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Latin pharmacognostic name: Sal

Alternate English names: cooking salt

Alternate Chinese names: 细盐 xì yán; 食盐 shí yán

Kingdom: Mineral

Use: Alimentary

Category:

Properties: Salty; cold; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Stomach, kidney, large intestine, small intestine channels.

Indications:

Promotes ejection, clears heat, cools the blood, and resolves toxin.

food accumulation in the upper stomach duct; distension and pain in the heart [region] and stomach; phlegm aggregation in the chest; urinary stoppage and fecal stoppage; bleeding gums; sore throat; toothache; eye screen; sores; poisonous insect stings.

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