Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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生半夏 Pinellia Tuber Sheng Ban Xia

ID: D00190

Pharmaceutical Name:
Unprocessed Rhizoma Pinelliae

Latin name:
Pinellia ternate (Thunb.) Breit.

Location: 33

Chinese Name

生半夏

Chinese Pinyin

Sheng Ban Xia

English Name

Pinellia Tuber

Family

Araceae

Taste

pungent, numbs the tongue and irritates the throat

Odour

faint

Clinical Indications

1. Productive cough, chest pain
2. Vomiting
3. Subcutaneous nodule, goiter
4. Skin infection, scrofula, snakebite

Display Category

Function Category

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Centre Collection