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核桃仁 Hetaoren
Chinese Name |
核桃仁 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Hetaoren |
English Name |
Walnut Meat |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Juglandis Semen |
Category |
Fruits and seeds
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Origin |
The dried mature seed of Juglans regia L.(Juglandacese) |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Xinjiang, Hebei, Shanxi. |
Macroscopic Features |
Mostly are broken, irregular lumps, wrinkled grooves, and uneven sizes. Intact one is sub-spherical. Seed coat is pale yellow or yellowish-brown, membranous, with dark brown vascular bundle lines; cotyledons are white. Brittle and oily texture. faint odor; sweet taste; seed coat tastes astringent and slightly bitter. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is yellow, large, full, and oily. |
Properties |
Sweet; warm. |
Functions |
Supplements the kidney, warms the lung, moistens the intestines. Apply to deficiency of kidney yang, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, impotence, emissions, constipation induced by dryness of the intestine. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00228
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