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Tall Gastrodia Tuber

Tall Gastrodia Tuber. Class: Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal. Properties: Sweet; Calm. Meridians: Liver

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Tian Ma
中文名 (Chinese)
天麻
Latin Name
Rhizoma Gastrodiae; Gastrodiae Rhizoma
English Name
Tall Gastrodia Tuber
Alias Names
赤箭离母鬼督邮神草独摇芝赤箭脂定风草合离草独摇自动草水洋芋
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Liver
Part Used
Stem and tuber
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Liver-Pacifying Wind-Extinguishing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
平肝熄风药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To extinguish wind and check tetany, calm liver and subdue yang , dispel wind and free network vessels.
Indication (主治)
Convulsion, child convulsion, spasm in limbs, facial muscle spasm, trigeminal neuralgia, numbness in limbs, acute fright wind, chronic fright wind, tetanus, dizziness, headache, hemiplegia, hypertension, wind-damp impediment pain.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its active component gastrodin exerts as sedative, hypnotic and antipasmodic.2. it may increase blood flow and decrease the peripheral resistance of blood vessels.
🔗 External References
TCMID
6741
TCM-ID
2090
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Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 35092824
Ameliorative effect of Gastrodia elata Blume extracts on depression in zebrafish and cellular models through modulating reticulon 4 receptors and apoptosis
J Ethnopharmacol · 2022