Medicinals
lí / 梨 / 梨 / pear
Latin pharmacognostic name: Pyri Fructus
Alternate English names:
Alternate Chinese names:
Origin: Plant
Use: alimentary
Category: Unclassified
Properties: Sweet and slightly sour; cool; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: lung and stomach channels.
Indications:
Engenders liquid, moistens dry, clears heat, and transforms phlegm.
vexation and thirst from damage to liquid in febrile disease; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); heat cough; phlegm-heat fright mania; dysphagia-occlusion (yē gé); constipation.
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