Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu)
Pharmaceutical
Name: Rhizoma Anemarrhenae.
Botanical
Name: Anemarrhena asphodeloides
Bge.
Common
Name: Anemarrhena rhizome.
Source
of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing.
Part
Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The rhizomes are
gathered in spring or autumn. After the fibrous roots have been removed, the
rhizomes are cleaned, dried and soaked in water. Finally, the skin is peeled
off, cut into slices and baked with salt.
Properties
& Taste: Sweet, bitter and cold.
Meridians:
Lung, stomach and kidney.
Functions:
1. To clear heat and reduce fire; 2. To nourish yin and moisten dryness
Indications
& Combinations:
1. Excessive heat at the qi level:
Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu) is used with Gypsum (Shigao) in the formula Baihu
Tang.
2. Cough due to heat in the lungs or dry
cough due to deficient yin: Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu) is used with
Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) in the formula Ermu San.
3. Deficient yin of the lungs and kidneys
with heat signs manifested as afternoon fever, night sweating and feverish
sensation of the palms, soles and chest: Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu) is
used with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai).
4. Diabetes manifested as extreme thirst and
hunger and profuse urine: Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu) is used with
Trichosanthes root (Tianhuafen), Schisandra fruit (Wuweizi), Ophiopogon root
(Maidong) and Pueraria root (Gegen) in the formula Yuye Tang.
Dosage:
6-12 g
Cautions
& Contraindications: This herb is contraindicated in diarrhea due
to weakness of the spleen.
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