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Wilford Swallowwort
Wilford Swallowwort. Properties: Sweet; Slightly Bitter; Minor Warm. Meridians: Spleen; Stomach; Kidney
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ge Shan Xiao
中文名 (Chinese)
隔山消
Latin Name
Radix Cynanchi Wilfordii
English Name
Wilford Swallowwort
Alias Names
隔山撬隔山牛皮消白首乌白何首乌山瓜蒌
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Slightly Bitter; Minor Warm
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach; Kidney
Part Used
Tuberoid
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To supplement liver and kidney, strengthen sinews and bones, fortify spleen and stomach, resolve toxin.
Indication (主治)
Liver kidney vacuity, dizzy head and vision, sleepless and amnesia, premature graying in beard and hair, impotence, emission, limp aching lumbus and knees, spleen vacuity and functional weakness, distention fullness in stomach duct, inappetence, diarrhea, postpartum scant milk, fish mouth sore toxin.
🔗 External References
HERB DB
TCMID
3132