Medicinals
běi shā shēn / 北沙参 / 北沙參 / glehnia [root]
Latin pharmacognostic name: Glehniae Radix
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names: 海沙参 hǎi shā shēn; 银条参 yín tiáo shēn; 莱阳参 lái yáng shēn; 辽沙参 liáo shā shēn; 野香菜根 yě xiāng cài gēn; 真北沙参 zhēn běi shā shēn
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Supplementing agents / Yīn-supplementing agents
Properties: Sweet; slightly cold.
Channel entry: lung and stomach channels.
Indications:
- Nourishes yīn and clears the lung: Lung dryness or lung heat cough; yīn vacuity taxation cough.
- Engenders liquid and boosts the stomach: Stomach yīn vacuity.
Warning:
Contraindicated in spleen-stomach vacuity cold and cold rheum cough and panting.
See also:
shā shēn (沙参 Adenophorae seu Glehniae Radix, adenophora/glehnia [root])
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