Chuanminshen violaceum sheh et shan root TCM medicine Chuan ming shen

Product Description

Dried roots of chuanminshen violaceum; chuanminshen violaceum sheh et shan; minshen viloaceum Sheh et Shan;

Chinese name: Chuan ming shen

Chuanminshen violaceum Sheh et Shan/Radix Chuanmingshinis Violacei ,rod shape,smooth surface,Slight yellow color.

Feature: Sweet,little bitter,cool

Nourishing Yin,good for lungs,enhancing spleen and activate the Qi flowing.

Main functions:
nourishing yin to clear away the lung-heat.
Produced in Sichuan ,Hubei,Chongqing.

Typical prescription:

Prescription name:jian er san

Herbs and quantity:Common Yam Rhizome 62g;Chuanminshen violaceum  31g;Coix Seed 31g;malt 15g;Oryzae Fructus Germinatus 15g;Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli 15g

Treat for : regulating spleen and stomach,increase hunger and appetite.

Plant description:
Chuanminshen violaceum M. L. Shen & R. H. Shan
chuan ming shen
Taproot surface pale tawny brown, inner parts white, starchy. Leaves mainly in basal rosette; petiole sheaths broad, purplish and scarious margin; leaf blade broadly triangular-ovate, ternate-2–3-pinnate; pinnae 3–4 pairs, pinnules 1–2 pairs; ultimate segments ovate to long-ovate, 2–3 × 0.6–2 cm, abaxially glaucous, base cuneate or rounded, margins irregularly 2–3-lobed or dentate, apex acuminate. Umbels 3–10 cm across; rays 4–8, 0.5–6(–8) cm, very unequal. Fruit 5–7 × 2–4 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr–Jun.
Grassy places along stream banks, also cultivated on mountain slopes; 100–800 m. Hubei, Sichuan.
The root is used in Hubei and Sichuan as a regional substitute for the traditional Chinese medicine “ming dang shen” (see Changium).