Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕	Radix Peucedani
Botanical name: 學名﹕	Peucedanum decursivum, Maxim
Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕	zenko
Pron. in Korean: 韓語發音﹕	chonho
Pron. in Cantonese: 粵音﹕
Other Names: 別名﹕	nen qian hu 嫩前胡, fen qian hu 粉前胡﹐  tu dang gui 土 當 歸 ﹐  ye dang gui 野 當 歸, du huo 獨活
Common Name: 英文名﹕	hogfennel root
Distribution: 產地﹕	Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan
Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕	bitter, acrid, slightly cold 性微寒，味苦、辛。
Channels (meridians) entered:   歸經﹕	lung 肺
Medical functions: 藥理﹕
Actions & Indications: 主治﹕	for influenza with asthma, thick phlegm, difficult to expel, and for wind heat type of cough with abundance of phlegm. 用於感冒時有氣喘,痰稠,咯痰不爽及風熱鬱肺, 咳嗽痰多等症。
Chemical ingredients: 化學成份﹕	nodakenin 紫花前胡甙 decursin 紫花前胡素 decursidin 紫花前胡次素 marmesin 印枳素 3’-isovaleroyl-0-angeloyl-3’，4’-dihydroxanthyletin 3’- 異 戊酚- 4’- 0- 當 歸 酰- 3’，4’- 二氢花椒樹 皮素 umbelliferone 傘 形花内酯
Dosage: 用量﹕	3 to 9 g 3 ~ 9 克 。
Samples of formulae :處方舉例﹕
Modern Research: 現代研究﹕
Toxicity & Cautions: 毒素與禁忌﹕	Not to use in qixu (qi deficient)  and anemic conditions. 《本草經疏》：不可施諸氣虛血少之病。