Cynchum Root, Willowleaf Swallowwort Rhizome
Rhizoma et Radix Cynanchi Stauntonii, Cynanchi Stauntonii Rhizoma et Radix
Bai Qian

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; bitter; slightly warm

Part(s) used

Root and rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. to resolve phlegm and stop cough; 2. to conduct qi downward

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. treatmant of cough due to invasion by exogenous pathogenic factors. swallowwort rhizome (baiqian) is used with schizonepeta (jingjie) and platycodon root (jiegeng) in the formula zhisuo san. 2. treatment of turbid phlegm blocking the lungs