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Shi Fang Feng

Name

Shi Fang Feng (Terebinthaceous hogfennel root)

Sources

The drug is the dried root of Peucedanum terebinthaceum (Fisch.)Fisch. et Turcz. ( family Umbelliferae), growing in grasslands, woods or on the edges of forest and distributed in Northeast China, Northern China, Eastern China and Shaanxi, Gansu, Xinjiang, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou.

Constituents

The root and fruit contain l-marmesin(nodakenetin).

  1. 石防风
  2. Terebinthaceous hogfennel root

The Effect of Shi Fang Feng

Actions

It is used to relieve dyspnea and cough, to dispel wind-heat, eliminate the phlegm; for the treatment common cold with cough, bronchitis and cough in gestational period.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~9 g, or pounded into powder for oral taking.