Mu Bie Zi木鳖子
Semen MomordicaeMomordica Seeds
- Tóxico
También conocido comoCochin Bitter Melon Seeds
- Categoría
- Hierbas de uso externo
- Naturaleza
- tibio
- Sabor
- amargo, ligeramente dulce
- Canales de destino
- Intestino grueso, Hígado, Estómago
- Canales secundarios
- Pulmón
- Dosis
- 0.5–1.5 g
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Dosis habituales
- Pills and powders
- 0.5–1.5 g
- Tincture
- 0.1–0.25 ml
Acciones & indicaciones
- Resolves toxicity and reduces swellings
- Topically for toxic swellings, breast abscesses, non-healing sores and scrofula
- Hemorrhoids
- Reduces swelling and invigorates the Blood
- Topically for swelling and pain due falls, fractures, contusions and sprains
- Topically for low back pain due to Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
Contraindicaciones
- Contraindicated during pregnancy and for the debilitated.
- Contraindicated for weak patients.
Combinaciones
- Huang Qin
- Huang Bai
- Tian Hua Fen
Applied topically for longstanding red, swollen, hot and painful abscesses.
Applied topically for pus-filled sores that will not open.
Used as a powder for throat pain and swelling.
Notas
- Defatted Momordica Mu Bie Zi Shuang is less toxic and is used, usually as a pill or powder, to treat internal consumption.
- In Taiwan it is used as a folk remedy for syphilis, snakebite, trauma and anal pain.