Fourleaf Ladybell Root
Adenophorae Radix, Radix Adenophorae
Nan Sha Shen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; slightly cold

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To nourish yin and remove heat from the lung, to relieve phlegm, and to reinforce qi.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treament of heat in the lung with dry cough, cough with scanty sticky sputum in phthisis with deficiency of yin , deficiency of both qi and yin with feverishness and thirst.