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HERBS
Chinese herbal medicine reference: what each herb is used for in TCM, how it is prepared and dosed, and its safety cautions and contraindications.
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Silver carp: Chinese Herb Guide
Lian Yu, 鲢鱼
Lian Yu (Silver carp) Sweet, warm; spleen and stomach channels. Actions Warm the spleen and stomach, tonify qi, promote urination
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Ni Qiu: Chinese Herb Guide
泥鳅,Oriental weatherfish,泥鰍
Name Ni Qiu (Oriental weatherfish) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral; spleen, liver and kidney channels.
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Oriental weatherfish
Ni Qiu, 泥鳅
Oriental weatherfish: tonify the spleen and kidney, promote urination, remove toxicity.
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Li Yu: Chinese Herb Guide
鲤鱼,Carp,鯉魚,Cyprinus carpio
Li Yu: promote urination and resolve swelling, direct qi downward and promote the secretion of lactation.
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Carp: Chinese Herb Guide
Li Yu, 鲤鱼
Name Li Yu (Carp) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral; spleen and kidney channels.
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Yu Cao: Chinese Herb Guide
鱼草
Yu Cao (Axle Algae) Salt, pungent, neutral; lung channel. Actions Eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and asthma
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Jiu Dao Sheng (Herba Asplenini Variantis)
Herba Asplenini Variantis, 九倒生
Jiu Dao Sheng: activate blood and relieve swelling, stop bleeding and promote the tissue regernation.
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Sha Yu Rou: Chinese Herb Guide
鲨鱼肉, Shark meat
Sha Yu Rou: tonify deficiency, strengthen the spleen, promote urination, dispel blood stasis and resolve swelling.
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Shark meat: Chinese Herb Guide
鲨鱼肉,Sha Yu Rou,鲛鱼肉,鮫魚肉,鯊魚肉
Shark meat: tonify deficiency, strengthen the spleen, promote urination, dispel blood stasis and resolve swelling.
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Hu Zi: Chinese Herb Guide
Club bottle gourd fruit, 瓠子
Hu Zi (Club bottle gourd fruit) Sweet, neutral. Actions Promote urination, clear heat, relieve thrist and restlessness
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Hu Bei Bei Mu (Hupeh Fritillary Bulb)
Hupeh Fritillary Bulb, Bulbus Fritillariae Hupehensis
Hu Bei Bei Mu (Hupeh Fritillary Bulb): clear heat and resolve phlegm, relieve cough and dissipate nodulation.
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Zhao Sheng Han Cai: Chinese Herb Guide
沼生蔊菜
Zhao Sheng Han Cai: it is used to clear away heat and promote diuresis, to counteract toxicity and relieve swelling; for the treatment of edema, jaundice.