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Pin Yin: chuanshanjia
Common name: pangolin scales
Botanical family: (animal) Manidae
Botanical name: Manis penta-dactyla L.
Primary action: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Secondary actions:
Dispel Wind Dampness
Temperature: cool
Taste: salty
Entering Channel: Lv, St
Actions:
Quickens Blood, Transforms Stasis, promotes menses and lactation.
Reduces swelling and promotes discharge of pus from boils and abscesses; can be applied topically in sterilized form on sores that have already ulcerated to promote healing.
Relieves pain from Wind Damp Painful Impediments in the limbs.
(See
Blood Stasis;
Liver Blood Stasis;
Milk Accumulation in breasts;
Heat Toxin;
Wind-Damp Bi
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Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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