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Sophorae Flavescentis, Rx
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Pin Yin:
ku shen
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: Sophora flavescens Ait.
Primary action: Clear Heat, Dry Dampness
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, St, LI, SI, Kd, UB
Actions:
Drains Damp Heat; especially useful for chronic Damp Heat dysentery and
for Damp Heat sores.
Relieves Damp Fire Poison skin lesions with itching and bleeding; also
for Damp Heat genital itching.
Clears Heat, promotes urination and relieves edema.
(See
Large Intestine Damp Heat
;
Heat Toxin
;
Damp Heat of Lower Burner
.)
Indications: jaundice, dysentery, itchy vaginal
discharge, itchy skin, eczema, strangury: weeping, oozing sores
Dosage:
1-4 qian in decoctions; may be used as a wash applied topically.
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