Radix Linderae
April 7, 2009 by Jack
Name: Radix Linderae
Resource: The root ruber of Lindera strychnifolia(Sieb.et Zucc.)Vill.,family Lauraceae.
Characteristic: Root tuber cambiform or catenulate,6-15 cm long,1-3 cm in diameter;cork yellow-brown with remains of fibrous roots or their scars.Prepared by crosscutting,section showing light brown and reddish,many annular striae and radial vascular bundles.Aromatic in odour.Acrid in taste,warm in nature,and attributive to stomach,kidney and urinary bladder channels.
Pharmacodynamics:
1.Activate vital energy circulation,expel cold and alleviate pain:For stagnation of cold and vital energy with fullness and pain in the chest and abdomen,dysmenorrhea and colic of cold type.
2.Warm the kidney and eliminate bladder-cold:For deficiency-cold of kidney and urinary bladder with frequency of micturition and discharge of whitish and turbid urine,usually used together with Rhizoma Dioscoreae,Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae(Pill for Decreasing Urination).
Pharmacological: 1.Promoting the secretion of digestive fluid. 2.Accelerating blood coagulation.
Usage: Decoction:3-9g.
Caution:
