Euphoria, Longan, Long Yan Rou Euphoria, Longan fruit, Long Yan Rou 龙眼肉 Longan FruitLong Yan Rou (TCM) Dian Nan Ben Cao Tu Shuo (Illustrated Yunnan Pharmacopoeia) Ming Dynasty (1773 edition) Euphoria longanTransactions of the Royal Horticultural Society of London, Vol. 2 (1822) Euphoria longan(Photo by Len Worthington) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Euphoria longan (syn. Dimocarpus langan) Parts used: Fruit (flesh of the fruit) Temperature & Taste: Warm, moist. Sweet Classification: N. Blood Tonic Uses: 1. Nourishes the Heart, Calms the Mind and Spirit:-Palpitations, Insomnia-Dizziness-Forgetfulness; Mental Fatigue, Mental deficiency-Overwork with excess Worry; Emotional instability due to Heart deficiency2. Nourishes Blood:-Anemia, blood deficiency-Blood deficiency affecting the Heart and Mind-considered a valuable postpartum tonic for Women (Thai medicine) Dose: Decoction: 9–15 grams (maximum 30 grams)In Thailand the juice of the fresh fruit is used and is regarded as cooling drink in the Summer heat. Comment: ‘long-term consumption strengthens the corporeal and the ethereal souls, sharpens the intelligence, lightens the body, prevents aging, and facilitates enlightenment of the Spirit’. (Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica) Correctives: 1. Calamus2. Ginger3. Cardamon Main Combinations: 1. Palpitations, insomnia with deficiency, Euphoria Long Yan Rou with Dang Gui, Ginseng, Ziziphus Suan Zao Ren (Jujube seed) (as in Gui…

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