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🌿 Herb

Sandalwood

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Clinical Trials
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Meta-Analyses
1
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
PMID 33617622
Sandalwood seed oil ameliorates hepatic insulin resistance by regulating the JNK/NF-κB inflammatory and PI3K/AKT insulin signaling pathways
Food Funct · 2021
🌿 All Herb data fields for Sandalwood
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Tan Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
檀香
Latin Name
Santali Albi Lignum; Lignum Santali Albi
English Name
Sandalwood
Alias Names
旃檀; 白檀; 檀香木; 真檀
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach; Heart; Lung
Part Used
Heartwood
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Qi Regulating Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
理气药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To promote the flow of qi in the heart, to warm the spleen and stomach, to increse appetite, and to relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Pain in chest and abdomen, cold stomachache, vomiting of water due to congealing cold qi stagnation, coronary heart disease with pattern of qi stagnation and blood stasis.
🔗 External References
SymMap
TCMID
3390
TCMSP
389
TCM-ID
2066
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Sandalwood
chinese name
檀香
pinyin name
Tan Xiang
latin name
Santali Albi Lignum; Lignum Santali Albi
english name
Sandalwood
properties english
Pungent; Warm
meridians english
Spleen; Stomach; Heart; Lung
use part
Heartwood
symmap herb id
389
tcmid id
3390
tcmsp id
389
herb id str
HERB005392
function text
To promote the flow of qi in the heart, to warm the spleen and stomach, to increse appetite, and to relieve pain.
indication
Pain in chest and abdomen, cold stomachache, vomiting of water due to congealing cold qi stagnation, coronary heart disease with pattern of qi stagnation and blood stasis.
therapeutic en class
Qi Regulating Drugs
therapeutic cn class
理气药
tcm id id
2066
alias name
旃檀; 白檀; 檀香木; 真檀
How relationships are computed
  • Clinical Trials / Meta-Analyses / References: direct foreign-key link via subject_entity_id (Phase 2d wireup)
  • Formula ↔ Herbs: text bridge via formulas.herbs_in_pinyin matching herbs.pinyin_name
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