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Fructus Kaki

柿子
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Name

Shi Zi (Persimmon fruit)

  1. 柿子
  2. Shi Zi
  3. Persimmon fruit

The Effect of Fructus Kaki

Property

Sweet, astringent, cold; heart, lung and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and moisten the lung, promote the secretion of saliva, relieve thrist.

Indications

Cough, hematemesis, pyretic thirst, aphtha.

Dosage and Administrations

It is for oral taking.

Cautions

it is contraindicated in case of malaria, diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, exogenous cough, deficiency cold in spleen and stomach, phlegm-damp.