Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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天麻 Tall Gastrodia Tuber Tian Ma

ID: D00307

Pharmaceutical Name:
Rhizoma Gastrodiae

Latin name:
Gastrodia elata Bl.

Location: 3

Chinese Name

天麻

Chinese Pinyin

Tian Ma

English Name

Tall Gastrodia Tuber

Family

Orchidaceae

Taste

sweet

Odour

faint

Clinical Indications

1. Vertigo, dizziness, headache
2. Hypertension
3. Facial palpsy, hemiplegia, cerebral vascular accident, numbness of extremities
4. Infantile convulsions, epilepsy

Display Category

Decoction Pieces

Function Category

Liver-Calming and Wind-Dispelling Drugs

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Centre Collection

Link to

Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database

Medicinal Plant Images Database

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