NATURE:
Neutral; sweet; attributive to spleen, lung and kidneys.
CHARACTERISTICS:
The long tuberous roots of bean-like plants, which are cultivated for
pharmaceutical use. It is a superior herb. The dried white flesh of the tuber
is sliced into long thin slabs, containing nutrient which can restore and
enhance immune functions throughout the system.
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
Invigorate the spleen and stomach with poor appetite, loose stools or
chronic diarrhea; invigorate the lung with chronic cough or tuberculosis;
stimulate endocrine secretions for immune deficiency; strengthens kidney
functions for frequent urination and leucorrhagia and nourish semen-essence.
