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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

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miq.*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Supplementing agents / Yīn-supplementing agents

Properties: Sweet; slightly cold.

Channel entry: Lung and stomach channels.

Actions and 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.

Warnings: Contraindicated in spleen-stomach vacuity cold and cold rheum cough and panting.

See: Shā shēn (沙参 Adenophorae seu Glehniae Radix, adenophora/glehnia [root])

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