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shb0162 |
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Scientific Name:
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Fructus Xanthii |
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English Name:
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Xanthium |
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Chinese Name:
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²Ô¶ú×Ó |
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Source:
This drug is the fruit of the annual herbaceous plant Xanthium sibiricum Patr. et widd. of famiiy Compositae,distributed throughout China and mainly produced in Jiangxi,Shandong,Hubei and Jiangsu provinces. The herb is collected in autumn,dried in the sun and stir-baked to get rid of hard thorns for use.
Properties:
The herb is pungent and bitter in flavour, warm in nature and acts on the lung channel. Pungent and warm for dispersion,and bitter and warm for removing dampness,it is good at expelling wind-cold-damp pathogens from the exterior to clear channels and relieve pain, and it can remove pathogenic dampness and clear nasal passage. It is indicated for arthralgia due to wind-dampness, headache with rhinorrhea of turbid discharge, headache due to pathogenie wind-cold and other syndromes.
Effects:
Dispersing wind-cold,clearing nasal congestion and removing wind-dampness.
Indications:
1. The herb can be used in combination with ledebouriella root,dahurian angelica root and other drugs to treat wind-cold type of common cold,headache and nasal obstruction I and with magnolia flower, peppermint, dahurian angelica root and other herbs to treat headache with rhinorrhea of turbid discharge and nasal obstruction without smelling. 2. To treat arthralgia due to wind-dampness and pain in the limbs and joints,the herb is often used in combination with herbs for removing wind-dampness. In addition,the herb can also be used to treat itching from Germen measles, sarcoptidosis,tinea and leprosy.
Dosage and Administration:
3-10g. and suitable amount for external applications.
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