Medicinals
bí qí / 荸荠 / 荸薺 / water chestnut[1]
Latin pharmacognostic name: Heleocharitis Cormus
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names: 马蹄 mǎ tí; 葧脐 bó qí; 马荠 mǎ qí; 通天草 tōng tiān cǎo; 鸟芋 niǎo yù; 尾梨 wěi lí; 红慈菇 hóng cí gū
Origin: Plant
Use: alimentary
Category: Phlegm-transforming cough-relieving panting-calming agents / Phlegm-transforming agents
Properties: Sweet; cold; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: lung, stomach, and large intestine channels.
Indications:
- Transforms phlegm and disperses accumulation: Phlegm-heat cough; yīn vacuity lung dryness; scrofula and
phlegm nodes . - Clears heat and engenders liquid: vexation and thirst in febrile disease;
intestinal dryness constipation. - Brighten the eyes and abates screens:
Painful red swollen eyes ;eye screens .Dosage & Method:
Oral: Decoct (30–90g) or grind to a powder and decoct. The fresh product can be crushed to obtain the juice (30–60g). The dried or fresh product can be used topically on as an eye dab.
Warning:
Use with care in vacuity cold and in blood vacuity.
Product Area:
Most parts of China.
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