Description

Pharmaceutical name: Rhizoma curculiginis
Latin botanical name: Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.
Pron. in Japanese: sembo
Pron. in Korean: sinmo
Pron. in Cantonese: sin mao
Other Names:
別名:
xiao xian mao, du jiao si mao, shan zong, di zong, qian nian zong, fan long cao
小仙茅、獨腳絲茅、山棕、地棕、千年棕、番龍草。.

Common Name: golden eye-grass rhizome
Distribution: Sichuan, Yunan, Guizhou
Properties (characteristics):
性味:
acrid, hot, mildly toxic
辛，熱。有微毒。

Channels (meridians) entered:
歸經:
kidney, liver, spleen.
腎、肝、脾。

Actions & Indications:
主治：
Tonifies kidneys, and improves yang, strengthens muscles; for impotence, lower back and knee pain, cold chest and abdomen, urinary incontinence due to kidney deficient.
溫腎陽，壯筋骨。 陽萎精冷，遺尿崩漏，心腹冷痛，腰腳冷痺，癰疽火毒。

Medical Function:
藥理:

xian mao alcohol extract possesses effects of: resistance of high temperature, lack of oxygen, adapting to high altitude, calming, anti seizures, effect of androgen.

仙茅醇浸劑有: 抗高溫，耐缺氧，適應高原，

以及鎮靜、抗驚厥、雄性激素樣作用。

Dosage: 3 to 10 g,
3-10 克。

Commonly Used formulae:
常用配方:
to be loaded
Modern Research: to be loaded
Cautions: not to use in case of yinxu (yin deficiency) and heat. Not for long term use.