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Benzoin, An Xi Xiang 安息香

An Xi Xiang (TCM)
Loban (Unani)

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Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893

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Two Different varieties of Benzoin available at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2016)
Left: is Benzoin Amygdaloides;  Right: was called Benzoin in sortis;

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Botanical name:
Styrax benzoin
Several types were traditionally known.

Parts used:
Gum; two distinct varieties supplied the market:
  1. Benzoin Amygdaloides; fragile masses composed of white tears united together; clean and bright fracture.
  2. Benzoin in sortis; reddish or blackish brown masses

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter, aromatic
attenuates

Classification:
2H. CARMINATIVE
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.   3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE

Uses:
1. Opens the Orifices of the Brain:


2. Clears Cold Phlegm:
-Catarrh, Coughs, Bronchitis

3. Moves Qi and Blood, Clears Obstructions, Stops Pain:
-chest or abdominal pain from Qi and Blood stagnation

4. Externally:
-much used in Perfumery



Dose:
300–1500mg in pills or powders.

Substitute:
 ... available in PRO version.
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Main Combinations:
Benzoin & Storax

1. Abdominal pain or pain from Cold and Damp obstruction, combine Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
2. Cough:
i. Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
ii. Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
3. Catarrh:
i. Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
ii. Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
4. Asthma, Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
5. Sclerosis of the Liver, Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
6. Infectious diseases, Heart pain, Dysentery: combine Benzoin with  ... available in PRO version.
7. Freckles: Benzoin Tincture,  ... available in PRO version.
8. Mouthwash, Tincture of Benzoin,  ... available in PRO version.

Major Formulas:
Expert Pills for Cough
Pills of Storax (Mesue)
New Rose Powder (Rosata Novella) (Nicolas)
Warming Pearl Powder (Diamargariton Calidum) (Mesue)
Powder of Happiness (Letificans)
Surgeon’s Musked Troches (Alipta Muscata) (Nicholas)
Confection for Catarrh
Pills for Fibrosis of the Liver (Riverius)
Electuary of Frankincense (Diaolibanum) (Nicholas)
Electuary of Orris Root (Diaireos Salomonis) (Nicholas)
Antidote Proven for Diverse Diseases (Nicholas)
Antidotum Immortale

Su He Xiang Wan
Zhi Bao Dan
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan

1. Compound Tincture of Benzoin:
 ... available in PRO version.

2. Balsam of Life
 ... available in PRO version.

3. Balsamum Commendatoris
 ... available in PRO version.

4. Species for Fumigation (Incense):
 ... available in PRO version.

Cautions:
Not used in Heat from Yin deficiency (Heat with dryness)

Main Preparations used:
Tincture, Magistery, Flowers of Benzoin (Benzoic Acid), Oil

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