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Otter's liver

獭肝 〔獺肝〕tǎ gān

Latin pharmacognostic name: Lutrae Iecur

Kingdom: Animal

Origin (other sources): Lutra lutra L.; Aonyx cinerea Illigen

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Sweet and salty; balanced; toxic*.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.*

Indications:

Nourishes yīn, eliminates heat, calms cough, and stanches bleeding.

vacuity taxation with steaming bone tidal heat effusion, night sweating, cough and panting; hacking of blood; sparrow blindness (night blindness); bleeding hemorrhoids.

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