WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

 It is the resinous wood of Aquilaria sinensis(Lour.)Gilg, family Thymelaeaceae. The resinous wood can be collected all the year. After the parts without resin are removed, it is cleaved into pieces and then dried in shade. It is used after being pounded into sall pieces or groundinto powder.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Promote qi flow to relieve pain; warm the middle energizer to stop vomiting; warm kidney to improve inspiration.

[ Mdicinal Properties ]: Pungent, bitter and slightly warm; relate to spleen, stomach and kidney meridians.

[ Clinical applications ]: 1. Distending pain in chest and abdomen       For congealing cold and qi stagnation causing distending pain in chest and abdomen, it is usually used with Wuyao, Muxiang and Binglang, such as Chenxiang Simo Decoction; for deficienchy-cold of spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric cold and pain, usually with Rougui, Ganjiangand Fuzi in Chenxiang Guifu Pills.

2. Stomach cold causing vomiting          For stomach cold with vomiting, it is combined with Chenpi and Bichengqie; for stomach cold with hiccups, with Shidi and Doukou.

3.Dyspnea of deficiency type       For that caused by asthenia of kidney yang and failure of kidney to promote inspiration, it is usually used with Fuzi, Rougui and Buguzhi; for upper excess and lower deficiency manifested as phlegm retention with cough and dyspnea with Suzi, Banxia and Chenpi.

[Usage and Dosage ]: 1.5-4.5g, decoct later. It can also be pounded into juice for oral administration or ground into powder for pills.

[ Precautions ]: Since it is pungent and warmto product heat, it is used with caution for cases with yin deficiency and effulgent fire.

沉香为瑞香科植物沉香Aquilaria agallocha Roxb．及白木香Asinensis （Lour.）Gilg含有树脂的木材。沉香主产于东南亚、印度等地，白木香主产于海南、广东、云南、台湾等地。全年均可采收，割取含树脂的木材，除去不含树脂的部分，阴干，打碎或锉末。生用。