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Root of Divaricate Saposhnikovia; Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root

Root of Divaricate Saposhnikovia; Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root. Class: Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal. Properties: Pungent; Sweet; Slightly Warm. Meridians: Bladder; Liver; Spleen

🌿 Names

Pinyin Name

Fang Feng

中文名 (Chinese)

防风

Latin Name

Radix Saposhnikoviae; Saposhnikoviae Radix

English Name

Root of Divaricate Saposhnikovia; Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root

Alias Names

铜芸回云回草百枝百种屏风风肉

☯ TCM Properties

Properties (性味)

Pungent; Sweet; Slightly Warm

Meridians (归经)

Bladder; Liver; Spleen

Part Used

Root

Therapeutic Class (EN)

Pungent-Warm Exterior-Releasing Medicinal

功效分类 (CN)

辛温解表药

🩺 Clinical Profile

Function (功能)

To induce diaphoresis, to dispel wind, to alleviate rheumatic conditions, and to relieve spasm.

Indication (主治)

Migraine, headache and generalized pain, common cold, rheumatoid arthritis, externally contracted wind-cold, wind-damp impediment pain, aching pain in joints, abdominal pain and diarrhea, intestinal wind bleeding, tetanus, wind papule itching, sores.

Clinical Manifestations

1. antipyretic: oral use of decoction and alcoholic infusion (2.0g/kg) can lower vaccine-induced fever in rabbits.2. analgesic: oral use of alcoholic infusion (21.18g/kg) and subcutaneous injection (42.36g/kg) can alleviate pain.

🔗 External References

HERB DB

HERB001622 ↗

SymMap

122

TCMID

7847

TCMSP

122

TCM-ID

562

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