Pu Er

Name

Pu Er (Folium Camelliae Assamicae)

The Effect of Pu Er

Property

bitter, astringent, cold; liver and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Promote digestion, eliminate wind-phlegm, purge heat and remove toxicity, promote the secretion of saliva and relieve thrist.

Indications

Inadequate eruption of measles, dysentery, thrist due to summer-heat, headache with blurred vision, abdominal pain due to eruptive disease, fatigue, drunkness, eating too much meat.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~10 g.

Constipation

It is contraindicated to weak people.