ABSTRACT
This herb is the dried, ripe seeds of Raphanus sativus L. of the family Cruciferae, which is grown in all parts of China. It is collected in summer, dried, and used unprocessed or stir baked as roasted radish seed. Raphanus is used to improve digestion, as a carminative and corrective agent for food stagnation, and for gastrointestinal distension (Jiang Su New Medical College, 1977). The seeds are peptic, diuretic, carminative, corrective, and expectorant (Smith and Stuart, 1973). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg445_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
