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Yuan Zhi

Also Known As:
Chinese Senega, Flax, Klapperschlangen, Milkwort, Mountain Polygala, Polygalae radix, Rattlesnake Root, Senaga Snakeroot, Seneca, Seneca Snakeroot, Senega, Senega Snakeroot, Seneka, Snake Root.
CAUTION: See separate listings for Asarabacca and Bitter Milkwort.
Polygala glomerata; Polygala japonica; Polygala reinii; Polygala senega, synonym Polygala senega latifolia; Polygala tenuifolia.
Family: Polygalaceae.

Yuan Zhi            Properties: BITTER, PUNGENT - WARM                                               Dosage: 3 – 9g.

Senega Root                  Meridian: HEART, LUNG

                  -calm spirit, quiet heart – insomnia, palpitations, anxiety, restlessness

-expel phlegm from lungs, clears orifices – copious sputum, mental confusion

-reduces abscesses, dissipate swellings – boils, sores, painful breasts

Also Used For:

Orally, senega is used for respiratory tract mucous membrane inflammation, bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, for inducing sweating, increasing saliva, as an expectorant, and an emetic.
Topically, senega is used as a gargle for pharyngitis.
Historically, senega was a cure for rattlesnake bite.

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