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Pin Yin: long gu
Common name: fossilized vertebrae and bones of extremities, usually of mammals
Botanical family: (mineralfossil)
Primary action: Calm Spirit
Secondary actions:
Astringe
Temperature: neutral to cool
Taste: sweet, astringent
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Kd
Actions:
Calms the Spirit; used for agitation, insomnia, palpitations.
Calms the Liver and descends rising Liver Yang; used for rising Liver
Yang associated with Vacuity of Yin, with vexation, dizziness and
blurred vision.
Astringes Fluids; used for seminal emission, leukorrhea, excessive sweating,
uterine bleeding.
(See
Heart Yin Vacuity
;
Liver Yang Rising (Ascending)
;
Kidney Yin Vacuity
.)
Dosage:
5-10 qian.
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