Specimen photograph
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Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Regulate the Qi
- Temperature
- Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Sweet, Warm
- Channels Entered
- SP, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Radix Et Rhizoma Nardostachydis
- Chinese
- 甘松
- Tone Marks
- gān sōng
- Translation
- Sweet Pine
Chinese Herb Actions
- Regulates and Moves Qi, Awakens the Spleen Treats Qi Stagnation in the Chest and abdomen with symptoms that include epigastric and abdominal distension with pain and poor appetite. Usually this is due to excess worrying.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-6 grams in decoction (Bensky)
- 3-6 grams in decoction (Chen)
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use for patients with Qi deficiency or Heat in the Blood
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- None Noted
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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