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Ku Ding Cha苦丁茶

Folium IlicisIlicis

Category
Cool, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Heat Diaphoretics)
Nature
cold
Taste
sweet, bitter
Channels entered
Spleen, Lung, Stomach
Dosage
3–9 g

Actions & indications

Disperses Wind-Heat, clears head and eyes and controls fidgets and thirst
  • Wind-Heat with headache, toothache, ocular irriatation, cerumen, fidgets and thirst due to Wind-Heat
  • Dysentery

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