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Asarum ( 细辛) ...Chinese Herb...
 Latin
Plant Name
Asarum Sieboldi (Asari cum Radice)
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Xi Xin
Common
English Name
Chinese Wild Ginger
Part
of Plant Used
Whole
Nature
Warm
Taste
Acrid
Meridians
Entered
Lungs, Spleen, Kidneys.
Common
Usages
This herb has warming and dispersing qualities and is used most often in
formulas to treat the congestion of sinusitis (TCM: internal cold-damp symptoms
and stagnation) with accompanying headaches, toothaches, fever, and chills;
to break up the copious clear or white phlegm of asthma with cough (TCM:
internal Lung-cold symptoms); and to treat arthritis, especially when the
ribs are affected (OM: internal damp-cold symptoms and Qi stagnation).
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Repels pathogens; alleviates pain due to wind; warms Lungs and transforms
phlegm; opens up areas of stagnation. Asarum is said to direct the action
of other herbs to the Heart and kidney meridians, especially in the arms
and chest.
Common
Formulas Used In
Cnidium and Tea; Tu-Huo and Loranthus
Processing
Required
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Remarks
-
Cautions
in Use
Do not use during pregnancy. Do not use with Yin deficiency headaches or
with cough due to heat in the Lungs (yellow phlegm). Use only in small quantities.
Latin
Plant Name
Asarum Sieboldi (Asari cum Radice)
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Xi Xin
Common
English Name
Chinese Wild Ginger
Part
of Plant Used
Whole
Nature
Warm
Taste
Acrid
Meridians
Entered
Lungs, Spleen, Kidneys.
Common
Usages
This herb has warming and dispersing qualities and is used most often in
formulas to treat the congestion of sinusitis (TCM: internal cold-damp symptoms
and stagnation) with accompanying headaches, toothaches, fever, and chills;
to break up the copious clear or white phlegm of asthma with cough (TCM:
internal Lung-cold symptoms); and to treat arthritis, especially when the
ribs are affected (OM: internal damp-cold symptoms and Qi stagnation).
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Repels pathogens; alleviates pain due to wind; warms Lungs and transforms
phlegm; opens up areas of stagnation. Asarum is said to direct the action
of other herbs to the Heart and kidney meridians, especially in the arms
and chest.
Common
Formulas Used In
Cnidium and Tea; Tu-Huo and Loranthus
Processing
Required
-
Remarks
-
Cautions
in Use
Do not use during pregnancy. Do not use with Yin deficiency headaches or
with cough due to heat in the Lungs (yellow phlegm). Use only in small quantities.
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