Xiang Gu香菇
Lentinus EdodesShitake
Also known asChampignon
- Category
- Herbs that Tonify *Qi*
- Nature
- neutral
- Taste
- sweet
- Channels entered
- Liver, Stomach
- Dosage
- 6–9 g
Usual doses
- Decoction
- 6–9 g
- Fresh
- 15–30 g
Actions & indications
- Tonifies Qi Deficiency, strengthens the Spleen, stimulates the appetite
- Weakness, fatigue, indigestion, edema, anemia
- Expel Wind and promotes eruptions
- Urticaria, incomplete eruptions
- Resolves Phlegm and regulates the flow of *Qi*
- chronic hepatitis, hypertension, rickets, hyperlipidemia
- Removes toxicity and treats cancer
- Poisonous mushrooms, night sweat, tumors