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Gui Rou

乌龟
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Name

Gui Rou (Turtle meat)

  1. 龟肉
  2. Turtle meat
  3. 龜肉

The Effect of Gui Rou

Property

Sweet, salt, neutral; liver, kidney and large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

Replenish yin, tonify blood.

Indications

Chronic cough, hematemesis, hematochezia, chronic malaria, arthralgia and myalgia, dysentery with bloody stool, consumptive disease, hectic fever due to yin – deficiency.

Dosage and Administrations

Cook it for eating, or made into pills and powder.