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Zi Wan (Purple Aster Root)


Herbs that Relieve Coughing and Wheezing
Zi Wan 紫菀

Radix Asteris Tatarici Purple Aster Root

Channels LU
Nature Slightly Warm BitterSweet
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Zi Wan (Radix Asteris Tatarici)
Specimen Radix Asteris Tatarici

Materia Medica Data

Temperature
Slightly Warm
Nature & Flavour
Bitter, Slightly Warm, Sweet
Channels Entered
LU
Latin (pharmaceutical)
Radix Asteris Tatarici
Chinese
紫菀
Tone Marks
zĭ wăn
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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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