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麥冬 Maidong
Chinese Name |
麥冬 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Maidong |
English Name |
Dwarf Lilyturf Root Tuber |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Ophiopogonis Radix |
Category |
Roots and rhizomes
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Origin |
The dried tuberous root of Ophiopogon japonicas (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl.(Liliaceae) |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Zhejiang. |
Macroscopic Features |
Zhe mai dong: tuberous fusiform, 1.5~3.5cm long, middle diameter is 3~7mm. Externally earth-yellow or yellowish-white, with relatively deep irregular thin longitudinal wrinkles, sometimes one end has thin and small exposed stele. Pliable texture, fractured surface is off-white, center has thin and small round stele which can be pulled out when fresh. faintly aromatic odor, slightly sweet and astringent, sticky when chewed. Chuan mai dong: tuberous root is relatively small, externally milky-white. Slightly hard texture, faintly odor, tasteless, not sticky when chewed. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is full, thin skin, glucose-like, thin woody heart, pale yellowish-white inner and outer, without oily. |
Properties |
Sweet, slightly bitter; cool |
Functions |
Nourishes yin, engenders fluid, moistens lung, stops cough, clear heart, eliminates vexation. Apply to damage of body fluid due to heat disease, vexation, thirst, dry throat due to lung heat, cough, and tuberculosis. |
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Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00084
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