1 TASTE
Bitter, pungent, cold and poisonous
2 MERIDIANS
Lung, Kidney and large intestine
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To transform water and reduce edema; 2. To disperse nodules and relieve swelling.
4 INDICATIONS
1. Edema of the face and the body, retention of fluid in the chest and ascites. Peking spurge root (Gan Sui [3]) and Genkwa flower (Yuan Hua [4]) in the formula Shizao Tang.2. Boils, carbuncles, scrofula and subcutaneous modules, Peking spurge root (Da Ji [5]) is used with Pleione rhizome (Shancigu) and Moleplant seed (Qianjinzi) for internal and external used in the formula Zijin Ding.
5 DOSAGE
1.5-3 g
6 COUTIONS
This herb should not be mixed with Licorice root (Gan Cao [6]), and it is contraindicated during pregnancy.
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