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Pin Yin:
zhi mu
Botanical family: Liliaceae
Botanical name: Anemarrhena aspheloides Bunge
Primary action: Drain Fire
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yin
Temperature: cold
Taste:
bitter, sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, St, Kd
Actions:
Clears Heat and Drains Fire and clears Repletion Lung Heat.
Moistens the Yin and clears Vacuity Fire, especially of the Lung and
Kidney.
Drains Heat from the Lower Burner (Hot painful urinary disorder).
Generates Fluids and clears Heat of Vacuity of Yin with Wasting and
Thirsting Pattern.
(See
Interior Heat
;
YangMing-stage Channel
;
Qi Aspect Repletion Heat of
Stomach and Lungs
;
Interior-Heat-Vacuity (Vacuity
of Yin)
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Wasting and Thirsting Pattern
.)
Indications: dry cough, nightsweats, five heart
heart, constipation, thirst
Dosage:
2-4 qian.
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