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Pin Yin:
cong bai
Common name: scallion
Botanical family: Alliaceae
Botanical name: Allium fistulosum L.
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Lu, St
Actions:
Releases the Exterior and induces sweating; for early stages of Exterior
Wind Cold.
Disperses Cold and penetrates Yang; alleviates abdominal pain, diarrhea,
cold limbs and distension or nasal congestion due to obtruction of
the Yang Qi by Cold.
(See
TaiYang-stage Exterior Chill
;
Large Intestine Cold Dampness
.)
Dosage:
2-5 fresh whole scallions, white part including root.
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