Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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玉竹 Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome Yu Zhu

ID: D00597

Pharmaceutical Name:
Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati

Latin name:
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce

Location: 7

Chinese Name

玉竹

Chinese Pinyin

Yu Zhu

English Name

Fragrant Solomonseal Rhizome

Family

Liliaceae

Taste

sweet, chewy

Odour

faint

Clinical Indications

1. Dry cough, fever and cough
2. Dry throat, polydipsia, dehydration due to febrile disease, diabetes
3. Dizziness, muscular spasm
4. Hyperlipidemia, angina pectoris

Display Category

Commonly Used TCM

Function Category

Expectorants, Antitussives and Antiasthmatics

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Eu Yan Sang (HK) Ltd.

Link to

Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database

Medicinal Plant Images Database

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