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| Part Used |
Flower
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| Main function |
Herb for Exterior Wind Heat/Cooling Sudorific
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| Thermal qual. |
Slightly cold
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| Taste |
Sweet, slightly bitter
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| Meridians Entered |
Lu, Lv
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| Functions |
Disperses Wind Heat with fever and headache.
Clears Liver and brightens vision.
Pacifies Liver and extinguishes Internal Wind with dizziness
headache or deafness due to Liver Yang Rising.
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| Cautions |
Contraindicated in Qi Deficiency with reduced appetite and
diarrhea.
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| Toxicity |
Relatively safe for long term use
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| Phyto-chemicals |
Chrysanthemone, adenine, choline, stachydrine
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| Western Properties |
Anti-pyretic, carminative, anti-spasmodic, alterative, tonic, anti-hypertensive,
anti-biotic activity against Staphylococcus aureus, b-hemolytic Streptococcus,
and Shigella sonnei, anti-spirochetal, anti-fungal, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory,
diaphoretic, dilates coronary arteries, hair restorative
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| Notes |
Used for headaches, dizziness, tinnitus and vision problems
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