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Pharmaceutical name: |
Radix
Codonopsitis Pilosulae |
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Biological name: |
Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. |
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Pronounced
in Japanese: |
tojin |
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Pronounced
in Korean: |
tangsam |
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Pronounced
in Cantonese: |
dong
sam |
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Common
Name: |
codonopsis root |
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Distribution: |
Shanxi,
Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, and most of northeaster part of China |
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Properties
(characteristics) |
sweet,
neutral |
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Channels
(meridians) entered: |
lungs,
spleen |
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Actions &
Indications: |
tonifies middle jiao, enhances qi (lack of appetite, fatigue,
diarrhea, vomiting, polapse of uterus, stomach, rectum due to
pi qi deficient). |
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Samples of
formulae: |
shi quan da bu tang, si jun zi tang, |
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Chemical
ingredients: |
alpha-spnasterol,
delta7-stigmastenol, stigmasterol, beta-D-glucose-saponin,
delta7-stigmastenol-beta-D-gulcoside, alpha-spinasterol-beta-D-glucoside,
delta7-stigmasternone-3, stigmasta-7, 22-dien-3-one,
stigmasta-5,22-dine-3-one.
inulin, fructose, Cp-1, Cp-2,
Cp-3, Cp-4, n-hexyl-beta-D-gulucopy-ranoside, ethyl-alpha-D-fructofuranoside
Choline, n-butyl-allophanate,
codopiloic acid, 3-carboxy-3,4,5,6-tertrahydoxazine,
6-hydroxy-2-pyridinemethanol, pyridine, nicotine
(more to upload) |
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Dosage: |
9~30 g
per day |
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Cautions: |
incompatible with li lu (Veratrum nigrum L.) |
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