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| Chinese Name |
Zhimu |
| Latin |
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae |
| English Name |
Common Anemarrhena Rhizome |
| Key Characteristics |
Herb that cleans heat |
| Source |
Dried rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge. |
| Property, Flavor and Meridians Entered |
Bitter, sweet, cold; Lung, Stomach, Kidney |
| Actions |
To remove heat and quench fire, and promote the production of body fluids and remove dryness
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| Indications |
Externally contracted fever, high fever with thirst, heat in the lung with dry cough, bone-steaming tidal fever, wasting-thirst due to internal heat, constipation, in addition, used for prostatic hypertrophy. |
| Precaution |
It is forbidden to give to patients with cold and deficiency in the spleen and stomach, or loose stools.
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| Chemical Composition |
It contains many kinds of timosaponin and polysaccharides.
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