Ladybell root (NAN SHA SHEN)-Adenophora tetraphylla-Adenophora axilliflora

Ladybell root (NAN SHA SHEN)

Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. (Fam.Campanulaceae)

Pharmaceutical Name:

Radix Adenophorae

Botanical Name:

Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. or Adenophora axilliflora Borb. (Fam.Campanulaceae)

Common Name:

Ladybell root, bellflower root

Part Used:

Dried root

Radix Adenophorae is produced mainly in the provinces of Anhui, Sichuan, and Jiangsu. The root, which is collected in autumn, is cut into sections, dried in sunlight, and used unprepared.

Properties  Taste & Meridians:

Sweet in flavor, slightly cold in property, acts on the Lung channel.

Functions:

Nourishes Yin and removes Lung Heat, resolve Phlegm, and reinforces Qi.

Indications & Combinations:

For Lung Heat with dry cough, cough with scanty, sticky sputum in pulmonary problems with Yin Deficiency; for Deficiency of Qi and Yin with feverishness and thirst.

Dosage and administration:

9–15 g, decocted in water for internal use.

Precautions:

It is incompatible with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri (Li Lu).

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