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Pin Yin:
xi xin
Common name: wild ginger
Botanical family: Aristolochiaceae
Botanical name: 1, Asarum heterotropoides Fr. Schm.; 2, A. sieboldii
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Transform Cold Phlegm
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Lu, Kd, Ht, Sp
Actions:
Releases Exterior and disperses Cold, especially when Chronic Kidney Yang
Vacuity is present (chills, heat effusion (fever), with no sweating).
Expels Wind and relieves head, chest, and body aches due to stagnancy.
Warms Lungs and transforms Cold Phlegm.
(See
Exterior Cold
;
Exterior Wind
;
Kidney Yang Vacuity
;
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs
.)
Indications: toothache, headache, nasal congestion,
cough
Dosage:
0.3-1 qian.
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