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Tetrapanacis Papyriferi, Medulla
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Pin Yin:
tong cao
Common name: rice paper pith
Botanical family: Araliaceae
Botanical name: Tetrapanax papyriferus (Hook.) K. Koch
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire
Temperature: cool
Taste: sweet, bland
Entering Channel: Lu, St
Actions:
Promotes urination and clears Heat; used for Damp Heat of Urinary
Bladder with painful urination and for Warm Disease with Dampness.
Promotes lactation in cases where it is abnormally decreased or absent.
(See
Damp Heat of Bladder;
Qi Aspect Damp Stagnation of Three Burners
.)
Indications: inhibited urination, strangury, stoppage of breast
milk
Dosage: 1-2 qian.
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