Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名：

radix adenophonrae seu Glehniae

Latin botanical name:

拉丁名：

Adenophora verticillata, Fisch

Southern sha shen (南沙参）：
Adenophora stricta, Miq. (杏葉沙参)
Adenophora tetraphylla (Thunb) Fisch （輪葉沙参）
Japanese Pronunciation:
日語發音：
shajin

Korean Pronunciation: 韓語發音：

sasam

Cantonese Pronunciation:

粵語發音：

saa1 sam 1

Common Name:
英文 普通名：
glehnia root (yin tiao shen)or adenophora (pao shen)

Other Names:
別名：

nan sha shen 南 沙參, da sha shen 大沙參, kong sha shen, pao shen (adenophora), bei sha shen 北沙參, liao sha shen 遼沙參, tiao sha shen, yin tiao shen (Glehnia) 銀條參。lai yang shen 萊陽參、hai sha shen 海沙參、ying sha shen 銀沙參、liao sha shen 遼沙參。
Distribution:

分佈：

pao shen:Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Shandong,

yin tiao shen: Shandong, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan

Properties (characteristics)：

性味：

sweet, cool, slightly bitter (pao shen) or bland (yin tiao shen)

甘﹐ 微寒﹐ 微苦

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

lung, stomach

肺﹐ 胃。

Actions & Indications:

主治：

moisten lungs and to stop coughs; nourishes stomach and generates fluids and clears heat, in dryness of mouth and throat due to yinxu (yin deficient) 陰虛; for moisten dry skin.

有養陰清肺，益胃生津等功能。用于肺 熱燥咳、勞嗽痰血、熱病 陰虛 津傷口渴；潤肌膚。

Chemical Ingredients:

化學成分：

roots contain: alkaloids and phytosterol.

根含皂甙 及植物甾醇。

Modern Research:

to be uploaded

Cautions:

禁忌﹕

do not use in cough due to wind cold, or in cases of pixu (spleen deficient). Do not use with li lu or fang ji

風寒咳嗽或脾 虛 忌用。 反 藜 蘆 ﹐防 己 。