Otter Liver

Name

Shui Ta Gan (Otter Liver)

1. 水獭肝
2. Shui Ta Gan
3. 水獺肝

The Effect of Otter Liver

Property

Sweet, warm, slightly toxic; liver and kidney meridians entered.

Actions

Tonify yin and eliminate heat, relieve cough and stop bleeding.

Indications

Cough, asthma, night sweat, hemoptysis, night blindness, consumptive disease, hectic fever due to yin-deficiency, hemorrhoidal bleeding.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 3~6 g, or made into pills or powder.