| Pharmaceutical name: 英文药名： | Semen Cuscutae Chinensis |
| Latin botanical name: 拉丁名： | Cuscuta chinensis Lam., C. japonica Choisy |
| Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音： | toshishi |
| Pron. in Korean: 韩語發音： | tosacha |
| Pron. in Cantonese: 粤語發音： | to si ji |
| Common Name: 英文名： | cuscuta |
| Distribution: 分佈： | Jiangsu, Liaoning, Jiling, Hebei, shandong, Henan provinces of China. 江蘇、遼寧、吉林、河北、山東、河南省等地區。 |
| Properties (characteristics)： 性味： | acrid, sweet, neutral 辛，甘，平。 |
| Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經： | kidney, liver 肝，腎 |
| Actions & Indications: 主治: | tonifies kidneys, liver and spleen, improve yin; for shenyangxu, pixu, calming fetus, for habitual miscarriage. 口苦躁渴，陽痿，遺精，血尿，小便淋瀝，大便溏薄，神經衰弱，習慣性流產。 |
| Medical Function: | to be loaded |
| Chemical ingredients: 化学成分： | to be loaded |
| Dosage: | 9 to 15 g. |
| Samples of formulae: | wu zi yan zong wan 五子衍宗丸 For treatment of threatened abortion: Prescription: tu zi zi , xu duan, e jiao, dang shen, bai zhu. Treated 110 patients. Take herb once a day for 10 days. Effective rate: 96.36% 治療先兆流產的作用：菟絲子與續 斷、阿膠、黨 參、白 朮等配伍，治療先兆流產110例，病人每日服藥一次，共10天，總有效率為96.36%。[1] |
| Modern Research: | to be loaded |
| Cautions: | not to use in blood deficient and yinxu with fire. 血虛及火熱者忌服。 “腎家多火，強陽不痿，大便燥結者忌菟絲子。”《 本草從新 》 |
