Ladybell root (NAN SHA SHEN)
Pharmaceutical Name:
Radix Adenophorae
Botanical Name:
Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb.) Fisch. or Adenophora axilliflora Borb. (Fam.Campanulaceae)
Common Name:
Ladybell root, bellflower root
Part Used:
Dried root
Radix Adenophorae is produced mainly in the provinces of Anhui, Sichuan, and Jiangsu. The root, which is collected in autumn, is cut into sections, dried in sunlight, and used unprepared.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Sweet in flavor, slightly cold in property, acts on the Lung channel.
Functions:
Nourishes Yin and removes Lung Heat, resolve Phlegm, and reinforces Qi.
Indications & Combinations:
For Lung Heat with dry cough, cough with scanty, sticky sputum in pulmonary problems with Yin Deficiency; for Deficiency of Qi and Yin with feverishness and thirst.
Dosage and administration:
9–15 g, decocted in water for internal use.
Precautions:
It is incompatible with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri (Li Lu).
