What is Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber or Radix Ophiopogonis?

Contents

• 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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• 1.What is Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber or Radix Ophiopogonis?

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♣ last edit date:14th,Oct.2010.