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Pin Yin:
che qian zi
Common name: plantago seed
Botanical family: Plantaginaceae
Botanical name: 1, Plantago asiatica L.; 2, P. depressa Wild.
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Drain Fire ;
Clear Heat, Dry Dampness;
Transform Hot Phlegm
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Kd, Lv, UB, Lu, SI
Actions:
Promotes urination and clears Heat; used for all types of edema, depending
upon with which herbs it is combined; used for Damp Heat Strangury,
Damp Heat diarrhea.
Clears the eyes; used for eye problems associated with Vacuity of Kidney
and Liver or with Liver Fire, depending upon other herbs used.
Clears Lung Heat and Stops cough with sputum.
(See
Damp Heat of Bladder
;
Large Intestine Damp Heat
;
Liver Fire
;
Hot Phlegm Blocking Lungs
.)
Indications: inhibited urination, strangury, blood strangury,
edema, diarrhea, cough, copious sputum, vaginal discharge, red eyes,
blurry vision
Dosage:
1.5-5 qian.
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