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白頭翁 Baitouweng
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Chinese Name |
白頭翁 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Baitouweng |
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English Name |
Chinese Pulsatilla Root |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Pulsatillae Radix |
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Category |
Roots and rhizomes |
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Origin |
The dried root of Pulsatilla chinensis (Bge.) Regel. (Ranunculaceae). |
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Production Regions |
Primarily Produced in Anhui, Henan, and the northern and northeastern Provinces of China. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Root is long cylindrical or conical, slightly curved, or slightly twisted and screwed; 5~20cm long, 0.5~2cm diameter. Externally yellowish-brown or brown, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles or grooves, sometimes 2~3 branches in the middle; cortex easily falls off and exPoses a yellow xylem, often rotten to a concave hole and Presenting raised longitudinal reticular fissured lines; the head of root is enlarged, often with branches, with remnants of a sheath-shaPed Petiole and white downy hairs. Hard and brittle texture, flat fractured surface; Phloem is yellowish-white; xylem is yellow; sometimes a gaP in the middle of Phloem and xylem. faint odor; taste slightly bitter and astringent. |
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Quality Requirements |
SuPerior medicinal material is thick, long, and firm. |
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Properties |
Bitter, cold. |
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Functions |
Clears hear, resolves toxin, cools the blood, relieves dysentery, eliminating damPness and destroying Parasites. APPly to heat dysentery, ePistaxis, hemorrhoid hemorrhage, leucorrhea, Pudendum itch, ulcer and carbuncle, struma. |
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Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00027 |
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