Class: Tonify
Subclass: Tonify the Yin
Name:
Pinyin: Mai Men Dong
Pharmaceutical: Tuber Ophiopogonis Japonici
Other names: Mai Dong, Cun Dong, Cun Mai Dong, Sheng Mai Dong
Description: Ophiopogon Root.
Properties:
Nature: Slightly cold.
Taste: Sweet, slightly bitter.
Organ: Lungs, Heart, Stomach.
Toxicity: Non toxic.
Actions:
Moistens the Lungs.
Nourishes Lung-Yin.
Benefits the Stomach.
Promotes generation of Body Fluids.
Clears the Heart.
Calms restlessness and anxiety.
Comparisons:
Tian Men Dong is more effective to moisten Dryness; it also tonifies Kidney-Yin.
Warning:
Contraindications: Externally-contracted Wind-Cold generating cough and Phlegm, glairs and Damp turbidity, flu and common cold.
Spleen and Stomach Cold from Deficiency with diarrhea and dysenteric disorders.