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🌿 Herb

Chinese Star Anise

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🌿 All Herb data fields for Chinese Star Anise
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Ba Jiao Hui Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
八角茴香
Latin Name
Anisi Stellati Fructus; Fructus Anisi Stellati
English Name
Chinese Star Anise
Alias Names
舶上茴香; 大茴香; 舶茴香; 八角珠; 八角香; 八角大茴; 八角; 原油茴; 八月珠; 大料; 五香八角
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Kidney; Spleen; Stomach
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Warming Interior Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
温里药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel cold to regulate the flow of qi and to relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Treatment of abdominal colic, lumbago due to deficiency of the kidney, vomiting and eqigastric pain due to cold of the stomach.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
4150
TCMSP
4
TCM-ID
33
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Chinese Star Anise
chinese name
八角茴香
pinyin name
Ba Jiao Hui Xiang
latin name
Anisi Stellati Fructus; Fructus Anisi Stellati
english name
Chinese Star Anise
properties english
Pungent; Warm
meridians english
Liver; Kidney; Spleen; Stomach
use part
Fruit
symmap herb id
4
tcmid id
4150
tcmsp id
4
herb id str
HERB000137
function text
To dispel cold to regulate the flow of qi and to relieve pain.
indication
Treatment of abdominal colic, lumbago due to deficiency of the kidney, vomiting and eqigastric pain due to cold of the stomach.
therapeutic en class
Warming Interior Drugs
therapeutic cn class
温里药
tcm id id
33
alias name
舶上茴香; 大茴香; 舶茴香; 八角珠; 八角香; 八角大茴; 八角; 原油茴; 八月珠; 大料; 五香八角
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