Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Peucedani

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Peucedanum decursivum, Maxim

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

zenko

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

chonho

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

cin4  wu4

Other Names:

別名﹕

nen qian hu 嫩前胡, fen qian hu 粉前胡﹐  tu dang gui 土 當 歸 ﹐  ye dang gui 野 當 歸, du huo 獨活

Common Name:

英文名﹕

hogfennel root

Distribution:

產地﹕

Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

bitter, acrid, slightly cold

性微寒，味苦、辛。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung

肺

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for influenza with asthma, thick phlegm, difficult to expel, and for wind heat type of cough with abundance of phlegm.

用於感冒時有氣喘,痰稠,咯痰不爽及風熱鬱肺, 咳嗽痰多等症。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to 9 g

3 ~ 9 克 。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Not to use inqixu (qi deficient)  and anemic conditions.

《本草經疏》：不可施諸氣虛血少之病。