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Sharpleaf Galangal
Sharpleaf Galangal. Class: For tonifying weakness. Properties: Warm; Pungent. Meridians: Spleen; Kidney
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Yi Zhi Ren
中文名 (Chinese)
益智仁
Latin Name
Fructus Alpinae Oxyphyllae
English Name
Sharpleaf Galangal
Alias Names
益智子摘艼子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Warm; Pungent
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Kidney
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For tonifying weakness
功效分类 (CN)
补虚
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To warm spleen, check diarrhea, warm kidney, reduce urine, secure essence.
Indication (主治)
Spleen-stomach vacuity cold, vomiting and diarrhea, cold pain in abdomen, drooling, enuresis due to kidney vacuity, frequent urination, emission, white turbidity.
Clinical Manifestations
1. relieving the cyclophosphamide-induced leucopenia in mice.2. inhibiting the biosynthesis of prostaglandin.
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