Single Herbs
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Xiao Shi Yao 消食藥 |
| Sub Category | |
| Name | Lai Fu Zi 萊菔子 Radish seed |
| Grown | Throughout China. |
| Source | The dried, ripe seed of Raphanus sativa L. var. hortensis BACKER. |
| Ingredients | |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Properties | Acrid, sweet, neutral |
| Channels | Stomach, spleen, lung |
| Function | Calms productive coughing and wheezing, induces appetite and reduces accumulated food. |
| Clinic Usage | For coughing and wheezing with copious phlegm, stagnant food in stomach and intestines, dysentery, tenesmus, wind-phlegm headache and migraine. |
| Cautions | |
| Dosage | 4.5~9g |
| Storage | Store in a dry, well-ventilated place. (Powders may be stored in a lime urn.) |
