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Inula Root

Inula Root. Class: Qi Regulating Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Bitter; Warm. Meridians: Liver; Spleen

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Tu Mu Xiang
中文名 (Chinese)
土木香
Latin Name
Inulae Radix; Radix Inulae
English Name
Inula Root
Alias Names
青木香祁木香藏木香
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Bitter; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Qi Regulating Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
理气药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To fortify spleen and harmonize stomach, regulate qi and resolve depression, relieve pain and quiet fetus.
Indication (主治)
Distending pain in chest and rib-side, distending pain in stomach duct, vomiting and diarrhea, contusion in chest and rib-side, forking qi with pain, stirring fetus in pregnancy.
🔗 External References
TCMID
1554
TCM-ID
2144