This product is the dried root of the Solanaceae plant Funnel vesicle grass. It is mainly produced in Henan and Shanxi. Harvested in spring, fibrous roots removed, washed, and dried. Mash when used. It is better to have a solid body and a white cross-section.
[Trait characteristics].It is long conical or cylindrical, slightly curved, some branched, 10 20 cm long, 1 2 2 cm in diameter5cm。The surface is brown, with yellowish-white transverse porous protrusions, fibrous root marks and longitudinal wrinkles, and the upper part has ring lines. There are often 1 to several rhizomes at the apex, with stem marks and wart-like protrusions. Hard, cross-sectional white or yellowish-white, narrow skin, broad wood, fine radial texture can be seen. It has tobacco gas, a slightly bitter taste, and a slightly numb tongue. It is better to have a full body, golden color and fine stripes, white cross-sectional color, sugar-like smell, sweet and slightly bitter.
[Sexual taste and return to the scriptures].Sweet, slightly bitter, warm;Poisonous. Return to the lungs and heart meridians.
[Functions and Indications].Warm the lungs and dispel phlegm, relieve asthma and cough, and calm the nerves. It is used for cold phlegm, wheezing, cough, palpitations and insomnia.
[Utility Analysis].Huashan ginseng is warm and enters the lung meridian. It can warm the lungs and dispel phlegm, relieve asthma and cough, and is suitable for wheezing and coughing of cold phlegm and lungs, and the phlegm is more and more thin. Huashan ginseng is sweet in taste, returns to the heart meridian, has a good calming effect and anticonvulsive effect, and is used for phlegm turbidity disturbing the heart, palpitations and insomnia.
[Example of over-the-counter medicine].
Huashan ginseng slices
Medicinal composition: Huashan ginseng.
Function and indications: warm lungs and relieve asthma, cough and expectoration. It is used for coughing, wheezing, and thinning phlegm caused by cold phlegm cessation and lung violations;Chronic bronchitis and wheezing tracheitis are seen in the above syndromes.
Reviewer: Liu Ruifeng, Chief Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan People's Hospital.
Author: Liao Qixin, chief pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Zhongshan People's Hospital.