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Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock
Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock. Class: Pungent Cool Diaphoretics. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Cold. Meridians: Lung; Stomach
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Niu Bang Zi
中文名 (Chinese)
牛蒡子
Latin Name
Arctil Fructus; Fructus Arctii
English Name
Great Burdock Achene; Achene of Great Burdock
Alias Names
恶实鼠粘子黍粘子大力子毛然然子黑风子毛锥子粘苍子大牛了牛子土大酮子万把钩鼠尖子
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Bitter; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Stomach
Part Used
Fruit
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Pungent Cool Diaphoretics
功效分类 (CN)
辛凉解表药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind-heat and relieve cough, to promote eruption, to counteract toxicity, and to soothe sore throat.
Indication (主治)
Wind-heat common cold, cough with profuse phlegm, measles papules, wind papules, swelling pain in throat, epidemic parotitis, erysipelas, swollen welling abscess and sore toxin.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its extract exerts a significant and prolonged effect of lowering blood sugar in rats.2. mildly diuretic and laxative.3. an active component, arctiin, can induce tonic convulsion, feeble respiration and eventually paralysis in frogs, mice and rabbits.
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