Polygala tenuifolia,Chinese senega root,traditional use and modern formula for Restorative Sleep.

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Polygala Recipes:Collection and Prepare.

Polygala tenuifolia root Extract INCI Name Polygala Senega Extract CAS 68990-66-9 EINECS ELINCS No 273-619-9 PTAE Polygala Tenuifolia Radix Thinleaf Milkwort Root Radix Polygalae Polygala tenuifolia Willd Polygala sibirica L photo picture image Polygala Collection

 Dig out at spring or autumn,get rid off mud and dry in the sun,get rid off remnant stem and hair root,wood hammered when fresh to separate hull part and wood core part,then dry in the sun,got the recipe named "polygala canister(Yuan Zhi Tong or Yuan Zhi Rou)"; if the root too slim and wood core can not separated, then the dried root called "polygala stick(Yuan Zhi Gun)".

 Polygala Prepare

 Prepared recipes polygala canister shapes double curl canister or column,light bend,length 2~8 cm,diameter 0.3~0.5 cm.colored pale grey yellow to light brown,cross furrow and crack spread surface,taste light bitter to slight hot,throat sting.

 Prepared recipes polygala stick owes hard wood part core,hull part easy to separate from wood core,break off surface coarseness,grade see to bigger diameter,thin hull,wood core cleaned or the opposite.
 Polygala tenuifolia root Extract INCI Name Polygala Senega Extract CAS 68990-66-9 EINECS ELINCS No 273-619-9 PTAE Polygala Tenuifolia Radix Thinleaf Milkwort Root Radix Polygalae Polygala tenuifolia Willd Polygala sibirica L photo picture image

 Classical Note on character:

 Ben Jing: "Taste bitter, warm."

 Bie Lu: "No Poison."

 Ben Cao Jing Shu: "Taste light bitter, warm."

 Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu: "Taste sour and light pungent,calm."

 Dian Nan Ben Cao: "Enter heart,liver and spleen"

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last edit date:18th,June.2009.