Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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金果欖 Tinospora Root Jin Guo Lan

ID: D00467

Pharmaceutical Name:
Radix Tinosporae

Latin name:
Tinospora sagittata (Oliv.) Gagnep.

Location: 5

Chinese Name

金果欖

Chinese Pinyin

Jin Guo Lan

English Name

Tinospora Root

Family

Menispermaceae

Taste

bitter

Odour

odourless

Clinical Indications

1. Sore throat
2. Carbuncles, boils
3. Diarrhoea, dysentery
4. Epigastric pain

Display Category

Commonly Used TCM

Function Category

Heat-Clearing Drugs

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Eu Yan Sang (HK) Ltd.