Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名：

radix adenophonrae seu Glehniae

Biological name:

拉丁名：

Adenophora verticillata, Fisch

Southern sha shen (南沙参）：

Adenophora stricta, Miq. (杏葉沙参)

Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb) Fisch （輪葉沙参）

Japanese Pronunciation:

日語發音：

shajin

Korean Pronunciation:   韓語發音：

sasam

Cantonese Pronunciation:  

粵語發音：

saa1  sam 1

Common Name:

英文 普通名：

glehnia root (yin tiao shen)or adenophora (pao shen)

  別名：

Distribution:

分佈：

pao shen:Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Shandong,

yin tiao shen: Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan

Properties (characteristics)：

性味：

sweet, cool, slightly bitter (pao shen) or bland (yin tiao shen)

甘﹐ 微寒﹐ 微苦

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

lung, stomach

肺﹐ 胃。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

moisten lungs and to stop coughs; nourishes stomach and generates fluids and clears heat, in dryness of mouth and throat due to yinxu (yin deficient) 陰虛; for moisten dry skin.

有養陰清肺，益胃生津等功能。用于肺 熱燥咳、勞嗽痰血、熱病 陰虛 津傷口渴；潤肌膚。

Chemical Ingredients:

化學成分：

roots contain: alkaloids and phytosterol.

根含皂甙 及植物甾醇。

Modern Research:

to be uploaded

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

do not use in cough due to wind cold, or in cases of pixu (spleen deficient). Do not use with li lu or fang ji  

風寒咳嗽或脾 虛 忌用。 反 藜 蘆 ﹐防 己 。