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Different Leaves Pseudostellaria

Different Leaves Pseudostellaria
Name
Different Leaves Pseudostellaria
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Pseudostellariae Radix
Chinese Name
太子参
Category
Roots and rhizomes

Different Leaves PseudostellariaMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in the chines provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui.
Macroscopic Features
Thin and long fusiform or strip-like shape, about 2~6cm long, about 3~6mm diameter, externally yellowish-white, translucent, with longitudinal wrinkles and indented rootlet scars, root head is blunt round, often remains stem scars on the upper portion, lower portion gradually thin like rat tail. Brittle texture and easily broken, fractured surface is yellowish-white or off-white, directly sun-dried surface is white, powdery. faint odor, slightly sweet taste.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is fat and moistened, yellowish-white, without rootlets.
Properties
Sweet, slightly bitter, slightly warm
Functions
Supplements spleen and lung, promotes qi, engenders fluid. Apply to cough due to lung deficiency, lack of food intake due to spleen deficiency, palpitations, palpitation, edema, diabetes, tired spirit.
Origin
The dried tuberous root of Pseudostellaria heterophylla (Miq.) Pax et Hoffm. (Caryophyllaceae).
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