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🌿 Herb

Black Sesame

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🌿 All Herb data fields for Black Sesame
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hei Zhi Ma
中文名 (Chinese)
黑芝麻
Latin Name
Sesami Semen Nigrum; Semen Sesami Nigrum
English Name
Black Sesame
Alias Names
胡麻; 巨胜; 狗虱; 乌麻; 乌麻子; 油麻; 油麻子; 黑油麻; 脂麻; 巨胜子; 黑脂麻; 乌芝麻; 小胡麻
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Calm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Kidney; Large Intestine
Part Used
Black seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Yin-Tonifying Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
补阴药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To tonify the liver and the kidney, to replenish vital essence and blood, and to relax the bowels.
Indication (主治)
Dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, premature graying in beard and hair, hair loss during convalescence, intestinal dry and constipation.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
6841
TCMSP
166
TCM-ID
848
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Black Sesame
chinese name
黑芝麻
pinyin name
Hei Zhi Ma
latin name
Sesami Semen Nigrum; Semen Sesami Nigrum
english name
Black Sesame
properties english
Sweet; Calm
meridians english
Liver; Kidney; Large Intestine
use part
Black seed
symmap herb id
166
tcmid id
6841
tcmsp id
166
herb id str
HERB002242
function text
To tonify the liver and the kidney, to replenish vital essence and blood, and to relax the bowels.
indication
Dizziness, tinnitus and deafness, premature graying in beard and hair, hair loss during convalescence, intestinal dry and constipation.
therapeutic en class
Yin-Tonifying Medicinal
therapeutic cn class
补阴药
tcm id id
848
alias name
胡麻; 巨胜; 狗虱; 乌麻; 乌麻子; 油麻; 油麻子; 黑油麻; 脂麻; 巨胜子; 黑脂麻; 乌芝麻; 小胡麻
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