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Latin pharmacognostic name: Suis Vesica Fellea

Kingdom: Animal

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Sus scrofa domestica Brisson

Origin (other sources): Sus scrofa domestica Brisson

Use: Medicinal

Category:

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: Liver, lung, gallbladder, and large intestine channels.

Indications:

Clears heat, moistens dryness, and resolves toxin.

interior heat, dryness, and thirst in febrile disease; constipation; jaundice; whooping cough; wheezing and panting; diarrhea; dysentery; red eyes; throat impediment (hóu bì); purulent ear; swollen welling-abscesses (yōng zhǒng) and clove sores (dīng).

Notes: This is the dried gallbladder or bile of the pig.

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