| BASIC INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Plant name in Latin: | Casuarina equisetifolia |
| Herb name in Chinese: | 木麻黄 |
| Herb name in Pinyin: | MU MA HUANG |
| Herb name in English: | Horsetail Beefwood |
| HERB PROPERTIES | |
| Herb property: | Warm |
| Herb flavor: | Pungent,Bitter |
| Herb meridian tropism: | Lung,Large intestine,Small intestine |
| HERB DESCRIPTION | |
| Use part: | tender branchlet-leaf or bark |
| Herb effect: | To diffuse lung and suppress cough, move qi and relieve pain, warm center and check diarrhea, disinhibit damp. |
| Herb indication: | Common cold with fever, cough, mounting qi , abdominal pain, diarrhea, dysentery, inhibited urination, beriberi. |
| CROSS REFERENCES | |
| TCMID id: | 3235 |
| HERB id: | HERB004054 |
| SymMap id: | NA |