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Yang Ti Gen (Japanese Dock Root)

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Yang Ti: clear heat and relax the bowels, promote diuresis, stop bleeding and kill parasites.

Yang Ti Gen (Japanese Dock Root)
Yang Ti Gen (Japanese Dock Root) — Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs

Name

Yang Ti (Japanese Dock Root)

The Effect of Yang Ti

Property

Bitter, cold, slightly toxic, liver, heart and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and relax the bowels, promote diuresis, stop bleeding and kill parasites.

Indications

Tinea, scabies, traumatic injury, jaundice, sores, hematemesis, favus of the scalp, all kind of hemorrhage, hepatitis, functional uterine bleeding, constipation, colitis, stranguria with turbid discharge.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 9~15 g, or pounded into juice or made paste. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into juice for applying or decocted for washing.

Cations

It is contraindicated for diarrhea with eating less food and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.

When to see a doctor: herbal care suits mild, everyday issues. For worsening, severe, or sudden symptoms — or if you are pregnant, on medication, or treating a child — consult a licensed practitioner first.

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