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Latin pharmacognostic name: Galenitum

Alternate English names: galena lead ore

Alternate Chinese names: 黑锡 hēi xí

Kingdom: Mineral

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Sweet; cold; toxic.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.

Indications:

Settles counterflow, sweeps phlegm, kills worms, and resolves toxin.

phlegm congestion and qì counterflow; upper body exuberance and lower body vacuity; shortness of breath and rapid panting; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé) and stomach reflux; goiter; scrofula; clove sores (dīng); malign sores.

Product Area: Húnán, Sìchuān, Yúnnán, Húběi, Guǎngxī, Fújiàn, Guìzhōu, Manchuria.

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