Description

Description:

subcylindrical, curved or somewhat flattened, 15~30 cm long, 1.5~6 Cm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white or pale yellow, longitudinally furrowed and wrinkled, and bearing fibrous root scars, with occasional patches of brownish cork. Texture heavy, compact and tough; uneasily broken, fracture white and starchy. Odourless; taste, weak, acidulous, and viscous when chewed. Guang shanyao cylindrical, the two ends even, 9~18 cm long, 1.5~3 Cm in diameter, externally smooth, white or yellowish-white.

Action:

to replenish the spleen and stomach, to promote fluid secretion and benefit the lung, and to strengthen the kidney and restrain seminal discharge.
Rhizoma dioscoreae(stir-baked with bran) to replenish the spleen and promote the stomach function.

Indications:

anorexia and chronic diarrhea due to diminished function of the spleen; cough and dyspnea due to diminished function of the lung; seminal emission, excessive leucorrhea, frequency of urination or diabetes due to deficiency of the kidney.

Rhizoma dioscoreae(stir-baked with bran) diminished function of the spleen with anorexia, diarrhea and excessive leukorrhea.

Referential advice:

1. Invigorating the spleen to arrest diarrhea

in treating poor appetite an listlessness due to deficiency of the spleen and stomach, or diarrhea, loose stool etc. Due to deficiency of the spleen the drug is often used in combination with radix codonopsis pilosulae, rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, poria, etc. In treating deficiency of the spleen and stomach of children manifested by indigestion, emaciation, loose stool, etc., The drug can be used in combination with herba agastachis, rhizoma pinelliae, fructus oryzae germinatus, massa fermentata medicinalis, etc.

2. Nourishing the lung and replenishing yin

in treating cough and asthma due to deficiency of the lung, cough due to consumptive disease, etc., The drug can be used in combination with radix codonopsis pilosulae, bulbus fritillariae cirrhosae, etc. The drug alone can also be decocted and the decoction can be drunk instead of tea.

3. Tonifying the kidney to control nocturnal emission

in treating nocturnal emission, abnormal leukorrhea or frequent micturition, etc. Due to deficiency of the kidney, the drug can be used in combination with semen nelumbinis, semen euryales, rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, etc. In treating deficiency and consumption of the kidney-yin, the drug is often used in combination with radix rehmanniae praeparata, fructus corni, etc.

4. Nourishing yin and promoting production of body fluid

the drug can be used to treat diabetes, exhaustion of body fluid due to deficiency of yom dysphoria with smothery sensation and thirst.

In treating mild diabetes, 150g of the drug can be decocted daily and the decoction can be drunk over a long time instead of tea, or the drug can be used in combination with radix astragali seu hedysari, radix puerariae, radix trichosanthis, rhizoma anemarrhenae, etc. In treating thirst due to exhaustion of body fluid, the drug can be used in combination with radis ophiopogonis, rhizoma polygonati odorati, etc.

This statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always used this herb under instructions of a licensed herbalist.