Fang Ji / 防己

Item

Title

Fang Ji / 防己

Doc Hay's Shorthand

Fang Qi / 防杞

Herb Category

Drain Dampness

Nature of Herb

Cold

Flavor of Herb

Bitter

Acrid

Channels

Bladder

Kidney

Spleen

Translator's annotation

This herb can be either Han Fang Ji / 汉防己 [漢防己] (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix), or Mu Fang Ji / 木防己 (Cocculi Radix). It can refer to Fen Fang Ji / 粉防己 (powder).
It could also mean Guang Fang Ji / 广防己 [廣防己] (Southern Fangji Root), an obsolete toxic substance.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 313, 315, 1056

SymMap URL

https://www.symmap.org/detail/SMHB00123

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

PhysicalObject

Format of the digital image

image/jpeg

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Rights Holder

Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.238

Item sets

Bulk Herbs

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