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Pin Yin: she xiang-
Common name: secretions from navel gland of musk deer
Botanical family: (animal) Cervidae
Botanical name: Moschus moschiferus L.
Primary action: Aromatic Open Orifices
Secondary actions:
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, aromatic
Entering Channel: Ht, Sp, Lv
Actions:
Opens Orifices and revives consciousness.
Quickens Blood, dissipates nodules and tumors; used for emergency cases of angina pectoris.
Facilitates passage of fetus in cases where afterbirth or fetus fails to descend.
(See
Collapse of Yang;
Blood Stasis
.)
Dosage:
1-5 fen; taken orally as pills or powder. Containers must be kept well
sealed because of its volatility; it should not be cooked.
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