Pinellia Tuber is the dried tuber of Pinelliae ternate (Thunb.) Breit. (Fam. Araceae).

Action: To remove damp and phlegm, to relieve nausea and vomiting, and to eliminate stuffiness in the chest and the epigastrium.

Indications:Cough and asthma with much phlegm; dizziness and palpitation due to retention of phlegm and fluid; vertigo caused by wind-phlegm; beadache with cold extremities due to attack of phlegm; stuffiness in the chest and the epigastrium; globus hystericus. Rhizoma Pineliae (processed with ginger ) is often used for relieving nausea and vomiting, while Rhizoma pinelliae (Proccessed with alum) for removing damp and phlegm. Rhizoma Pinelliae (unproccessed) is used externally for boils, sores and lymphadenitis.

Usage:For external use, appropriate quantity to be rubbed into juice or grond into powder and applied topically after mixing with liquor.

Precaution: Incompatible with Radix Aconiti and allied drugs.