Yuan Zhi (Zhi)
Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae seu Sibiricae (cum glycyrrhiza praeparat.)远志(炙)
- Nature
- Warm
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Bitter, Sour
- Meridians
- Heart, Kidney, Lung
- Class
- Heart-Nourishing and Spirit-Quieting Medicinals (Yang Xin An Shen Yao)Spirit-Quieting Medicinals (An Shen Yao)
- Dosage
- 3–10 g
Actions / Functions
- Yuan Zhi (Zhi): the Sheng form is not used for being too irritating for the gastric mucosa
- Calms the Heart
- Quiets the Spirit
- Nurtures Heart Blood
- Stops cough
- Opens the Orifices and awakens the Spirit
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Dissipates lumps
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction – topic use)
- Dissipates lumps (topic use)