Description

DESCRIPTION:

Slenderly cylindrical, branching occasionally, 15-45 cm long, 0.4-1.2 cm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white, slightly rough, occasionally with patches of cork adhering, or yellowish-brown when unpeeled, finely wrinkled longitudinally, and with brownish-yellow spotted rootlet scars. Top usually with yellowish-brown remains of rhizome. The upper part some what thin, the middle part relatively thick, and the lower part tapering. Texture fragile, easily broken, fracture yellowish-white in bark and yellow in wood. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.

ACTION:

To replenish yin of the lung and stomach, remove heat from the lung, and promote fluid secretion.

INDICATIONS:

Dry cough caused by heat in the lung; bloody sputum in phthisis; thirst in febrile diseases.

REFERENTIAL ADVICE:

1. Moistening the lung to relieve cough
The herb has the effect of clearing away heat in the lung and replenishing lung-Yin, and is often used in combination with Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, Radix Trichosanthis, etc. to treat dry cough with little sputum or long-lasting cough with hoarse voice.

2. Nourishing the stomach and promoting the production of body fluid
In treating dry throat and thirst due to exhaustion of body fluid by febrile disease, the herb is used in combination with Radix Ophiopogonis, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati, etc.

DOSAGE: 10 grams

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.