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Fourleaf Ladybell Root

Fourleaf Ladybell Root. Class: Yin-Tonifying Medicinal. Properties: Sweet; Slightly Cold. Meridians: Lung; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Nan Sha Shen
中文名 (Chinese)
南沙参
Latin Name
Adenophorae Radix; Radix Adenophorae
English Name
Fourleaf Ladybell Root
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Slightly Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Stomach
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Yin-Tonifying Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
补阴药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To nourish yin and remove heat from the lung, to relieve phlegm, and to reinforce qi.
Indication (主治)
Treament of heat in the lung with dry cough, cough with scanty sticky sputum in phthisis with deficiency of yin , deficiency of both qi and yin with feverishness and thirst.
🔗 External References
SymMap
297
TCMID
3279
TCMSP
297
TCM-ID
1542