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升麻 Shengma
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Chinese Name |
升麻 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Shengma |
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English Name |
Skunk Bugbane Rhizome |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Cimicifugae Rhizoma |
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Category |
Roots and rhizomes |
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Origin |
The dried rhizome of Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom., Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim., Cimicifuga foetida L.(Ranunculaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the northeastern China. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Irregular long lumps, often branched, knotty-shaped, 10~20cm long, 2~4cm diameter. Externally black-brown or brown, rough, with hard remnants of thin rootlet, upper side has numerous round hollow remnants of stem base, inner wall of hole has a reticular pattern, lower side is rough and uneven, with scars of rootlets. Light in weight, hard texture, hard to break, fractured surface is uneven, with cracks, fibrous, yellowish-green or pale yellowish-white. faint odor, slightly bitter and astringent taste. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material has light and loose body, firm texture, black-brown external color and large. |
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Properties |
Acrid, Slightly Acrid, slightly cold. |
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Functions |
Resolves the exterior, vents rashes, clears heat, resolves toxin, raises yang qi. Apply to wind-heat headache, toothache, mouth sore, throat swelling pain, measles does not outthrust, spots due to yang toxin, rectal prolapse, prolapse of uterus. |
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Technical Terms |
'Ghost face sheng ma’: Sheng ma consists of irregular, knotty lumps that are externally black-brown and have numerous round holes from stem scars; where the outer skin has fallen off, reticular veins can be seen. This peculiar and unattractive shape is compared to the face of a ghost, and is also called ‘holes in the gums’.
‘Fire burned sheng ma’: this refers to sheng ma medicinal material that has been processed by burning off the rootlets, which makes the exterior black. Scars from the burned rootlets can be seen. |
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 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Chinese Medicinal Formula Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00101 |
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