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Rhizome of Common Curculigo; Common Curculigo Rhizome

Rhizome of Common Curculigo; Common Curculigo Rhizome. Class: Yang Reinforcing Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Hot; Toxic. Meridians: Kidney; Liver; Spleen

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Xian Mao
中文名 (Chinese)
仙茅
Latin Name
Curculiginis Rhizoma; Rhizoma Curculiginis
English Name
Rhizome of Common Curculigo; Common Curculigo Rhizome
Alias Names
独茅根茅爪子婆罗门参独脚仙茅蟋龙草风苔草冷饭草小地棕根地棕根黄茅参独脚黄茅独足绿茅根独脚丝茅天棕山棕土白芍平肝薯盘棕山兰花仙茅参千年棕山棕皮尖刀草
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Hot; Toxic
Meridians (归经)
Kidney; Liver; Spleen
Part Used
Rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Yang Reinforcing Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
补阳药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To reinforce the kidney yang, to strengthen the tendons and bones,and to dispel cold-damp.
Indication (主治)
Impotence seminal cool, limp wilting sinew and bone, cold impediment in lumbus and knees, yang vacuity cold diarrhea.
Toxicity
Toxic
Clinical Manifestations
Enhancing the reactivity of rat's pituitary to luteinizing hormone releasing factor and that of ovary to luteinizing hormone, thus promoting the luteinizing action of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary system.
🔗 External References
SymMap
429
TCMID
7589
TCMSP
429
TCM-ID
2256