Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lai-fu-zi/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lai-fu-zi/">Bencao Index</a> lai fu zi 莱菔子 Semen Raphani Radish Seed raifukushi naebokja Relieve Food Stagnation Lung Stomach Spleen

Reduces Food stagnation, transforms accumulation and relieves distension

Food stagnating in the Middle Jiao: a full, distended feeling, belching that smells rotten, sour regurgitation, or diarrhea with tenesmus and abdominal pain Especially suited to stagnation from starchy foods such as bread, noodles, dough and rice

Descends Qi and transforms Phlegm

Chronic cough or wheezing with copious phlegm and breathlessness, working best in Excess patterns Phlegm-Damp building up alongside retained food

Lowers blood pressure

Hypertension