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Thinleaf Milkwort Root

Thinleaf Milkwort Root. Class: Tranguilizing Medicinal. Properties: Bitter; Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Kidney; Lung

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Yuan Zhi
中文名 (Chinese)
远志
Latin Name
Polygalae Raedix; Radix Polygalae
English Name
Thinleaf Milkwort Root
Alias Names
葽绕蕀蒬棘菀细草小鸡腿小鸡眼小草根
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Kidney; Lung
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Tranguilizing Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
安神药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To quiet heart and spirit, dispel phlegm and open orifices, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.
Indication (主治)
Pharyngitis, disquieted heart spirit, fright palpitation and insomnia, amnesia, fright epilepsy, cough with profuse phlegm, effusion of back from welling abscess and flat abscess, painful swollen breast.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its expectorant effect is stronger than radix platycodi. 2. increasing the contractility and muscular tone of gravid or ungravid uteri in experimental animals. 3. exerting a strong hemolytic effect in vitro.
🔗 External References
TCMID
1010
TCM-ID
2554