Difference between revisions of "Glehnia Root"
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| − | Other Names : bĕi shā shēn, 北沙参, Radix Glehniae Littoralis, Glehniae Radix, Coastal Glehnia Root | + | Other Names : bĕi shā shēn, 北沙参, Radix Glehniae Littoralis, Glehniae Radix, Coastal Glehnia Root, HuiYan Ben Cao |
==Special Precautions of Glehnia Root== | ==Special Precautions of Glehnia Root== | ||
*Contraindicated for coughs due to wind-cold or in cases of cold from deficiency of the Lungs and Stomach. | *Contraindicated for coughs due to wind-cold or in cases of cold from deficiency of the Lungs and Stomach. | ||
| − | * Do not use with | + | * Do not use with [[Li Lu]] 藜蘆 or [[Fang Ji]] 防己. |
==Benefits and uses of Glehnia Root are== | ==Benefits and uses of Glehnia Root are== | ||
* Moistens the lungs, stops cough - dry, non-productive cough due to lung yin deficiency. | * Moistens the lungs, stops cough - dry, non-productive cough due to lung yin deficiency. | ||
Revision as of 02:13, 11 January 2013
Other Names : bĕi shā shēn, 北沙参, Radix Glehniae Littoralis, Glehniae Radix, Coastal Glehnia Root, HuiYan Ben Cao
Special Precautions of Glehnia Root
- Contraindicated for coughs due to wind-cold or in cases of cold from deficiency of the Lungs and Stomach.
- Do not use with Li Lu 藜蘆 or Fang Ji 防己.
Benefits and uses of Glehnia Root are
- Moistens the lungs, stops cough - dry, non-productive cough due to lung yin deficiency.
- Nourish the stomach, generate fluids, clear heat (after febrile disease or yin deficiency) - dry mouth or throat.
- Moisten the exterior - dry itchy skin aggravated by cold and dry weather.
- Lung yin deficiency syndromes : It can nourish lung yin and clear lung heat. For dry cough with little phlegm, blood in phlegm, dryness in throat, and hoarseness due to lung yin deficiency with dryness-heat in lung, it is combined with lung-clearing and dryness-moistening herbs, for instance, it is used with Nan Sha Shen and Zhi Mu in Run Zao Yang Yin Tang from Yi Fang Xin Jie. For cough without phlegm, or with little phlegm, blood in phlegm, hemoptysis, bone-steaming and tidal fever due to lung yin deficiency, it is combined with herbs of nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving cough and eliminating bone steaming felling, such as Mai Dong, Zhi Mu, Chuan Bei Mu and Bie Jia.
- Stomach yin deficiency syndromes : It is indicated for thirst with more drinking, hunger but no appetite, dry stool, no coating or red tongue with little fluid, or stomachache, distending in stomach, retching and other symptoms due to stomach yin deficiency, because it can nourish stomach yin to produce fluid and relieve thirst, and clear stomach heat. It is usually combined with yin-nourishing and fluid-producing herbs, such as Shi Hu, Yu Zhu, and Wu Mei.
