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Pin Yin:
deng xin cao
Common name: rush pith
Botanical family: Juncaceae
Botanical name: Juncus effusus L. var. decipiens Buchen.
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Lu, Ht, SI
Actions:
Promotes urination and leeches out Dampness; used for Heat Strangury.
Clears Heart Fire via the Small Intestine and urination.
Relieves insomnia due to Heart Fire with Kidney Yin Vacuity.
(See
Damp Heat of Bladder;
Phlegm Fire Harassing Heart;
Heart Yin Vacuity;
Kidney Yin Vacuity
.)
Indications: strangury, mouth sores, insomnia, crying in children
Dosage:
0.5-1.5 qian.
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