Pear
The Effect of Pear
Property
Sweet, slightly sour, cool; lung and stomach meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and resolve phlegm, promote the secretion of body fluid and relieve thrist.
Indications
Cough due to lung dryness, diabetes, sores and boils, scalds and burns, fever, hot eyes, dry mouth.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 15~30 g or eat 1~2 pears directly, or made into paste. Proper dosage is for external application. Pounded for applying or pounded into juice for eye drops.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated to spleen deficiency with loose stool and cold cough.