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金蕎麥 Jinqiaomai
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Chinese Name |
金蕎麥 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Jinqiaomai |
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English Name |
Wild Buckwheat Rhizome |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Fagopyri Dibotrydis Rhizoma |
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Category |
Roots and rhizomes |
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Origin |
The dried rhizome of Fagopyrum dibotrys (D. Don) Hara (Polygonaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Rhizomes in an irregular cluster, often with bulbous branches, uneven length and size, diameter 1~4cm. Externally brown to grayish-brown, with dense round joints and irregular longitudinal wrinkles, and numerous rootlets or scars of rootlets; apex has remnants of stem. Hard texture, not easily broken, cut surface is pale yellowish-white to yellowish-brown, with radial striations and pith at the center. faint odor, slightly astringent taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is hard, large. |
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Properties |
Slightly Acrid, astringent; cool |
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Functions |
Clears heat, resolves toxin, invigorates blood, resolves abscess, dispels wind-damp and sore, snake and insect bites. Apply to pulmonary abscess, cough due to lung heat, throat swelling pain, diarrhea, wind-damp impediment, injuries from falls, swollen abscess and cancer. |
| Link |
 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00078 |
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