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Assam tea leaf

Name

Pu Er (Folium Camelliae Assamicae)

  1. 普洱
  2. 普洱茶
  3. Pu Er
  4. Pu Er Cha
  5. Folium Camelliae Assamicae

The Effect of Assam tea leaf

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.