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Latin pharmacognostic name: Changii Radix

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Changium smyrnioides Wolff*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Phlegm-transforming cough-relieving panting-calming agents / Cough-relieving panting-calming agents

Properties: Sweet and slightly bitter; cool.

Channel entry: Liver and lung channels.*

Indications:

• Moistens the lung and transforms phlegm: Lung heat cough; vacuity heat phlegm cough.
• Nourishes and the stomach and harmonizes the center: Stomach heat damage to liquid.

  Dosage & Method: Oral: Decoct (6–12g) or prepare as a paste.

  Warnings: Unsuitable for spleen-stomach vacuity. This medicinal is highly moistening and has little qì-supplementing effect; hence it cannot be used as a substitute for 党参.

  Quality: Best are thick heavy solid roots with smooth semitranslucent yellowish skin.

  Product Area: Jiāngsū, Zhèjiāng, ānhuī, Jiāngxī, Húběi, Sìchuān.

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