
Product Name: HogfenneI Root extract
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Peucedani
Specification: nodakenin,decursin,marmesin
Detection method: HPLC
Botanical Name: Peucedanum decursivum(Miq.) Maxim./ Peucedanum praeruptorum Dunn
Properties & Taste: Bitter, pungent and slightly cold
Actions:
1) To promote dispersing function of the lungs and clear heat; 2) To resolve phlegm and stop cough
Indications & Combinations:
1)Phlegm-heat accumulating in the lungs manifested as cough with yellow and thick sputum. Peucedanum root (Qianhu) is used with Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi), Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou) and Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) in the formula Qianhu San. 2) Cough due to invasion by exogenous pathogenic wind and heat. Peucedanum root (Qianhu) is used with Mentha (Bohe), Arctium fruit (Niubangzi) and Platycodon root (Jiegeng).






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