Lepidium seed (Tinglizi)
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Lepiddi seu
Descurainiae.
Botanical Name: 1. Lepidium apetalum Willd.; 2. Descurainia
sophia (L.) Webb et prantl
Common Name: Lepidium seed, Descurainia
seed, pepper weed seed, tansy mustard seed.
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The whole plant is harvested in the period of the Beginning
of Summer (seventh solar term) and dried in the sun. Then the seeds are
collected.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, pungent
and very cold
Meridians: Lung and urinary bladder.
Functions: 1. To reduce phlegm in the
lungs and soothe asthma; 2. To promote urination and reduce edema
Indications & Combinations:
1. For cough with copious sputum, stuffy
chest, and asthma due to accumulation of Phlegm in the Lung. For cough with copious sputum, Rebellious Qi,
insomnia, and edema, it is used with Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae (Da Zao) in
“The Decoction of Dispersing the Lung of Semen Lepidii and Fructus Zizyphi
Jujubae” (Ting Li Da Zao Xie Fei Tang).
2. Edema or dysuria. Lepidium seed
(Tinglizi) is used with Tetrandra root (Fangji) and Rhubarb (Dahuang) in the
formula Ji Jiao Li Huang Wan.
Dosage: 3-10
g, decocted in water for an oral dose.
Precautions: None noted.
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