Sasam
Adenophora · Adenophorae Radix
한글 사삼 · Pinyin Sha Shen
沙參
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet, slightly bitter · slightly cold
- Channels entered
- Lung, Stomach
- Actions
- Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin, moistens dryness, gently expels phlegm
- Typical dose
- 9–15 g
- Caution
- Classically incompatible with veratrum; do not confuse with Dansam
Appears in 8 formulas 處方
- Adenophora and Ophiopogon Decoction沙參麥冬湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Linking Decoction一貫煎 6 g · Deputy 臣
- Yin Vacuity Engendering Internal Heat Decoction陰虛生內熱湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Locust Swarm Pill螽斯丸 60 g · Assistant 佐
- Pubescent Angelica Decoction (Dreams chapter)獨活湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Forsythia Powder for the Face連翹散 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Three Mountings Decoction三疝湯 3.2 g · Deputy 臣
- Change the Flesh Powder換肌散 14 g · Assistant 佐