Ma Dou Ling / 马兜铃 [馬兜鈴] (Birthwort Fruit, Aristolochia Fruit)

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Ma Dou Ling / 马兜铃 [馬兜鈴] (Birthwort Fruit, Aristolochia Fruit)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

兜鈴
Dian Ling / 典铃

Latin name

Aristolochiae Fructus

Herb Category

Obsolete Substances

Nature of Herb

Slightly Cold

Flavor of Herb

Bitter

Channels

Lung
Large Intestine

Translator's annotation

The stem of the plant is called Tian Xiang Teng / 天仙藤 (Birthwort Stem), which is bitter and warm and enter the Liver and Spleen channels.

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 1053

SymMap URL

https://www.symmap.org/detail/SMHB00269

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

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