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Pin Yin: shui zhi
Common name: leech
Botanical family: (animal) Hirudinidae
Botanical name: 1, Hirudo nipponia Whitman; 2, Whitmania pigra (Whitman); 3, W. acranulata (Whitman)
Primary action: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: neutral
Taste: salty, bitter, toxic
Entering Channel: Lv, UB
Actions:
Breaks up and expels Blood Stasis; reduces immobile abdominal masses
and tumors and disperses Blood Stasis from traumatic injuries.
Promotes menstruation; used for amenorrhea from Blood Stasis.
(See
Blood Stasis
;
Liver Blood Stasis
.)
Dosage:
0.5-1 qian.
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