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This product is the root and rhizome of the Patrinia family plant, Chinese Nardostachys Root and Rhizome (Nardostachys chinensis Batal.) or Broadleaf Nardostachys Root (Nardostachys jatamanse DC.). Chinese Nardostachys Root and Rhizome is distributed in the southwestern part of the mainland, while Broadleaf Nardostachys Root is found in regions such as Tibet.

bubble_chart Morphological Characteristics

Chinese Nardostachys Root and Rhizome (Kaibao Bencao), a perennial dwarf herb, the plant has a strong Knotty Pine Wood oil-like fragrance, 20-35 cm tall. The upper part of the stem is slightly covered with short hairs, with a few brown fibrous leaf base fibers near the root. The basal leaves are few, usually 6-9 leaves per cluster, the leaf blades are narrowly linear oblanceolate or oblanceolate, 7-18 cm long, 0.4-1 cm wide, blunt at the apex, gradually narrowing below the middle, slightly petiolate, slightly expanded at the base into a sheath, entire, veins indistinct, smooth and hairless on both sides; stem leaves 3-4 pairs, base not narrowed into a petiole, 2-6 cm long, smaller towards the top. Flowers in capitate cymes, with 2 long ovate bracts below the inflorescence. Flowers light pink; with 3 ovate entire bracts at the base; calyx small, 1 mm long; corolla broadly tubular, base of the tube abruptly constricted on one side, apex 5-lobed, slightly unequal, lobes rounded at the apex; stamens 4; attached to the base of the corolla tube, longer than the corolla, filaments mostly hairy, smooth at the top, anthers nearly transverse; ovary inferior, style slender slightly exceeding the corolla, stigma funnel-shaped. Achenes obovate, 1-locular; seed 1, persistent calyx small and inconspicuous. Flowering in August. Grows in alpine grassland areas.

Broad-leaved Nardostachys Root, a perennial herb, 15-30 cm tall. Rhizome short, base with persistent fine linear brown leaf base fibers. Leaves basal, leaf blades oblanceolate or long spoon-shaped, blunt at the apex, gradually narrowing below the middle into a petiole, entire, with 3 veins. Flowers in cymose capitate inflorescences; flower stems with 2 leaf-like bracts, lanceolate; flower stems with 2 rows of symmetrical white short hairs on both sides; corolla broadly tubular, light pink, apex light pink; sepals 5-toothed. Achenes obovate or flattened.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, warm.

1. Kaibao Bencao: "sweet, warm, nontoxic."
2. Tangye Bencao: "neutral."
3. Bencao Congxin: "acrid and sweet, warm."
4. Jiangxi "Chinese Herbal Medicine": "sweet, warm, slightly toxic."

Act on spleen and stomach meridians.

1. Bencao Huiyan: "act on foot taiyin and yangming meridians."
2. Bencao Zaixin I>: "act on heart and spleen meridians."

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulating qi and relieving pain, invigorating the spleen and strengthening the stomach.

bubble_chart Indications

Treats stomachache, chest and abdominal distension and fullness, headache, □ disease, and beriberi.

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1. Bencao Shiyi: "Primarily used for fumigating skin to treat dullness and darkness, wind-induced dental caries, and hemorrhoids. ... It works well with Dahurian Angelica and Aconite Lateral Root. When paired with kaempferia rhizome, it aids digestion and strengthens the spleen; with Dahurian Angelica, it moves qi to relieve pain; with degelatined deer-horn, it regulates qi and alleviates depression; with Lotus Leaf, it draws out dampness and toxins."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: "Treats heart and abdominal distension and fullness, lowering qi."
3. Kaibao Bencao: "Primarily used for malign qi, sudden heart and abdominal pain and fullness."
4. Gangmu: "Treats beriberi and knee swelling, used in decoction for washing."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 0.8-1.5 qian; or take in pill or powder form. For external use: gargle with water infusion or wash with decoction.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Those with qi deficiency and blood heat should avoid taking it.

1. Bencao Congxin: "Pungent and fragrant substances deplete qi, so those with deficiency should avoid them."

bubble_chart Processing and Storage

Remove impurities, rinse quickly with water, remove, cut into sections, and dry.

bubble_chart Selected Prescriptions

1. For various gastrointestinal pains: Chinese nardostachys root and rhizome, Aucklandia Root, Magnolia Bark. Decoct and take. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica)
2. For nervous stomachache: Chinese nardostachys root and rhizome, Cyperus, Aquilaria. Decoct and take. (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica)
3. For phlegm dizziness: Fermented Pinellia, Arisaema, each two liang, Nardostachys Root one liang, aged tangerine peel one and a half liang. Grind into fine powder, cook with water and flour to form pills, the size of phoenix tree seeds. Take twenty pills each time, with Fresh Ginger Rhizome decoction, after meals. (Jifeng Puji Fang Rosin Pill)
4. For □ disease, neurasthenia, gastrointestinal spasms, etc.: Nardostachys Root six qian, Guangpi one and a half qian. Soak in 500 ml of boiling water for three hours (boil once every half hour). Divide into twelve doses, take six times a day. (Jiangxi "Chinese Herbal Medicine Studies")
5. For kidney deficiency toothache: Nardostachys Root, Sulfur, equal parts. Grind into fine powder, soak in Bai Fei decoction, gargle. (Puji Fang)
6. For damp beriberi, drawing out damp toxins: Nardostachys Root, Lotus Leaf heart, Gaoben. Decoct the three ingredients and wash with the decoction. (Puji Fang Nardostachys Root Decoction)