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Ficus simplicissima, Wu Zhi Mao Tao 五指毛桃
Hispid Fig, Hairy Fig, Roughhair Fig, Fissured Fig, Coarse-leaf Fig, "Five-fingered Peach"
Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM)
Wu Zhi Mao Tao, Cu Ye Rong (TCM)
Ficus simplicissima
The botany of Captain Beechey's voyage (1841)
The botany of Captain Beechey's voyage (1841)
Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao
(Adam 2024)
(Adam 2024)
Botanical name:
Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)
Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially in Guangdong
Parts used:
Root, sometimes the Root-bark
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral / Slightly Warm, Sweet
Classification:
Ficus simplicissima (syn. F. hirta)
Ficus microcarpa is also given as a source, especially in Guangdong
Parts used:
Root, sometimes the Root-bark
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral / Slightly Warm, Sweet
Classification:
Uses:
1. Strengthens Spleen, Increases Qi, Clears Damp:
–Poor appetite with fatigue
–Postpartum weakness
–increases Immunity
2. Strengthens Lungs, Clears Phlegm:
–Cough, Bronchitis
–Tuberculosis
–improves tolerance to Hypoxia and Ischemia
3. Clears Wind-Damp, Benefits Sinews:
–Rheumatic Arthralgia
–Myasthenia Gravis
4. Clears Blood Stasis, Resolves Swelling:
–Trauma
–Cirrhosis, Hepatitis
–Anti-Cancer
5. Moves Qi, Clears Damp:
–Edema
–Leukorrhea
6. Promotes Milk:
–enhances Breast Milk
Dose:
Decoction: 30–60 grams
Decoction: 30–60 grams
Main Combinations:
1. Edema in the elderly,
i. Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao with Ginseng
ii. Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao boiled with Pig spine into a Soup
2. Leukorrhea, Ficus Wu Zhi Mao Tao with Argyreia
3. Postpartum weakness and to enhance Milk, stew with Pig feet
Major Formulas:
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
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