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🌿 Herb

Lac

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🌿 All Herb data fields for Lac

🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Zi Cao Rong

中文名 (Chinese)

紫草茸

Latin Name

Lacca

English Name

Lac

Alias Names

赤胶; 紫铆; 紫矿; 紫梗; 紫胶; 虫胶

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Sweet; Salty; Neutral

Meridians (归经)

Liver; Spleen

Part Used

Gum of lac insect

🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

To clear heat, cool blood, resolve toxin.

Indication (主治)

Measles papules, non-eruption of measles, postpartum blood dizziness, vaginal discharge, swelling toxin of sore and scab.

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB007161 ↗

TCMID

7656

TCM-ID

2707

🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (26 fields)

name

Lac

chinese name

紫草茸

pinyin name

Zi Cao Rong

latin name

Lacca

english name

Lac

properties english

Sweet; Salty; Neutral

meridians english

Liver; Spleen

use part

Gum of lac insect

tcmid id

7656

herb id str

HERB007161

function text

To clear heat, cool blood, resolve toxin.

indication

Measles papules, non-eruption of measles, postpartum blood dizziness, vaginal discharge, swelling toxin of sore and scab.

tcm id id

2707

alias name

赤胶; 紫铆; 紫矿; 紫梗; 紫胶; 虫胶

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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
Herb ↔ Ingredient: ACTIVE — direct link via herb_ingredients
Ingredient ↔ Target: ACTIVE — direct link via ingredient_targets
Target ↔ Disease: ACTIVE — direct link via target_health_topics
Herb → Target → Disease (full chemical spine): ACTIVE — joins all three link tables