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Chinese Eaglewood Wood; Oily Wood of Agalloch Eaglewood
Chinese Eaglewood Wood; Oily Wood of Agalloch Eaglewood. Class: Qi Regulating Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Spleen; Stomach; Kidney
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Chen Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
沉香
Latin Name
Aquilariae Lignum Resinatum; Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum
English Name
Chinese Eaglewood Wood; Oily Wood of Agalloch Eaglewood
Alias Names
蜜香栈香沉水香
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Bitter; Slightly Warm
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach; Kidney
Part Used
Resinous wood
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Qi Regulating Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
理气药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To promote the flow of qi and relieve pain, to arrest vomiting by warming the stomach, and to relieve asthma.
Indication (主治)
Cold pain in stomach duct and abdomen, qi counterflow with asthma, stomach cold with retching counterflow, vacuity cold in lumbus and knees, vacuity constipation, qi strangury.
Clinical Manifestations
Duodenal feeding of its decoction can promote the secretion of bile in anesthetized rats.
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