1 TASTE
Sweet, salty and neutral
2 MERIDIANS
Liver and kidney
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To tonify the kidneys and strengthen yang; 2. To control essence and decrease urination
4 INDICATIONS
Deficient yang of the kidneys manifested as seminal emissions, nocturnal enuresis or leukorrhea. Mantis egg case (Sang Piao Xiao [3]) is used with Dragon bone (Long Gu [4]), Oyster shell (Mu Li [5]), Dadder seed(Tu Si Zi [6])and Psoralea fruit (Bu Gu Zhi [7]).
5 DOSAGE
3-10g
6 COUTIONS
This substance is contraindicated in cases with deficient yin with excessive fire, or heat in the urinary bladder with frequent urine.
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