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Latin pharmacognostic name: Pyri Fructus

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Pyrus bretschneideri Rehd.; Pyrus pyrifolia (Burm. f.) Nakai; Pyrus ussuriensis Maxim.

Use: Alimentary

Category:

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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