Longan Aril (Longyanrou)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Arillus longan |
| Botanical Name: | Euphoria longan (Lour.) steud. |
| Common Name: | Longan aril Arillus fruit |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The aril can be collected from the ripe longan in early autumn. Then it is baked or dried in the sunshine. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and warm |
| Meridian: | Heart and spleen |
| Functions: | To nourish blood and tranquillize the mind To strengthen the spleen and replenish Qi |
| Indications and Combinations: | Deficiency of Qi and blood manifested as palpitations, insomnia and forgetfulness. *Use with Ginseng (Renshen), Astragalus root (Huangqi), Chinese angelica root (Danggui) and Wild jujube seed (Suanzaoren) in the formula Guipi Tang. |
| Dosage: | 10-30 g |
| Cautions: | This herb is contraindicated in cases of phlegm-fire or dampness in the middle jiao (spleen and stomach). |