Inula helenium, Elecampane Enulae Campane, Helenii Inula racemosa Rasan, Rasin (Unani)Pushkar (Ayurveda)Ma Nu  མ་ནུ  (Tibetan)Tu Mu Xiang (TCM) Gart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 Herbarius latinus, Petri, 1485 Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599 Inula heleniumBerg,, Atlas der officinellen Pflanzen (1891) ELECAMPANE ROOTNotes on PharmacognosyBy Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 Botanical name: Inula spp.Two main species are used: I. helenium (Europe) I. racemosa is used very similarly in Ayurveda and Tibetan Medicine (Pharmacographica Indica, Dymock, 1891) Inula helenium and I. racemosa are listed as the source for Tu Mu Xiang (a variety of Costus Mu Xiang) in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. In addition, the flower of the related Inula japonica Xuan Fu Hua is used in TCM Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Sweet, a little Bitter and Pungent“Hot and Dry in the Third degree”. (Avicenna) Classifications: 2B ATTENUATERS.  2G. CLEANSING.  2H. CARMINATIVES.  2M. DRAWING.  2Q. ANODYNE.  2S. STRENGTHENING3C. ALEXIPHARMICS.  3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.  3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.  3K. EXPECTORANT.  3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.  3M. ARTHRITICS4b. OPTHALMICS.  4c. CARDIAC.  4d. PECTORAL.  4e. STOMACHIC.  4f. SPLENETIC.  4g. HEPATIC.  4j. NERVINES.  4k. ARTHRITIC Uses: 1. Benefits the Stomach and Spleen, clears Damp, Tonifies Qi: -strengthens Stomach and digestion; Spleen Qi deficiency (like Atractylodes Bai Zhu)-vomiting, diarrhea…

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