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Pin Yin:
zhi ban xia
Botanical family: Araceae
Botanical name: Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.
Primary action: Transform Cold Phlegm
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, toxic
Entering Channel: Lu, Sp, St
Actions:
Dries Dampness, transforms Cold Phlegm (especially from Spleen or Lungs),
Descends Counterflow Qi.
Harmonizes Stomach and stops Damp Phlegm vomiting.
Disperses nodules and reduced constriction in the chest from stagnant
Phlegm; used for goiter, scrofula, or Phlegm obstructions anywhere in
the body.
(See
Cold Phlegm Blocking Lungs
;
Spleen Damp
;
Counterflow Qi
;
Phlegm
.)
Indications: cough, chest oppression, dizziness, copious sputum,
wheezing, nausea, vomiting, plumpit qi, phlegm nodes, goitre
Dosage:
1.5-4 qian.
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