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Mandarinfish

鳜鱼
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Name

Gui Yu (Mandarinfish)

  1. 鳜鱼
  2. 桂鱼
  3. Gui Yu
  4. 鱖魚
  5. 桂魚

The Effect of Mandarinfish

Property

Sweet, neutral; spleen and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify qi and blood, replenish the spleen and stomach.

Indications

Weakness in the spleen and stomach, hematochezia, weakness and thinness caused by consumptive disease.

Dosage and Administrations

Steam the fish for eating.

Cautions

It is contraindicated in case of damp-cold.