Adenophora

Efficacy: Nourish yin and moisturize the lungs, benefit the stomach and promote fluid production.

Indications: 1. Lung yin deficiency syndrome. This product is sweet and moist but tends to be bitter and cold. It can replenish lung yin and clear lung heat. It is suitable for dry cough with less phlegm, coughing up blood, dry throat and hoarse voice due to yin deficiency and dryness of the lung with heat. It is often used together with similar medicines that nourish yin, moisten the lungs, clear the lungs, relieve coughs, relieve asthma, and soothe the throat, such as Ophiopogon japonicus, South Adenophora ginseng, almonds, mulberry leaves, and Scrophulariaceae.

2． Stomach yin deficiency syndrome. This product can replenish stomach yin, produce fluid and quench thirst, and clear stomach heat. It is suitable for symptoms such as dry mouth and polydipsia due to stomach yin deficiency and heat, hunger and loss of food, dry stools, peeling tongue coating or red tongue with little fluid, stomach pain, bloating, and retching. It is often used together with products that nourish yin and promote fluid production, such as dendrobium, Polygonatum odoratum, and black plum. For those with both stomach yin and spleen deficiency, it should be used together with yin-nourishing, qi-tonifying and spleen-nourishing products such as yam, heterophylla, and polygonatum.

Nature, taste: bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic.

Return to the lung and stomach meridians.

Alternative names: South Adenophora ginseng, Northern Adenophora ginseng (efficacy is better than Nansha ginseng).

Dosage: 9 to 30 grams

Caution: Veratrum veratrum (will enhance the poisonous effect of Veratrum). Contraindicated in cases of deficiency and cold syndrome.

Name research Sea Adenophora, Liaotiao Adenophora, Straw Adenophora, True North Adenophora, Laiyang Adenophora, Laiyang Ginseng, Silver Bar Ginseng, Liaotiao Ginseng, Hojo Ginseng, Wild Coriander Root, Thin Strip Ginseng , coral root, parsnips, round-leaf Adenophora, apricot-leaf Adenophora, broad-leaf Adenophora, bellgrass, four-leaf Adenophora, Lapinus Adenophora, Changbai Adenophora

Explanation of the name also known as White ginseng, anemarrhena, goat's milk, sheep's milk, bellgrass, tiger's beard, and painstaking pains.

The root and indications are: blood accumulation and irritability, removing cold and heat, replenishing the middle and replenishing lung qi. Heat and evil Qi will cause headaches, evil heat in the skin will calm the five internal organs. Long-lasting service will benefit people. Mainly used for dizziness and pain, replenishing Qi and growing muscles. Removes floating wind from the skin, cures sleepiness, nourishes liver qi, and relieves the qi of the five internal organs. Tonifying deficiency, relieving irritability, benefiting the heart and lungs, draining pus, and reducing swelling and toxins. Qingfei fire governs cough and lung failure.

Invention: Shi Zhen said: Ginseng is sweet and warm, and its weight is strong. It is specially designed to replenish the vitality of the spleen and stomach, thus benefiting the lungs and kidneys, and is suitable for those with internal injuries. Adenophora adenophora is sweet, bland and cold, its body is light and weak, and it specializes in nourishing lung qi, thus benefiting the spleen and kidneys, so it is suitable for those whose metal energy is suppressed by fire. One supplements yang to produce yin, and the other supplements yang and controls yang. We must distinguish between them.

Indications

1. Cough due to lung heat. Take half a liang of A. ginseng and decoct it in water.

2. Sudden hernia (colic pain in the lower abdomen and vagina, coming out of nowhere, almost dying). Grind the adenophora into fine pieces, take one teaspoon per serving with wine.

3. Women have leucorrhea. Grind Adenophora into fine pieces and take it for 2 qian each time with rice soup.

Adenophora adenophora is divided into two types: Northern Adenophora and Southern Adenophora

1. Northern Adenophora: (tonifying medicine: yin-tonifying medicine)

Sweet, slightly cold . Returns to the lung and stomach meridians.

Efficacy:

Nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs, benefits the stomach and promotes fluid production.

Applications:

1. Used for dry cough with less phlegm and dry throat caused by yin deficiency and dryness of the lungs or heat damage to the lungs. Can be used alone. In compound recipes, it is often combined with Ophiopogon japonicus and Trichosanthes trichosanthes, such as Adenophora and Ophiopogon japonicus soup.

2. It is used for dry mouth and throat, red tongue with less coating, dry and hard stool caused by heat damage to stomach yin or yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency. It is often used together with medicines that benefit the stomach and promote fluid production, such as Ophiopogon japonicus and Polygonatum odoratum.

[Dosage, usage precautions, contraindications]

9-30 grams.

2. Southern Adenophora: (tonifying medicine: yin-tonifying medicine)

Its nature, flavor and function are similar to those of Northern Adenophora, but its potency is weaker than that of Northern Adenophora. In addition, it has a slight effect of eliminating phlegm and replenishing qi.

It is suitable for dryness of the lung cough and insufficient air and fluid after febrile disease.

The dosage, usage precautions, etc. are the same as those of Adenophora ginseng.

Each expert’s discussion

1. "Inner Mongolia Chinese Herbal Medicine": clearing away heat and detoxifying. Treat sores, carbuncles, swollen poison, yellow water sores, and eczema.

2. "Medicinal Plants in Desert Areas of China": clear away heat, diuretic, and prevent influenza. Treats exogenous fever, edema, and difficulty in urination.