Herb properties by region

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Dr. Sung,

Thank you for bringing the issue of regional differences of herbs to the

forum.

This is very important and something I'd like to learn more about.

Are there any good resources for this information?

If not, someone could write it and it would be immensely useful for all of

us.

 

The ones that I was taught are in the Bensky 3rd ed. There's good info at

the end of each monograph.

ie... Bei sha shen vs Nan sha shen, Bei chai hu vs Nan chai hu.... Huai

niu xi vs Chuan niu xi (different species)

But, I didn't know about the different varieties of Dang gui.. (Angelica

sinensis) by region.

I'm sure that the Bai Ju hua that grows in Hang zhou is different than other

regions...

probably smaller and sweeter, looking from the samples that I have. (more

harmonizing?, less clearing?)

Is that why it's the choice herb to use with Pu er, which is a diuretic and

draining?

 

A teacher of mine said that everything that comes from Sichuan is spicy,

including the people.

They can all take 10 qian of Fu zi without any problem and eat Chuan jiao

with every meal.

 

K.

 

 

 

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:32 AM, sxm2649 <sxm2649 wrote:

 

> Jason, thanks for your information. I have no idea that dang gui is

> grown in states or what kinds of dang gui are available there. I

> understand it is confusing to differentiate all kinds of herbs we use.

>

> There is a big wholesale herbal market in Chengdu (size of big Safeway)

> with hundreds of wholesaling shops. During one visit, I remember that

> our herbology professor said that he could not identify clearly the

> place of origin of some herbs without the benefit of sophisicated

> instruments. It is more important for us, CM pratitioners to master

> their usages in order to see satisfactory clinical results.

>

> SUNG, Yuk-ming

>

>

>

 

 

 

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