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Qing Xiang Zi - Lab Tested, 1lb

Qing Xiang Zi - Lab Tested, 1lb

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Celosia Seeds strongly clears fire from the Liver channel to benefit the eyes and ears, directs qi downward, eliminates superficial visual obstruction.

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinse Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Clears wind-heat, drains Liver fire, and improves the vision: for patterns of either wind-heat or Liver fire causing red, painful, swollen eyes, superficial visual obstruction, or catartacts.*
  • Recently used for hypertension associated with ascendant Liver yang. Its use has been further extended to include treating headache from wind-heat.*

English Name: Celosia Seeds; Celosia argentea, semen
Chinese Name: Qing Xiang Zi
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Sweet - Bensky
Properties: slightly cold - Bensky
Channels Entered: Liver - Bensky
Actions: Strongly clears fire from the Liver channel to benefit the eyes and ears, directs qi downward, eliminates superficial visual obstruction.
Pattern: Wind-heat; Liver fire; Ascendant Liver Yang - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Red, Painful, swollen eyes, superficial visual obstruction, cataracts; Hypertension - Bensky
Materia Medica: Clear Heat - Drain Fire
Contraindications: This herb can induce dilation of the pupils and may affect eye pressure. It is therefore contraindicated in patients with dilated pupils or elevated eye pressure, as in glaucoma. - Bensky


Ingredients

Qing Xiang Zi - Celosia argentea, semen

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