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Pin Yin:
tian nan xing
Common name: jack-in-the-pulpit tuber
Botanical family: Araceae
Botanical name: 1, Arisaema consanguineum Schott.; 2, A. amurense Maxim.; 3, A. heterophyllum Bl.; 4, A. japonicum Bl.
Primary action: Transform Cold Phlegm
Secondary actions:
Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, bitter, toxic
Entering Channel: Lu, Lv, Sp
Actions:
Dries Dampness (very strongly) and expels Phlegm; used for cough and distension
in chest with stagnant Phlegm.
Disperses Interior-generated Wind and Phlegm; used in dizziness, facial
paralysis, spasms, seizures, lockjaw.
(See
Interior Dampness
;
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs
;
Interior Wind
;
Phlegm
.)
Indications: convulsions, tetany, scrofula, cough, hemiplegia,
dizziness
Dosage:
0.8-3.0 qian.
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