Milk thistle: Preparation, Dosing and Timing in TCM in Chinese medicine: typical uses, dose and cautions.
Milk thistle: A Practical Guide from Chinese Herbal Medicine in Chinese medicine: typical uses, dose and cautions.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Chun (Watershield) Nature and action Nature Sweet, cold; liver and spleen channels. Actions Promote urination and resolve swelling, clear heat and remove toxicity.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Chun (Watershield) Nature and action Nature Sweet, cold; liver and spleen channels. Actions Promote urination and resolve swelling, clear heat and remove toxicity.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Xiang Jia Pi (Cortex Periplocae) — Zhong Yao Zhi (Records on Chinese Materia Media) Source and quality Plant The root bark of the Periploca sepium Bge of family Asclepiadaceae.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Xiang Jia Pi (Cortex Periplocae) — Zhong Yao Zhi (Records on Chinese Materia Media) Source and quality Plant The root bark of the Periploca sepium Bge of family Asclepiadaceae.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Xiang Jia Pi (Chinese Silkvine Root-bark): dispel wind-damp, promote urination to ease edema.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Can Dou Ke: promote urination, eliminate dampness, stop bleeding, remove toxicity.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Can Dou Ke (Seed-coat of Broadbean) Nature and action Nature Sweet, bland, neutral; kidney and stomach channels.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Wu Yu Dan (Cuttlefish nidamental gland) Nature and action Nature Salt, neutral; stomach and kidney channels. Actions Strengthen the spleen and promote urination.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Name Wu Yu Dan (Cuttlefish nidamental gland) Nature and action Nature Salt, neutral; stomach and kidney channels. Actions Strengthen the spleen and promote urination.
Edema-Alleviating Diuretics
Fu Ling (Poria) induces diuresis, drains dampness, invigorates the spleen and induces tranquilization. It is an essential herb for promoting urination and relieving edema.