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Common Onemarrhena Rhizome



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Product Introduction


This product is the dried rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bge., a plant of the Liliaceae family. It is dug in spring and autumn. After removing the fibrous roots and sediment, it is dried in the sun, commonly known as "hairy Zhimu"; alternatively, the outer skin is removed before drying.

【Properties, Flavors and Meridian Tropisms】Bitter and sweet in flavor, cold in nature. It pertains to the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.

【Functions and Indications】Clear heat and purge fire, nourish yin and moisten dryness. It is used for exogenous febrile diseases, high fever with restlessness and thirst, dry cough due to lung heat, hectic fever due to yin deficiency, internal heat with thirst, and constipation due to intestinal dryness.