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牛膝 Niuxi
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Chinese Name |
牛膝 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Niuxi |
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English Name |
Common Achyranthes |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Achyranthis Bidentatae Radix |
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Category |
Roots and rhizomes |
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Origin |
The dried root of Achyranthes bidentata Bl.(Amaranthaceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Thin and long cylindrical, some slightly curved, upper portion is slightly thick, lower portion is relatively thin, 15~50cm long, 0.4~1cm diameter. Externally grayish-yellow or pale brown, with thin longitudinal wrinkles, tiny horizontal lenticels and scattered thin root scars. Hard and brittle texture, easily broken, fractured surface is flat, yellowish-brown, slightly horn-like, center cambium has relatively large xylem, yellowish-white, surrounding numerous spotted vascular bundles, in 2~4 round arrangement. faint odor, slightly sweet and astringent. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is long, thin skin, fat flesh, yellowish-white color. |
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Properties |
Bitter, sour, neutral |
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Functions |
Supplements liver and kidney, strengthens sinew and bone, invigorates blood, frees channels, conducts the blood to move downward, promotes urination. Apply to sour pain of waist and knees, tired and soft of lower limbs, blood stasis and amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain after giving birth, aggregation-accumulation, retention of placenta after giving birth, heat strangury, blood strangury, injury of trauma, abscess swelling and sore, throat swelling and pain. |
| Link |
 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=B00016 |
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