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Pin Yin: niu huang
Common name: cattle gallstone
Botanical family: (animal) Bovidae
Botanical name: 1, Bos taurus domesticus Gmelin; 2, Bubalis bubalis L.
Primary action: Aromatic Open Orifices
Secondary actions:
Extinguish Wind, Stop Spasm;
Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cool
Taste: bitter, sweet
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv
Actions:
Opens Orifices and vaporizes Phlegm; used for Warm Disease in which
Hot Phlegm obstructs the Pericardium (delirium or coma) and for apoplectic
stroke.
Extinguishes Interior Liver Wind and relieves spasms; used for spasms,
tremors, convulsions, or coma.
Drains Fire and detoxifies Fire Poison; for red, painful, and swollen
throat, and for sores, carbuncles and boils.
(See
Pericardium-stage Phlegm
Fire Obstruction
;
Liver Wind Moving Internally
;
Heat Toxin
.)
Dosage:
0.05-0.5 qian.
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