Pinyin Name: Nan

Di' ancai

Zhu (surname)

Alias: daytime bamboo, Tianzhu, Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Diamond Yellow, Tianzhu and Nantianzhu.

Nandina domestica, a traditional Chinese medicine, belongs to Nandina domestica of Berberidaceae.

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Roots, stems and fruits of dill. Used as medicine. Roots and stems can be harvested, sliced and dried all year round. Pick fruits in autumn and winter and dry them.

Sexual taste and meridian tropism

Fruit: bitter, flat. A little poisonous.

Roots and stems: bitter, cold.

Efficacy and function

Fruit: relieving cough and asthma. Indications: cough, asthma and whooping cough.

Rhizome: clearing away heat and dampness, dredging meridians and activating collaterals. Indications: common cold and fever, conjunctivitis, cough due to lung heat, damp-heat jaundice, acute gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection and traumatic injury.

Application mode

Root and stem 0.3 ~1; Fruit is 3 yuan.