Explore the properties of Sha Shen according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: adenophora, four-leaf / upgright lady-bell
root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Adenophorae
Properties: sweet, slightly bitter, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: sweet, bitter Tonifies: yin
Special Properties: clears heat
Alternate Forms:
bei sha shen - nourish yin and moisten LU,
especially after febrile disease has injured yin manifesting as dry
throat, thirst, scarlet tongue.
nan sha shen - less potent to nourish yin
but can also dispel phlegm. More suitable for dry cough and scanty sputum
that may be blood streaked and thirst and dryness.
Actions / Indications:
Nourishes LU yin; clears LU heat (dry mouth or dry
throat, non-productive cough due to LU yin deficiency with fire, consumptive
cough with blood in sputum, hoarseness due to chronic cough, LU dryness
due to weather)
Nourishes ST yin and Generates fluids (chronic ST
yin deficiency, sequela of febrile disease; ST yin deficiency with dryness
of mouth and throat)
(cc: deficient cold of SP and ST with appetite loss and diarrhea)
(cc: wind-cold cough)
(cc: incompatible with Li Lu)
Special Notes:
Sha Shen is the generic name that refers to both Bei Sha Shen and Nan Sha Shen. Many classic texts did not distinguish between the two herbs.
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