| BASIC INFORMATION | |
|---|---|
| Plant name in Latin: | Raphanus sativus |
| Herb name in Chinese: | 莱菔 |
| Herb name in Pinyin: | LAI FU |
| Herb name in English: | Garden Radish |
| HERB PROPERTIES | |
| Herb property: | Cool |
| Herb flavor: | Pungent,Sweet |
| Herb meridian tropism: | Lung,Spleen,Stomach,Large intestine |
| HERB DESCRIPTION | |
| Use part: | fresh root |
| Herb effect: | To disperse food, precipitate qi, transform phlegm, stanch bleeding, allay thirst, disinhibit urine. |
| Herb indication: | Indigestion, food accumulation distention and fullness, hyperchlorhydria, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, phlegm-heat cough, hemoptysis, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hematochezia, diabetes mellitus, strangury-turbidity, sores, stasis swelling due to injury, scalds, frostbite. |
| CROSS REFERENCES | |
| TCMID id: | 2325 |
| HERB id: | HERB003243 |
| SymMap id: | NA |