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Kingdom: Plant

Use: Medicinal

Category: Spirit-quieting agents / Heavy settling spirit-quieting agents

Properties: Sweet; warm; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Heart, liver, lung, and kidney channels.

Actions and indications:

• Quiets the spirit and settles fright; Disquieted heart spirit; fright palpitations and fearful throbbing; fright epilepsy convulsions.
• Warms the lung and calms panting; Lung cold cough and panting.
• Warms the kidney and uterus: Debilitation of original yáng with uterine cold infertility; flooding and spotting; vaginal discharge.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (6–12g); use in pills or powders.

Warnings: Do not use use for extended periods. Contraindicated in infertility due to yīn vacuity with effulgent fire, in heat in the blood aspect, and in cough due to lung heat.

Production area: Gānsū, Shānxī, Jiāngsū, and Húběi.

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