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Sophorae Subprostratae, Rx
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Pin Yin:
shan dou gen
Common name: pigeon pea root
Botanical family: Leguminosae
Botanical name: Sophora subprostrata Chun et T. Chen
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Lu, Ht, LI, [Lv]
Actions:
Clears Heat and detoxifies Fire Poison; especially used for painful swollen throat and oral cavity and for sores and rashes, internally and topically as a mouth wash or wash; for snake and insect bites, and scabies, applied topically.
Clears Lung Heat and Liver Heat jaundice.
Used for cancer of the lungs, throat and urinary bladder.
(See
Heat Toxin;
Lung Repletion Heat;
Liver Gall Bladder Damp Heat
.)
Indications: toothache, mouth sores, cough, sore
and swollen throat,
Dosage:
2-3 qian.
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