Dang Shen is a traditional tonic medicine commonly used in China. In ancient times, Codonopsis pilosula produced in Shangdang area of Shanxi was the top grade. It has the effects of nourishing the middle and Qi, strengthening the spleen and lungs. Dang Shen has the functions of enhancing immunity, dilating blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, improving microcirculation, and enhancing hematopoietic function. In addition, it can improve the leukopenia caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Basics of Dang Shen (Codonopsis Radix)
Chinese name: Dang Shen
Scientific name: Codonopsis Radix
Another name: Fangfeng Codonopsis, Yellow Ginseng, Fangdangshen, Shangdangshen, Lion Head Ginseng, Zhonglingcao, Huangdang
Kingdom: Plant Kingdom
Phylum: Angiosperm Phylum
Class: Dicotyledons
Order: Campanulaceae
Family: Platycodonaceae
Genus: Codonopsis
Species: Codonopsis
Distribution area: China, North Korea, Mongolia, Russia
The legend of Dang Shen
According to legend, during the Sui Dynasty, a family in Shangdang County heard someone calling from behind the house every night, but they never saw him. Later, more than a mile away from home, I found a plant with unusual branches and leaves. So digging down five feet, you can see its roots, which are shaped like a human body and seem to have limbs. Since the excavation, the family has never heard the call again. People think that this is the god grass that gets the aura of the land.
Sexual taste and return meridian
Codonopsis pilosula is sweet in taste and flat in nature. Return spleen lung meridian.
Efficacy of Dang Shen
The effect of Dang Shen is to invigorate the middle and replenish Qi, promote body fluid and nourish blood. Used for:
1. When the Shen taste is sweet into the spleen, it can benefit the spleen and is used to treat spleen deficiency and weak stomach.
2. When deep into the lungs, it can benefit the lung qi and be used to treat asthma and cough due to lung deficiency.
3. Dang Shen nourishes the spleen and stomach, transforms the essence, nourishes the essence and blood, has the function of nourishing qi and blood, and can treat both qi and blood deficiency.
4. Dang Shen invigorates the spleen and nourishes the stomach, invigorates the qi in the middle, makes the qi vigorous to produce body fluid, and treats thirsty wounds.
Practical tips of Dang Shen
1. Dang Shen Ten Huang Qi:
Efficacy: Replenish the middle Qi, improve immunity!
Suitable for the crowd: People with insufficient middle-qi, weak cough, asthma, fatigue, and poor resistance.
If Ganoderma lucidum is added, the disease resistance effect is even better.
2. Dang Shen+Lian Zi:
Self-efficacy: conditioning the spleen and stomach
Suitable for the crowd: suitable for people with stomach problems, poor digestion, and shapeless stools
3. Dang Shen+Dang Gui:
Efficacy: promoting blood circulation, replenishing liver blood
Suitable for the crowd: People with blood stasis constitution, cardiovascular disease, irregular menstruation, dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess
4. Dang Shen+Gui Yuan:
Self-efficacy: tonify qi and blood, replenish heart and blood
Suitable for the crowd: people with insufficient effort and light sleep.
Taboos of Dang Shen
1. Dang Shen is high in sugar, taking it can easily raise blood sugar, and diabetics should not drink it.
2. It is contraindicated for those with qi stagnation and excessive anger; avoid it for those with fire in the middle.
3. Pregnant and lactating women: If you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or are breastfeeding, please consult your doctor before taking it.
4. Children: Children must be taken under the guidance of a doctor and under the supervision of an adult.
5. Dang Shen should not be used together with veratrum.
Dang Shen Extract Granules Supplier and Manufacturer – Tianjiang
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