Lai Fu Zi
Name: Radish Seed (萊服子)
Pinyin: Lai Fu Zi
Pharm. Name: Semen Raphani
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid, Sweet |
Promote digestion and relieve distension, direct qi downward and resolve phlegm. |
Lung, Spleen, Stomach |
4.5-12g |
Description:
It is pungent in flavor and has the actions of promoting digestion and dissipating food stagnation, moving qi and relieving distension. For gastric and abdominal distension or pain caused by food retention and qi stagnation, it is usually combined with qi-moving and digestion-promoting herbs. It can not only promote digestion and dissipate food stagnation but also direct qi downward and resolve phlegm. For cough and dyspnea with profuse sputum, oppression in chest with food stagnation, it is usually combined with antitussive and antasthmatic herbs.