1 TASTE
Pungent and very cold
2 MERIDIANS
Lung and urinary bladder
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To reduce phlegm in the lungs and soothe asthma; 2. To promote urination and reduce edema
4 INDICATIONS
1. Retention of phlegm fluid in the lungs manifested as cough with profuse sputum, asthma, fullness and distension in the chest and hypochondriac region , asthma in which patient cannot lie flat and edema of the face. Lepidium seed (Ting Li Zi [3]) is used with Jujube (Da Zao [4]) in the formula Tingli Dazao Xiefei Tang.2. Edema or dysuria. Lepidium seed (Tinglizi) is used with Tetrandra root (Fanji) and Rhulbarb (Da Huang [5]) in the formula Ji Jiao Li Huang Wan.
5 DOSAGE
3-10 g
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