Herbs that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
Yuan Zhi 元志
Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae Chinese Senega Root
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Slightly Warm
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Spicy, Slightly Warm
- Channels Entered
- HT, LU, KI
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Radix Polygalae Tenuifoliae
- Chinese
- 元志
- Tone Marks
- yuán zhì
- Translation
- Profound Will
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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