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Lentinus Edodes

香菇
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Name

Xiang Gu (Lentinus Edodes)

  1. 香菇
  2. Xiang Gu
  3. 香蕈
  4. 冬菇
  5. Champignon

The Effect of Lentinus Edodes

Property

Sweet, neutral; liver and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify deficiency, strengthen the spleen, stimulate the appetite, expel wind and promote eruption, resolve phlegm and regulate the flow of qi, remove toxicity and treat cancer.

Indications

Weakness, fatigue, indigestion, hypertension, night sweat, tumor, edema, anemia, rickets, hyperlipemia, chronic hepatits, urticaria, poisonous mushrooms, inadequate eruption.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 6~9 g, or 15~30 g with fresh drug.