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Cucumber seed

黄瓜子
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Name

Huang Gua Zi (Cucumber seed)

  1. 黄瓜子
  2. Huang Gua Zi
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The Effect of Cucumber seed

Property

Sweet, neutral.

Actions

Reunion of fractured tendons and bones, expel wind and eliminate phlegm.

Indications

Rheumatic arthritis, fracture, injury of tendons, asthma with phlegm of the old.

Dosage and Administrations

Take the powder, 3~10 g, or made into pills. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.