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Pin Yin:
cang er zi
Common name: cocklebur fruit
Botanical family: Compositae
Botanical name: Xanthium sibiricum Patr. ex Widd.
Primary action: Dispel Wind Dampness
Secondary actions:
Transform Cold Phlegm;
Transform Hot Phlegm;
Release Wind Cold
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, [acrid], bitter, slightly toxic
Entering Channel: Lu
Actions:
Opens the nasal passages and sinuses and clears thick viscous mucus
blockages.
Disperses Wind and expels Dampness from the Channels; used for Wind
Damp pain and skin itching.
Expels Exterior Wind with headaches that radiate to back of head and
neck.
(See
Exterior Wind
;
Exterior Dampness
.)
Indications: nasal congestion, toothache, sore eyes,
runny nose, painful joints, itchy skin
Dosage:
1-3 qian.
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