Aromatic Substances that Open the Orifices
Shi Chang Pu 石菖蒲
Rhizoma Acori Graminei Sweetflag Rhizome
✓ National Exam ⚠ Toxic / Endangered
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Slightly Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Slightly Warm, Aromatic
- Channels Entered
- HT, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Rhizoma Acori Graminei
- Chinese
- 石菖蒲
- Tone Marks
- shí chāng pú
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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