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Pin Yin: tianhuafen
Common name: snakegourd root
Botanical family: Cucurbitaceae
Botanical name: 1, Trichosanthis kirlowii Maxim.; 2, T. uniflora Hao
Primary action: Transform Hot Phlegm
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire ;
Supplement Yin;
Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cool
Taste: bitter, slightly sweet, sour
Entering Channel: Lu, St
Actions:
Drains Fire and generates Fluids; used when Heat damages Fluids resulting
in thirst and vexation; in Wasting and Thirsting Pattern; in cough
with thick sputum or blood-tinged sputum.
Detoxifies Poison and expels pus; for Fire Poison abscesses and sores,
especially in the breast and neck.
(See
Hot Phlegm Blocking Lungs
;
Lung Yin Vacuity
;
Stomach Yin Vacuity
;
Fluid Vacuity
;
Wasting and Thirsting Pattern
;
Heat Toxin
.)
Indications: cough, sores
Dosage:
3-5 qian.
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