Definition:
In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Sha Shen belongs to the supplement/tonify category of Chinese herbs, and the sub-category of herbs that tonify yin.
Temperature: cool
Taste: sweet, slightly bitter, bland
Channels Entered: Lung, Stomach
Actions:
(1) Nourish the Yin, clear heat, moisten the Lungs.
(2) Nourish the stomach and generate fluids.
(3) Moistens the surface.
Also Known As:
Common Name: Beech Silver-top Root; Northern Sand Root
Pharmaceutical: Radix Glehniae Littoralis
Botanical: Glehnia
