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Ting Li Zi, 1lb
Ting Li Zi, 1lb
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Lepidium Seed drains the Lungs, reduces Phlegm and calms wheezing; Circulates water and reduces edema*
Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.
- Drains the Lungs, reduces phlegm, and calms wheezing: for excess-type wheezing or cough with copious sputum and a gurgling sound in the throat due to phlegm accumulation or Lung heat.*
- Moves water and reduces edema: for facial edema for fluid accumulation in the chest or abdomen with urinary difficulty due to excess-type obstruction of the Lung and Bladder qi.*
English Name: Lepidium Seed, Semen Lepidii Descurainiae
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Acrid, bitter - Bensky
Properties: Very Cold - Bensky
Channels Entered: Lung, Bladder - Bensky
Actions: Strongly drains the Lung qi, for cough and wheezing that worsens when lying flat, and edema of the face - Bensky
Pattern: Phlegm accumulation; Lung heat - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Wheezing or cough with copious sputum and a gurgling sound in the throat: Facial edema, fluid accumulation in the chest or abdomen with urinary difficulty - Bensky
Materia Medica: Transform Phlegm & Aid Cough
Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with wheezing from Lung deficiency, swelling from Spleen deficiency, or urinary dysfunction from Bladder qi deficiency, unless combined with herbs that tonify the Spleen and augment the qi - Bensky
Ingredients
Ting Li Zi - Descurainia sophia, semen
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