Xuan Cao? explanation and used parts

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, Jude <jude@o...> wrote:

> > Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:40:11 -0000

> > " dany_lv " <lvds@n...>

> > Re: Xuan Cao?

> >

> > Hi Stephen,

> >

> > yes, i'm sure about the spelling, i can also add that its

botanical

> > name is 'Hemerocallis Fulva'.

>

> common name is 'tawny daylily'.

>

> > the article i found it in writes that its an excellent herb for

> > freeing the chest and relaxing the diaphragm, calming the five

zang

> > and " making one happy, while releasing thoughts of unpleasant

things " .

> > (from the Ben Cao Gang Mu-compedium of materia medica).

> > the article is 'Liv-gb based erectile dysfunction,part2' from the

> > journal of chinese medicine v69.

> >

> > Dan.L

>

> does anyone know what part of the plant is used? Or is the whole

plant

> used?

>

> -judy saxe

 

Hi, here is a rough translation excerpt from my chinese 'folk

herbals' book:

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Hemerocallis citrina Baroni (Huang Hua Cai-Yellow blossom herb)

....

(botanical description)...

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Additional notes:

The same botanical family has a plant called Xuan Cao (Hemerocallis

fulva L.)...(botanical description of the plant)... with red flowers

that don't smell...the root (gen) is toxic which can lead through

(description of pathomechanisms) to death. Therefor one must

differenciate. What T.C.herbalM. calls XuanCaoGen in real is

HuangHuaCaiGen (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni) which one must not

confuse/mix up.

....

used parts (of H.citrina): stem and root

temp: neutral

taste: sweet

clears heat drains damp, cools blood removes toxins

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Greetings Tay.