Witnessed by: TCM
Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei), of the Arecaceae family. Hardy fan palm with fibrous leaf-sheaths clothing the trunk; native range: central and southern China. Globally recognized as zong lü (棕榈) in Chinese, and palm fiber, hemp palm, chusan palm in English. The part used is leaf-sheath fiber, usually charred (zong lü tan). Coarse brown matted fiber; once charred, black and brittle, bitter and astringent.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
WINDMILL PALM
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- windmill palm
- Scientific name
- Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H.Wendl.
- Family
- Arecaceae
Form
- Part used
- leaf-sheath fiber, usually charred (zong lü tan)
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- bitter · astringent
Temperature
- TCM
- neutral
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Liver · Lung · Large Intestine
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- restrains and stops bleeding through astringency
Cautions
- Contraindications
- not for bleeding with blood stasis or with a lingering pathogen to be expelled
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