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Inula Root

Inula Root. Class: Qi Regulating Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Warm. Meridians: Liver; Spleen

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Tu Mu Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
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Latin Name
Inulae Radix; Radix Inulae
English Name
Inula Root
Alias Names
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☯ TCM Properties
Properties (ζ€§ε‘³)
Pungent; Bitter; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Qi Regulating Drugs
εŠŸζ•ˆεˆ†η±» (CN)
理气药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (εŠŸθƒ½)
To fortify spleen and harmonize stomach, regulate qi and resolve depression, relieve pain and quiet fetus.
Indication (δΈ»ζ²»)
Distending pain in chest and rib-side, distending pain in stomach duct, vomiting and diarrhea, contusion in chest and rib-side, forking qi with pain, stirring fetus in pregnancy.
πŸ”— External References
TCMID
1554
TCM-ID
2144