Mai Men Dong
Name: Ophiopogon Tuber (麥門冬)
Pinyin: Mai Men Dong
Pharm. Name: Radix Ophiopogonis
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Sweet, Slightly Bitter |
Nourish yin of stomach, lung and heart, clear heat of stomach, lung and heart, calm heart and induce tranquilization. |
Heart, Lung, Stomach, Spleen |
6-15g |
Description:
The root of the perennial herbaceous plant Ophiopogon japonicus. It is indicated for dryness in mouth and thirst, pain in stomach and abdomen, hunger without appetite, retching, dry stool or constipation, and other symptoms due to stomach yin deficiency with heat because it can nourish stomach yin, clear stomach heat, produce fluid and moisten intestine. It also helps in curing Lung yin deficiency syndromes and heart yin deficiency syndromes.