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.

Indications and Combinations of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber.

1. Dry and heat in the lungs due to deficiency of yin manifested as cough with scanty and sticky sputum or cough with bloody sputum. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Glehnia root (Shashen), Asparagus root (Tianmendong), Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).

 2. Deficient yin of the stomach manifested as dry tongue and thirst. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fragrant solomonseal rhizome (Yuzhu), Glehnia root (Shashen) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).

 3. Irritability and insomnia; (a) nutritive (ying) system invaded by pathogenic heat. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) and Coptis root (Huanglian) in the formula Qingying Tang; (b) heart yin deficiency with internal heat causing insomnia. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Wild jujube seed (Suanzaoren) in the formula Tianwang Buxin Dan.
 

 4. Constipation caused by dryness in the intestines. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Scrophularia (Xuanshen) in the formula Zengye Tang.

 5. To treat dry cough with little sputum due to impairment of the lung caused by dry heat, the herb is often used in combination with straight ladybell root, mulberry leaf, gypsum and other herbs for clearing heat from the lung to moisten dryness.

 6. The herb is often used in combination with ginseng and achisandra fruit for invigorating Qi and nourishing Yin, such as Shengmai Powder, to treat vexation, thirst, perspiration and lassitude due to impairment of Qi and Yin caused by febrile disease; and with dried rehmannia root, straight ladybell root, fragrant solomonseal rhizome and other herbs nourishing Yin and promoting the generation of the body fluid, to treat dry mouth and thirst due to deficiency of the stomach-yin, or diabetes due to internal heat.

 7. To treat vexation, dry mouth insomnia, dreaminess and red tongue with little fur due to Yin deficiency of the lung and kidney, the herb is often used in combination with dried rehmannia root, scrophularia root, Chinese angelica root, wild or spiny jujube seed and other herbs for nourishing Yin, moistening dryness, tonifying the heart and tranquilizing the mind.
 


 8. Dry cough, phthisical cough; thirst due to impairment of body fluid; fidgetness and insomnia; diabetes caused by internal heat; constipation; diphtheria.  In treating cough from consumptive disease, dry mouth and throat, and dry cough with thick sputum due to exhaustion of Yin in the lung and stomach, the drug is often used in combination with Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix Condonopsis Pilosulae, etc., or equal amount of the drug and Radix Asparagi are made into soft extract with honey and one or two spoonful of the extract is taken before meals, three times a day. In treating thirst due to exhaustion of body fluid, the drug is often used in combination with Radix Adenophorae Strictae, Radix Rehmanniae, etc.In treating vexation and insomnia due to invasion of heart from febrile disease into the heart, the drug is often used in combination with Cornu Rhinoceri, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, etc.In treating constipation due to dryness of the intestine as a result of deficiency of body fluid, the drug is often used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Scrophulariae.

 9. Moistening the lung, clearing away heat from the lung, nourishing the stomach and promoting production of body fluid.

 10. Promotes lactation. The herb is contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to cold of deficiency type, or with cough caused by exopathogens.

Reference:

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

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♣ last edit date:14th,Oct.2010.