{"id":1614,"date":"2013-03-09T00:41:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-09T00:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2013-03-17T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T20:54:25","slug":"achyranthes-ox-knee-root-achyranthes-bidentata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1614","title":{"rendered":"Achyranthes (Ox knee root) ~ Achyranthes bidentata"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Achyranthes (Ox knee root)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Achyranthes bidentata<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Achyranthaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: stem bark<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: China, particularly in Sichuan province<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: alpha-spinasterol, beta-sitosterol, chrysophanol, dibutyl phthalate, palmitic acid, alpha-spinasterol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside, daucosterol, ecdysterone, polysaccharides<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: bitter, sour, neutral<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: circulatory stimulant, diuretic, analgesic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: hypotensive, rubefacient<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and abdominal pain after giving birth<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: urinary tract disorders, dysuria, hematuria<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1 tsp\/cup water tid, capsules: 6 grams qd<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy; may increase blood flow during menses; use with caution when concurrently taking anticoagulant medication<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: none known<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: http:\/\/www.senhealth.com\/vsite\/vcontent\/page\/xmlcontent\/0,11740,4822-129317-130625-19334-68873-xmlcontent-item,00.html; http:\/\/www.foodsnherbs.com\/new_page_2.htm; http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/entrez\/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;list_uids=11038963&amp;dopt=Abstract; http:\/\/www.chineseplantscience.com\/earticle_read.asp?id=2761; http:\/\/www.crescentbloom.com\/Plants\/Specimen\/AA\/Achyranthes%20bidentata.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achyranthes (Ox knee root) Latin name: Achyranthes bidentata Family: Achyranthaceae Part used: stem bark Habitat: China, particularly in Sichuan province Main constituents: alpha-spinasterol, beta-sitosterol, chrysophanol, dibutyl phthalate, palmitic acid, alpha-spinasterol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside, daucosterol, ecdysterone, polysaccharides Energetics: bitter, sour, neutral Main herbal actions: circulatory stimulant, diuretic, analgesic Minor herbal actions: hypotensive, rubefacient Main &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,3,472,41,36,75,324,170,32,117,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analgesic","category-chinese-herbs","category-circulatory-stimulant","category-diuretic","category-energetics-taste","category-hypotensive","category-module-2","category-neutral","category-properties","category-rubefacient","category-sour","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1710,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}