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 Bombycis Mori, Excrementum


Pin Yin: can sha
Common name: silkworm feces
Botanical family: (animal) Bombycidae
Botanical name: Bombyx mori (L.)

Primary action: Dispel Wind Dampness
Secondary actions: Rectify Qi; Aromatic-transform Dampness
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, acrid
Entering Channel: Lv, Sp, St

Actions:
   Expels Wind Dampness; used for Wind-Damp Bi Pattern with painful joints, tendons, and muscles.
   Harmonizes the Stomach and transforms Turbid Dampness; used for vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, abdominal pain, borborygmus, and calf pain.
   (See Wind-Damp Bi ; Stomach Qi Stagnation ; Spleen Damp .)

Dosage: 3-5 qian.

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