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Pin Yin: niu bang zi
Common name: great burdock fruit
Botanical family: Compositae
Botanical name: Arctium lappa L.
Primary action: Release Wind Heat
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat Toxins;
Drain-Lubricate
Temperature: cold
Taste: acrid, slightly bitter
Entering Channel: Lu, St, Sp
Actions:
Disperses Wind Heat with sore throat and non-erupted or latent rashes.
Detoxifies Fire Poison types of rashes, abscesses, mumps.
Moistens Intestines, used for Wind Heat constipation.
(See
Exterior Wind
;
Exterior Heat
;
Heat Toxin
;
Exterior Hot Dryness
.)
Indications: cough, sore throat, rash
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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