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Pin Yin: bai zi ren
Common name: arborvitae seed
Botanical family: Cupressaceae
Botanical name: Biota orientalis (L.) Endl.
Primary action: Nourish Heart and Calm Spirit
Secondary actions:
Supplement Blood
Temperature: neutral
Taste: sweet, acrid
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Sp
Actions:
Nourishes Heart and calms Spirit in conditions of Deficient Heart Blood.
Moistens Intestines; used for constipation due to Vacuity of Blood
or Yin.
(See
Heart Blood Vacuity
;
Large Intestine Dryness
.)
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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