| Pharmaceutical name: | Rhizoma curculiginis |
| Latin botanical name: | Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. |
| Pron. in Japanese: | sembo |
| Pron. in Korean: | sinmo |
| Pron. in Cantonese: | sin mao |
| Other Names: 別名: | xiao xian mao, du jiao si mao, shan zong, di zong, qian nian zong, fan long cao 小仙茅﹐獨腳絲茅﹐山棕﹐地棕﹐千年棕﹐番龍草。. |
| Common Name: | golden eye-grass rhizome |
| Distribution: | Sichuan, Yunan, Guizhou |
| Properties (characteristics):性味: | acrid, hot, mildly toxic 辛，熱。有微毒。 |
| Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經: | kidney, liver, spleen. 腎﹐肝﹐脾。 |
| Actions & Indications: 主治： | Tonifies kidneys, and improve yangxu (yang deficient), strengthen muscles; for impotence, lower back and knee pain, cold chest and abdomen, urinary incontinence due to kidney deficient. 溫腎陽，壯筋骨。 陽萎精冷，遺尿崩漏，心腹冷痛，腰腳冷痺，癰疽火毒。 |
| Medical Function: 藥理: | xian mao alcohol extract possesses effects of: resistance of high temperature, lack of oxygen, adapting high altitude, calming, antioxidant, liver protection, anti-seizures, effect of androgen. 仙茅醇浸劑有: 抗高溫，耐缺氧，適應高原，以及鎮靜﹐抗 氧 化 ﹐ 保 肝 作 用 ﹐ 抗驚厥﹐雄性激素樣作用。 |
| Chemical Ingredients: 化學成份: | to be loaded |
| Dosage: | 3 to 10 g, 3-10 克。 |
| Commonly Used formulae: 常用配方: | to be loaded |
| Modern Research: | antioxidant hepatoprotective effect |
| Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | not to use in case of yinxu (yin deficient) and heat. Not for long term use. 陰虛有熱者忌用。不能長期服用。 |
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