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Beef

牛肉
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Name

Niu Rou (Beef)

  1. 牛肉
  2. Niu Rou

The Effect of Beef

Property

Sweet; spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and blood, strengthen the tendons and bones.

Indications

Weakness of the spleen and stomach, qi and blood deficiency, diabetes, edema, abdominal mass, vomiting with diarrhea, sores and weakness of waist and knees, consumptive disease.

Dosage and Administrations

Cook it for eating, or made into pills. Proper dosage is for external application, applying on the affected area.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of eating the dead and the sick.