Lian Yu

Name

Lian Yu (Silver carp)

The Effect of Lian Yu

Property

Sweet, warm; spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Warm the spleen and stomach, tonify qi, induce diuresis.

Indications

Weakness caused by long illness, edema.

Dosage and Administrations

Cook it for eating, 100~250 g.

Cautions

It is contraindicated to dysentery, pox, eye disease, malaria, sores and ulcers.