WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

This medicinal is the rhizome of Rhodiola rosea limn or R.crenulata (Frod.) S.H.Fu(Fam.Crassulaceae). It is wild-growing or cultivated and collected in autumn. After being washed clean, dried by sunlight, it is sliced and used in its unprocessed form.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Sweet, cold; relate to spleen and lung meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Invigorate spleen and replenish qi; clear lung and arrest cough; activate blood and resolve stasis.

[ Clinicial Applications ]: 1. Syndrome of spleen qi deficiency      By itself, it is good at treating lassitude and lack of strength due to spleen qi deficiency. Due to its added action of stopping leucorrhagia, it treats spleen deficiency with leucorrhea, in combination with Shanyao, Qianshi and Baizhu. In addition, it functions to tonify qi and produce blood and treats blood deficiency syndrome.

2. Cough due to lung yin deficiency with internal heat      To treat cough with sticky phlegm, or emptysis, due to deficiency of lung yin, it is used alone or in combination with Nanshashen and Baihe.

In addition, it functions to activate blood and resolve stasis, enable it to treat stagnant blood syndrome, resulting from injuries due to falls, in combination with other blood-activating medicinals.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 6-12g.

红景天为景天科植物红景天Rhodiola rosea limn。或大花红景天R.euryphylla(Frod.)S.H.Fu的根茎。主产于西藏、四川、吉林等地。野生或栽培，秋季采挖，洗净，晒干，切段，生用。