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Eliminating depression and stale water

去宛陈莝 〔去宛陳莝〕 qù yù chén cuò

From Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, tāng yè láo lǐ lùn). A method of treatment used to address stagnation and old fluid accumulations with medicinals such as kansui (Kansui Radix, 甘遂 gān suì) and morning glory (Pharbitidis Semen, 牵牛子 qiān niú zǐ). See expelling water.

Etymology

Chinese: 去 qù, eliminate; 宛, read as yù, is the same as 郁 yù, depression; 陈 chén, old; 莝 cuò, old; cut straw.

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