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Pin Yin: rou dou kou
Common name: nutmeg seed
Botanical family: Myristicaceae
Botanical name: Myristica fragrans Houtt.
Primary action: Astringe
Secondary actions:
Warm Interior;
Rectify Qi
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
: tamasic
Entering Channel: Sp, St, LI
Actions:
Astringes Intestines and stops diarrhea due to Vacuity of Yang.
Warms Middle Burner, regulates and moves Qi, and alleviates abdominal
pain.
(See
Spleen Yang Vacuity
;
Stomach Vacuity Cold
;
Large Intestine Cold Vacuity
;
Kidney Yang Vacuity
;
Stomach Qi Stagnation
.)
Dosage:
0.5-2 qian.
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