Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

niú ròu / 牛肉 / 牛肉 / beef

Latin pharmacognostic name: Bovis Caro

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Origin: Animal

Use: alimentary

Category: Unclassified

Properties: Sweet; balanced.

Channel entry: spleen and stomach channels.

Indications:

Supplements the spleen and stomach; boosts qì and the blood; strengthens sinew and bone.

marked emaciation; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); weak spleen; glomus accumulation; water swelling; limp aching lumbus and knees.