Chinese name:

Source:

Glehniae Radix - root

Nature:

• slightly cold

Taste:

• sweet

Tropism:

• lungs
• stomach (spleen)

Direction of action:

• descending

Effects

• nourishes lung Yin
• generates stomach fluids

Dosage:

• 9 – 15 g, standard 10 g

Contraindications:

• do not use for cough due to wind-cold, cold phlegm, and deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach