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土荊皮 Tujingpi
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Chinese Name |
土荊皮 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Tujingpi |
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English Name |
Golden Larch Root - bark or Bark |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Pseudolaricis Cortex |
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Category |
Tree barks and root barks |
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Origin |
The dried root bark or the bark near the root of Pseudolarix kaempferi Gord.(Pinaceae). |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Fujian. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Irregular long strips, wrinkled and slightly rolled, uneven size, 2~5mm thick. Externally grayish-yellow, rough, with wrinkles and grayish-white horizontal lenticels, rough skin often falls off and is scale-like, reddish-brown where the skin has fallen off. Inner surface is yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, flat, with fine longitudinal lines. Pliable texture, fractured surface cracks and falls off by layers. faint odor, bitter taste and astringent. Tree bark is flake-like, about 8mm thick, relatively thick rough skin; the outer surface is cracked and the inner surface is relatively rough. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is thick, long, firm. |
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Properties |
Acrid, warm, toxic. |
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Functions |
Kills worms, relieves itching. Apply to itching scabies and tinea. |
| Link |
 Medicinal Plant Images Database
Phytochemical Image Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00353 |
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