Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:
The
four to six year old rhizomes are dug in the late summer or at the
beginning of autumn.After
the fibrous roots have been removed, the rhizomes are cut into pieces and
dried in the sun.
Meridian:
Spleen
and stomach
Functions:
To
warm the spleen and stomach and stop pain
Indications and Combinations:
1. Cold
and qi stagnation manifested as epigastric and abdominal pain.
*Use with
Cyperus tuber (Xiangfu) in the formula Liang Fu Wan.
2.
Cold
in the stomach manifested as vomiting.
*Use
with Pinellia tuber (Banxia) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang).
