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Latin Name
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Radix
Kansui
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Chinese Name
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Origin
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Roots
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Distribution
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| It is mainly produced Shaaxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan provinces. |
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Nature and Affinity
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The
drug is bitter in taste and cold in nature, poisonous in property,
and distributed to the Lung, Kidney and Large Intestine Channels.
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Caution
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ACTIONS
AND INDICATIONS |
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1.Removing
the retained water by purgation
To treat the excess syndrome due to internal retention of water
in the thorax or abdomen, marked by thoracic or hypochondric
pain, cough and dyspenia, fullness and solidness of the epigastric
region, fullness and distension with ascites, it is used with
Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis, Folium et Flos Wikstroemiae Chamaedaphnis,
Semen Sinapis Albae, Semen Pharbitidis, Radix Aucklandiae, etc.
2.Relieving swelling and dispersing mass
To treat skin inflammation due to damp-heat, its powder is mixed
with water for local smearing.
At present, it is used to treat intestinal obstruction with
remarkable retention of fluid in the intestinal cavity in combination
with Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, Semen
Persicae, etc. |
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ADMINISTRATION
AND DOSAGE |
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0.5-1.5g
of the drug are used usually the drug is added into others as
an ingredient in pills or powder. A proper amount of the crude
is for local use. |
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REMARKS |
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Mildly poisonous; the drug is
strong and should be used cautiously; should be avoided by pregnant
women, the weak and elderly. |
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