Medicinals

jīn guǒ lǎn / 金果榄 / 金果欖 / tinospora root

Latin pharmacognostic name: Tinosporae Radix

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Bitter; cold; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: lung channel.

Indications:

Clears heat and resolves toxin; disinhibits the throat and disperses swelling.

painful swollen throat; diphtheria; lung heat cough; welling- and flat-abscesses (yōng jū), and clove sores (dīng chuāng).

Dosage & Method:

Oral: (3–9g).

Warning:

Contraindicated in spleen vacuity.

Quality:

Best are firm large tubers that are yellowish green on the surface and pale yellow on the cross section.

Product Area:

Guǎngxī, Húnán, Guìzhōu, and less importantly in Guǎngdōng and Sìchuān.

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