Chinese Bulk Herbs – Chinese Solomon’s Seal (Huang Jing)

Chinese Bulk Herbs Chinese Solomon’s Seal (Huang Jing)
It can nourish lung yin, and tonify lung qi. Though, it is weaker than Bei Sha Shen from the aspect of moistening dryness in lung and clearing lung heat, it can disperse phlegm and tonify lung qi, and it is very indicated for chronic cough due to yin deficiency with dryness in lung, sticky phlegm and difficulty in spitting, and both qi and yin deficiency.
It is a spleen and stomach even tonifying herb, because it can both tonify qi of spleen and stomach and nourish yin of spleen and stomach.

Latin Name:
Polygonatum kingianum

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Huang Jing

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It should be used with cautions for dampness accumulation due to spleen deficiency, damp-phlegm stagnation and distending abdomen due to qi stagnation because of sticky and greasy properties.

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