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Papua New Guinea Polygonatum Rhizome
Product Description
This product is the dried rhizome of Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl., Polygonatum sibiricum Red. or Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua, plants of the Liliaceae family. Depending on their shapes, they are commonly known as "large Polygonatum rhizome", "cock's head Polygonatum rhizome" and "ginger-shaped Polygonatum rhizome". They are dug in spring and autumn. After removing the fibrous roots and washing them clean, they are slightly scalded in boiling water or steamed until thoroughly cooked, and then dried.
【Properties, Flavors and Meridian Tropisms】Sweet in flavor, neutral in nature. It pertains to the spleen, lung and kidney meridians.
【Functions and Indications】Nourish yin, strengthen the spleen, moisten the lung and benefit the kidney. It is used for deficiency of the spleen and stomach qi, physical fatigue and weakness, insufficiency of yin fluid, dry mouth and less saliva, dry cough due to lung deficiency, coughing with bloody sputum due to consumptive cough, insufficiency of essence and blood, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, premature graying of hair and beard, and internal heat with thirst.