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 Lycii Radicis, Cx


Pin Yin: di gu pi
Common name: wolfberry bark
Botanical family: Solanaceae
Botanical name: 1, Lycium chinensis Mill.; 2, L. barbarum L.

Primary action: Cool Blood
Secondary actions: Supplement Yin
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, Kd

Actions:
   Relieves Vacuity-type Heat or Fire with sweating; relieves Steaming Bone Pattern with sweating.
   Clears Heat and Cools Blood.
   Clears Vacuity Heat in the Lungs with cough and wheezing.
   (See Vacuity Fire ; Blood Heat ; Lung Yin Vacuity .)

Indications: nightsweats, five heart heat, cough, nosebleed, vexation, thirst

Dosage: 2-5 qian.

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