Long conical or long cylindrical, gradually tapering towards the lower part, some slightly tortuous, 15~30cm long, 0.5~2cm in diameter. Externally grayish-brown, rugged, with longitudinal wrinkles, numerous transverse-elongated lenticels and dotted raised rootlet scars. Root stock with obvious dense annulations, some annulations marked by brown hair-like remains of leaf bases. Texture light, easily broken, fracture uneven, bark brownish and cracked, wood yellowish. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.
It is slightly warm in nature but without dryness, and moderate sweet in taste with mild effects; it is considered as one of the medicines for dispersing the wind but with moisturizing effect; it can be indicated in exterior syndrome either with wind-cold or with wind-heat. For the treatment of syndrome of wind-cold, it is often combined with Henthae, Folium Mori; for the treatment of urticaria, skin itching, with Herba Schizonepetae, Fdructus Arctii, Fructus Tribuli, etc.
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What is Radix Saposhnikoviae and its applications?
Basic Botanical Data of Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fang Feng):
Radix Saposhnikoviae
Radix Saposhnikoviae Divaricatae
English: Divaricata Saposhnikovia Root
Botanical Source: Dry root of Saposhnikovia divaricata(Turcz.) Schischk.
Pinyin: Fang Feng
Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root is the dried root of Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. (Fam. Umbelliferae).
Habitat:wide spread at grass land,hill and moutains, origin from Neimenggu,Hebei province of china.
Collection: Dig out spring or autumn,dry and store.
Storage: Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moth.
General Description of Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fang Feng):
Long conical or long cylindrical, gradually tapering towards the lower part, some slightly tortuous, 15~30cm long, 0.5~2cm in diameter. Externally grayish-brown, rugged, with longitudinal wrinkles, numerous transverse-elongated lenticels and dotted raised rootlet scars. Root stock with obvious dense annulations, some annulations marked by brown hair-like remains of leaf bases. Texture light, easily broken, fracture uneven, bark brownish and cracked, wood yellowish. Odour, characteristic; taste, sweetish.
Nature and Affinity:Pungent and sweet to the taste, warm in nature, and distributed to the Urinary Bladder, Lung and Spleen Channels.
Action: To induce diaphoresis, to dispel wind, to alleviate rheumatic conditions, and to relieve spasm.
Indications: Headache in colds; urticaria; rheumatic arthralgia; tetanus.
Main Active Ingredient of Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fang Feng):
1. Dispelling pathogenic wind and dispersing exopathogens from superficies of the body:
It is used in treating the exterior syndromes especially for those patients with severe headache and pantalgia.The is slightly warm in nature but without dryness, and moderate sweet in taste with mild effects; it is considered as one of the medicines for dispersing the wind but with moisturizing effect; it can be indicated in exterior syndrome either with wind-cold or with wind-heat. For the treatment of syndrome of wind-cold, it is often combined with Henthae, Folium Mori; for the treatment of urticaria, skin itching, with Herba Schizonepetae, Fdructus Arctii, Fructus Tribuli, etc.
2. Rresolving dampness and arresting soreness:
It can be used in treating syndrome of arthralgia due to invasion of pathogenic wind, cold and dampness in combination with Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterugii, Racix Angelocae Pubescentis, Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, etc; and by this combination its functions of resolving dampness and dispersing wind will be reenforced.
3. Dispelling wind and arresting convulsion:
It can be used to treat tetanus, marked by opisthotonus, locked jaw, spasm of general convulsion, etc in combination with Rhizoma Arisaematis, Rhizoma Gastrodiae, Rhizoma Ty phomii, etc..
Dosage Recommended: 4.5~9grams daily.
Scientific References:
1.What is Radix Saposhnikoviae and its applications?
Claims & Warning:
Claims: Information this web site presented is meant for Nutritional Benefit and as an educational starting point only, for use in maintenance and promotion good health in cooperation with a common knowledge base reference...Furthermore,it based solely on the traditional and historic use or legend of a given herb from the garden of Adonis. Although every effort has been made to ensure its accurate, please note that some info may be outdated by more recent scientific developments......
Pharmakon Warning: The order of knowledge is not the transparent order of forms and ideas,as one might be tempted retrospectively to interpret it; it is the antidote....(Dissemination,Plato's Pharmacy,II.The Ingredients:Phantasms,Festivals,and Paints;138cf. Jacques Derrida.).
And as it happens,the technique of imitation,along with the production of the simulacrum,has always been in Plato's eyes manifestly magical,thaumaturgical:......and the same things appear bent and straight to those who view them in water and out,or concave and convex,owing to similar errors of vision about colors, and there is obviously every confusion of this sort in our souls.And so scene painting (skiagraphia) in its exploitation of this weakness of four nature falls nothing short of witchcraft (thaumatopoia), and so do jugglery and many other such contrivances.(Republic X,602c-d;cf.also 607c).
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Basic Botanical Data of Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fang Feng):
1. Dispelling pathogenic wind and dispersing exopathogens from superficies of the body:
Scientific References:
Claims & Warning:
