-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticAnemarrhena
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Botanical name |
Anemarrhena asphodeloides |
| Pin yin name | Zhi Mu | |
| Pin yin description | (this herb was originally named for a worm, Di Chong, that the smaller lateral roots looked like, so the herb was called the source (mother; mu) of Di Chong or Di Mu; later, the first character was misread as Zhi (to know), hence the current name Zhi Mu, which has no particular meaning) | |
| Other common names | Common Anemarrhena | |
| Part used | Rhizome (collected in spring and autumn, with fibrous roots removed; the rhizome may be peeled) | |
| Taste | Bitter, Sweet | |
| Nature | Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Clear heat and purge fire, nourish yin and moisten dryness, clear lung and stomach heat | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Fever not accompanied by chills, irritability, thirst, and large pulse, all indicating heat in the qi stage (early stage) of febrile disease; cough due to lung heat or deficiency of yin; fever with night sweats due to deficiency of yin; diabetic syndrome due to deficiency of yin | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None | |
| Herb drug interactions | None | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Diarrhoea due to spleen deficiency | |
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