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Pin Yin: xiangfu
Common name: nutgrass rhizome
Botanical family: Cyperaceae
Botanical name: Cyperus rotundus L.
Primary action: Rectify Qi
Temperature: slightly warm
Taste: acrid, bitter, sweet
Entering Channel: Lv, TH, St
Actions:
Moves Qi and Courses Liver Qi.
Regulates menstruation and relieves pain; also relieves pain of epigastrium,
abdomen.
(See
Liver Qi Depression
;
Stomach Qi Stagnation
.)
Dosage:
2-4 qian.
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