. 3. stomachic
Clinical Manifestations
1. antisudorific. 2. insecticidal. 3. stomachic
🔗 External References
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