| English
Name |
| Feather
Cockscomb Seed |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Feather
Cockscomb Seed is the dried ripe seed of Celosia argentea
L. (Fam. Amaranthaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is bitter to the taste, slightly cold in nature, and is distributed
to the Kidney Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a dry place. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Oblate,
a few rounded-reniform, 1~1.5 mm in diameter. Externally black
or reddish-black, lustrous, somewhat raised in center, with
a hilum on the slightly dented lateral side. Testa thin and
brittle. Odourless; tasteless.
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ACTION |
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To remove
heat from the liver, and to clear the eye of corneal opacity. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Redness
of the eye and dizziness due to excessive heat or fire in
the liver; nebula with blurred vision. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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Reducing
liver-heat to brighten eyes and relieving nebula
For the treatment of syndrome of flare-up of liver fire, marked
by red eyes, nebula, blurred vision, etc., it is often combined
with Semen Cassiae, Spica Prunellae, etc.
Besides,
it is often used to treat hypertension with dizziness due
to hyperactivity of liver-Yang in combination with Semen Cassiae,
Spica Prunellae, Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis, etc.
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TIPS |
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A
recent, effective new application of this drug is to mix it
with Chrysanthemum and Prunella vulgaris for high blood
pressure. |
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