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Pin Yin: mo yao
Common name: myrrh
Botanical family: Burseraceae
Botanical name: 1, Commiphora myrrha Engl.; 2, Balsamodendron ehrenbergianum Berg.
Primary action: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Secondary actions:
Dispel Wind Dampness
Temperature: neutral
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, Ht, Sp
Actions:
Quickens Blood and disperses Blood Stasis, reduces swelling and
relieves pain; used for traumatic injury, carbuncles and abscesses, immobile
abdominal masses, amenorrhea.
Promotes healing of chronic sores.
Relieves Wind Dampness Bi pain.
(See
Blood Stasis
;
Wind-Damp Bi
.)
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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