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Lutrae Iecur

Otter’s liver

獭肝 〔獺肝〕 tǎ gān

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in unofficial sources: Lutra lutra L.; Aonyx cinerea Illigen

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and salty; balanced; toxic.

Channel entry: Liver and kidney channels.

Actions and indications: Nourishes yīn, eliminates heat, calms cough, and stanches bleeding. Treats 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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