Description

Description:
Root of Codonopsis is bark pale yellowish-white to pale brown, wood pale yellow. Odour,
characteristic and aromatic; taste, sweetish.

Action:
To reinforce qi and invigorate the function of the spleen and the lung.
Indication:
Weakness of the spleen and the lung manifested by shortness of breath, cough, palpitation,
anorexia, loose stools; diabete caused by internal heat.

Referential Advice:
1. Invigorating Qi in the middle warmer

This herb is effective in invigorating the spleen, nourishing the stomach and promoting flow
of Qi in the middle warmer, and often used clinically. In treating poor appetite and loose
stool due to deficiency of the spleen and stomach, cough due to deficiency of the lung,
shortness of breath, listlessness, and deficiency of Qi and weak physique due to various
causes, the drug is often used in combination with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Poria
and Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata. This herb is similar in the effect of invigorating Qi to
Tadix Ginseng and is often used instead of the latter in the prescription for invigorating Qi
and spleen. The drug’s effect of invigorating Qi, however, is not so powerful as that of
Radix Ginseng, and therefore can not be used instead of the latter in the serious cases of collapse.

2. Nourishing blood and promoting production of body fluid

In treating dizziness due to deficiency of blood, sallow complexion or edema, the drug can be
used in combination with Rhizoma Rehmanniae Praeparatae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis.
Radix Paeoniae Alba, Caulis Spatholobi, etc. In treating shortness of breath and thirst
due to consumption of Qi and body fluid by heat, the drug is often used in combination
with Radix Ophiophgonis, Fructus Schisandrae,etc. Besices,the drug can also be used to treat
edema from nephritis to reduce the excretion of urinary protein.

Tips:
Similar in action to ginseng, but not as strong. This Herb is often suvstituted in places
or at times when ginseng is too expensive.

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intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.