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柴胡 Chaihu
Chinese Name |
柴胡 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Chaihu |
English Name |
Chinese Thorawax Root |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Bupleuri Radix |
Category |
Roots and rhizomes
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Origin |
The dried root of Bupleurum chinense DC. (Apiaceae). |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in Chinese provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shaanxi. |
Macroscopic Features |
Cylindrical or long conical shape, 6~15cm long, 0.3~0.8cm diameter. Root head enlarged, apex has remnants of 3~15 stem bases or short fibrous leaf base, base has branches. Externally dark brown or pale brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, lateral root scars and lenticels. Hard but pliable texture, difficult to break; fractured surface is flaky and fibrous, with a light brown cortex, yellowish-white woody portion. faintly aromatic odor; taste slightly bitter. Superior medicinal material is thick and long, and lacks remnants of rootlets. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is thick and long, and lacks remnants of rootlets. |
Properties |
Bitter; slightly cold. |
Functions |
Harmonizes the interior and exterior, courses the liver, resolves depression, outthrust the exterior, discharge heat, upbears yang, and raises the sunken. Apply to cold and pyrexia, spell of fever and chills, malaria, stagnation f liver and qi, gastric and costal swelling pain, anal prolapsed, uterine prolapse, irregular menses. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00038
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