Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/yuan-zhi/ 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/yuan-zhi/">Bencao Index</a> yuan zhi 远志 Radix Polygalae Polygala Root onji wonji Nourish Heart, Calm Spirit Lung Heart

Calms the Spirit, quiets the Heart and restores communication between the Heart and Kidneys

Insomnia, anxious palpitations, restlessness, irritability and disorientation Excessive brooding or bottled-up emotion, where it works best Heart and Kidneys failing to communicate

Expels Phlegm, opens the orifices, clears the Lungs and stops cough

Phlegm clouding the Heart orifices, with emotional disturbance, confusion, forgetfulness, spasms or seizures Phlegm lodged in the Lungs with plentiful sputum, above all when it is hard to cough up Angina pectoris

Reduces abscesses and dissipates swelling

Boils, abscesses and sores, and painful, swollen breasts or mastitis; applied as a powder or taken with wine