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水飛薊 Shuifeiji
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Chinese Name |
水飛薊 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Shuifeiji |
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English Name |
Blessed Thistle Fruit |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Silybi Fructus |
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Category |
Fruits and seeds |
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Origin |
The dried whole herb and achene of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaerth.(Asteraceae) |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Heilongjiang, Hebei. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Long inverse oval or elliptical shape, externally pale grayish-brown to black-brown, smooth, with thin longitudinal pattern; apex is blunt round, slightly wide, with one circle, center has spotted remnants of style, base is slightly narrow. Hard texture, 2 cotyledons after being broken. Pale yellowish-white, oily. faint odor, tasteless. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is pale yellowish-white, oily. |
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Properties |
Bitter, cool |
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Functions |
Clears heat, resolves toxin, comforts liver, promotes gall bladder. Apply to damp-heat of live and gall bladder, hypochondrium pain, jaundice. |
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 Medicinal Plant Images Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00256 |
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