Bing Pian / 冰片 (Borneol)

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Bing Pian / 冰片 (Borneol)

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Shui Pian / 水片

Latin name

Borneolum

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Translator's annotation

"There are two types of Borneol made from different botanical sources...Dragon Brain Aroma (Long Nao Xiang / 龍腦香) is derived from the Dryobalanops Aromatica tree. The cyrstal manufactured from the sap is also called dragon brain (Long Nao / 龍脑 [龍腦]) or just brain (Nao Zi / 腦子)." (Bensky, p. 955)

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 953

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