VARIANT NAMES: Hongluobo, Hulufu, Huangluobo, Jinsun, Dingxiang luobo, Honglufu.
ORIGIN: The root of Daucus carota [Umbelliferae].
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: Containing more than two kinds of carotene, such as α-, β-, γ- and ε-isomer, lycopene, hexahydrolycopene, etc., vitamin B1, and B2, and anthocyanidin. It also contains sugar (3 to 15%), fatty oil (0.1 to 0.7%), essential oil (0.014%), umbelliferone and caffeic aicd, chlorogenic acid, gallic acid, p-hydroyx-henzoic acid, etc.
NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, acting on the channels of the lung and spleen.
EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Strengthening the spleen and removing stagnation of food. It is used for treatment of Ulcerative Colitis, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, protracted dysentery and cough.
DIRECTIONS: To be eaten either raw or cooked. It will strenghten and tonify the five viscera, promote digestion, nourish the kidney-yin, and invigorate the kidney-yang to eat carrot for a long period of time.