Medicinals
sān léng / 三棱 / 三稜 / sparganium [root];
Latin pharmacognostic name: Sparganii Rhizoma
Alternate English names: bur-reed [root]
Alternate Chinese names: 红蒲根 hóng pú gēn; 光三棱 guāng sān léng; 京三棱 jīng sān léng; 山棱 shān léng; 三棱 sān léng; 黑三棱 hēi sān léng
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening concretion-dispersing agents
Properties: Bitter and acrid; balanced; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: liver and spleen channels.
Indications:
- Breaks blood and dispels stasis: Blood stasis amenorrhea with abdominal pain; postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain;
concretions, gatherings, accumulations, and gatherings . - Moves qì and relieves pain: Food accumulation with
distension and pain in the stomach duct and abdomen .Dosage & Method:
Oral: Decoct (4.4–9g) or use in pills and powders.
Product Description:
This is a spheroid rhizome about 5 cm long and 3 cm in diameter, with a slightly twisted point at the base. There is the scar left by the stalk at the top. The exterior surface is brown and is relatively smooth, with numerous straight longitudinal wrinkles. It is encircled by 5–8 annular node scars, and toward the lower extremity has numerous small tumorous spots, which are the scars left by fibrous roots. It is hard and light. The decocting pieces are thin transverse slices, revealing the creamy white interior, which turns darker after processing with vinegar.
WRITE ABOUT JIN SAN LENG Quality:
Firm rhizomes with the outer skin completely removed, and a pale-yellow outer surface are the best.
Product Area:
Jiāngsū, Hénán, Shāndōng, Jiāngxī, Liáoníng, ānhuī, Zhèjiāng, Sìchuān, Húběi.
Etymology:
Sān léng 三棱 literally means ""three ridges"" or ""three arrises."" Although the traditional literature says item is so named because the plant has three ridges, it is not obvious what these refer to.
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