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燈心草 Dengxincao
Chinese Name |
燈心草 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Dengxincao |
English Name |
Common Rush Pith or Herba |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Junci Medulla |
Category |
Whole herbs
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Origin |
The dried pith of Juncus effuses L.(Juncaceae). |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Jiangsu, Sichuan, Fujian. |
Macroscopic Features |
Thin cylindrical, up to 90cm long, 1~3mm diameter; externally white or pale yellowish-white. Observed with magnification, one can see raised thin longitudinal wrinkles and sponge-like thin little holes, slightly lustrous. Light and soft texture, flexible, easily broken when pulled; fractured surface is not smooth, white. faint odor. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is long, thick, strong, white, flexible. |
Properties |
Sweet, tasteless; slightly cold. |
Functions |
Disinhibiting diuresis and relieving strangury, clearing heart fire. Apply to strangury, edema, difficulty of urination, oliguria and pain, damp-heat jaundice, insomnia due to vexation, nocturnal fretfulness in infants, throat impediment, sore of mouth and tongue, trauma. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00268
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