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Botanical name |
Armillaria mellea |
| Pin yin name | Mi Huan Jun or Tian Ma Mi Huan Jun | |
| Pin yin description | (Mi is honey, huan is rich and abundant, jun is a mushroom; this is the mushroom richly tasting of honey; Tian Ma refers to Gastrodia elata, an orchid; this mushroom grows symbiotically with gastrodia and has the same properties as gastrodia, it is commonly used as a substitute for gastrodia) | |
| Other common names | Gastrodia Mushroom, Honey Mushroom | |
| Part used | Mycelium (grown in batch culture, using simple sugar solution as the medium) |
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| Taste | Sweet | |
| Nature | Neutral | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Calms the liver to extinguish internal wind and restrain floating yang | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Symptoms of internal wind agitation, such as spasms, convulsions, and epilepsy; preponderance of liver yang, with symptoms of headache and vertigo; pain due to wind-damp; numbness of limbs and difficulty of movement of the extremities | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None | |
| Herb drug interactions | None | |
| TCM and other contraindications | None | |
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