What is Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber or Radix Ophiopogonis?
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- Basic Botanical Info of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
- Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Plant Description.
- Properties and Taste of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
- Phytochemicals of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
- Functions of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
- Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber:Pharmacology.
- Indications and Combinations of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
- Application Case Study.Mai Dong Grass Sleeping Formula.
- Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Cautions and Contraindications.
- Research Update:Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.Ophiopogon.
Basic Botanical Info of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.
Radix Ophiopogonis (Mai Dong)
English Name:Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber
Pharmaceutical Name:Radix Ophiopogonis
Botanical Name:1. Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl.; 2. Liriope spicata
Common Name:Ophiopogon root,Lilyturf root,mai men dong,Dwarf Mondo Grass,Dwarf Monkey Grass,Dwarf Lilyturf,Yan Jie Cao Gen.Ophiopogon Root,Ophiopogonis Radix.
Chinese Name: Mai men dong,Mai dong.
Source of Earliest Record:Shennong Bencao Jing
Taste: Sweet, slightly bitter
Origin:Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber is the dried root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb) Ker-Gawl. (Fam. Liliaceae).
Part Used and Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:The tuberous roots are dug in summer.After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are dried in the sun.
Nature and Affinity:It is sweet and slightly bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature, and is distributed to the Heart, Lung, and Stomach Channels.
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♣ last edit date:14th,Oct.2010.


