-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticAsparagus Root
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Botanical name |
Asparagus lucidus |
| Pin yin name | Tian Men Dong | |
| Pin yin description | (In ancient times, men referred to luxuriant growth; dong, which itself means winter, refers to the name of another herb similar to this one, Mai Men Dong from Ophiopogon japonicus; tian means heaven or heavenly; this is the heavenly luxuriant plant that is similar to ophiopogon, a plant that has the same basic uses; ophiopogon is less cold in nature than asparagus) | |
| Other common names | Shiny Asparagus | |
| Part used | Root (dug up in autumn and winter, with stem and rootlet remnants removed; then boiled or steamed until the center is clarified, and then peeled) |
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| Taste | Sweet, Bitter | |
| Nature | Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Clear heat of the lungs and cause uprising fire to descend, supplement yin and moisten dryness | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Lung yin deficiency, with symptoms of dry cough, sticky and blood-tinged sputum, and perspiration; impairment of body fluids, with symptoms such as dry tongue and thirst, due to feverish disease or diabetes; deficiency of kidney yin, with symptoms of fever and night sweating; constipation due to dry intestines | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None | |
| Herb drug interactions | None | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Cold due to deficiency of spleen and stomach with loss of appetite and diarrhoea; cough due to wind-cold | |
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