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Pin Yin:
ge gen
Common name: kudzuvine root
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: 1, Peuraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi; 2, P. pseudo-hirsuta Tang et Wang; 3, P. omeiensis Tang et Wang; 4, P. thomsanii Benth.
Primary action: Release Wind Heat
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yin
Temperature: cool
Taste: sweet, acrid
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Relieves the muscles and clears Exterior Heat with heat effusion (fever), head-, neck
and shoulder-ache.
Generates Fluid and relieves thirst.
Promotes eruption of rashes and measles.
Alleviates diarrhea from Heat evil; can also be used for Spleen Vacuity
type diarrhea when used in its roasted form.
(See
Exterior Heat
;
Fluid Vacuity
;
Heat Toxin
;
Spleen Qi Vacuity
;
Small Intestine Repletion Heat
.)
Indications: diarrhea, joint pain, sinus congestion,
measles
Dosage:
2-5 qian.
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