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Giant Typhonium Tuber

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Typhonii Rhizoma

Chinese Name

白附子

Category

Roots and rhizomes

Giant Typhonium TuberMore Info

Production Regions

Primarily produced in Chinese province of Gansu, Henan, Hubei.

Macroscopic Features

Tuberous is oval or egg-shaped. 2~5cm long, 1~3cm diameter. Externally white or yellowish-white, presents rings and rootlet scars; apex has remnants of stem scars or bud scars. Hard texture, white fracture surfaces, powdery. faint odor. Bland taste, numbing and irritating to the tongue.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material is large, firm, white and powdery.

Properties

Acrid, sweet, warm, toxic.

Functions

Drying dampness, relieve phlegm, expelling wind and relive convulsion, detoxicating, remove stasis, relive pain.

Origin

The dried tuberous rhizome of Typhonium gigantum Engl. (Araceae).

Giant Typhonium TuberHerbs in the formula

Symmetry-Correcting Powder

Action：Dispels wind and dissolves phlegm, unblocks the collaterals and arrests convulsion.

Indication：Qian Zheng San is indicated for wind attacking the channels and collaterals on the head and face characterized by deviation of the mouth and eyes, facial muscle twitch, and a light red tongue body with a white tongue coating.

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True Jade Powder

Action：Dispels wind and dissolves phlegm, relieves spasms and arrests convulsion.

Indication：Yu Zhen San is indicated for tetanus. The symptoms are lockjaw, tightly-closed mouth and lips, stiff body, opisthotonus, and a wiry, tight pulse; there could even be gnashed teeth and a contracted tongue.

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